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Reasons For The Decline In the Blood-Feud.
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Reasons For The Decline In the Blood-Feud In retrospect the practice of the blood feud was always subject to an inevitability that it would cease to operate. At some point this primitive 'law of the land' was going to yield to the superior equity of justice. While the main reason for the decline of the 'blood-feud' was the implementation of effective government based on principles of justice and order there were other factors that accelerated and slowed down its regression. Among these are moral values, religious discipline, geographical position, sense of identity and regulatory recognition of the blood feud. While investigating the general decline of the blood feud is helpful, ascertaining the principle reasons for its decline may be best served by looking at the particular regions where the blood feud survived longest. The blood feud was the primitive form of upholding order across Western Europe in medieval times....
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