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Henry's wars and Shakespeare's laws : perspectives on the law of war in the later Middle Ages / Theodor Meron.

Title
Henry's wars and Shakespeare's laws : perspectives on the law of war in the later Middle Ages / Theodor Meron.
Author
Meron, Theodor, 1930-
Publication
Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1993.

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Description
xi, 237 p.; 24 cm.
Summary
Provides new contexts for Shakespeare's play 'Henry V'. The result is an account of how Shakespeare's and other 'histories' dramatically articulated complex medieval and Renaissance attitudes to warfare and the conduct of nations and individuals in time of war.
Uniform Title
University press scholarship online.
Subject
  • Shakespeare, William 1564-1616
  • Shakespeare, William
  • Geschichte 1360-1599
  • War (International law) > History
  • Law, Medieval
  • Law, Medieval, in literature
  • War in literature
Genre/Form
History
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
The legal environment -- The war of rights: just war; jus ad bellum and jus in bello -- Declarations of war and truce agreements -- Responsibility of princes -- The siege of Harfleur and treatment of occupied territory: the limits of protection -- Henry's challenge to the Dauphin: the duel that never was and games of chivalry -- Medieval and renaissance ordinances of war: codifying discipline and humanity -- Agincourt: prisoners of war, reprisals, and necessity -- Heralds, ambassadors, and the treaty of Troyes -- Rebels.
ISBN
0198258119
LCCN
^^^93026440^
OCLC
  • 28376952
  • SCSB-10110648
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library