Bloody constraint : war and chivalry in Shakespeare / Theodor Meron.
Bloody constraint : war and chivalry in Shakespeare / Theodor Meron.
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Publisher
New York : Oxford University Press, 1998.
Date
1998.
Call Numbers
Y822.33/164
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Language
English
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Physical content
246 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Contents
1. Chivalry's Legacy -- 2. War and Peace -- 3. A Pagan Knight?: Shakespeare's Ancient Wars -- 4. The Homeric Wars through Shakespeare -- 5. The Brave or the Wise?: Two Conflicting Conceptions of Chivalric Honour -- 6. Chivalry as a Normative Ideal -- 7. Debunking Chivalry's Myth: Commoners, Fools, a...
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Publisher
New York : Oxford University Press, 1998.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
1998.
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Summary
The book comes as a response to the question of whether the world has lost anything by having a system of law based on the Hague and Geneva conventions. Meron contends that, despite the foolishness and vanity of its most extreme manifestations, chivalry served as a customary law that restrained and humanized the conflicts of the generally chaotic a...
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Bloody constraint : war and chivalry in Shakespeare / Theodor Meron.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Y822.33/164
Record Identifier
74VvWrMW8a3M
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvWrMW8a3M
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ISBN
0195123832 (alk. paper)
9780195123838 (acid-free paper)
0195123832 (acid-free paper)
9780195123838 (alk. paper)
DDC
822.33
MMS ID
991011989779702626
