1.

Record Nr.

UNISALENTO991003049069707536

Autore

Gneuss, Helmut

Titolo

Die Battle of Maldon als historisches und literarisches Zeugnis : vorgetragen am 4. Juli 1975 / Helmut Gneuss

Pubbl/distr/stampa

München : Verlag der Bayerischen akademie der wissenschaften, in Kommission bei der C.H. Beck'schen verlagsbuchhandlung, 1976

ISBN

3769614801

Descrizione fisica

68 p. ; 22 cm

Collana

Sitzungsberichte / Bayerische akademie der wissenschaften. Philosophisch-historische klasse ; Jahrg. 1976/5

Disciplina

829.1

Lingua di pubblicazione

Tedesco

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910783264203321

Autore

Meron Theodor

Titolo

Bloody constraint [[electronic resource] ] : war and chivalry in Shakespeare

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 2000

ISBN

0-19-771848-5

1-282-38409-0

1-280-47154-9

0-585-25719-1

9786610471546

9786612384097

1-4237-3829-2

0-19-802879-2

0-19-534940-7

1-60256-448-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (257 p.)

Disciplina

341.6

822.33

Soggetti

Chivalry in literature

Knights and knighthood in literature

Military history in literature



Shakespeare, William

War in literature

English

Languages & Literatures

English Literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Introduction; ONE: Chivalry's Legacy; TWO: War and Peace; THREE: A Pagan Knight?: Shakespeare's Ancient Wars; FOUR: The Homeric Wars through Shakespeare; FIVE: The Brave or the Wise?: Two Conflicting Conceptions of Chivalric Honour; SIX: Chivalry as a Normative Ideal; SEVEN: Debunking Chivalry's Myth: Commoners, Fools, and Cynics; EIGHT: Principle under Stress; NINE: Crimes and Accountability; Epilogue; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z

Sommario/riassunto

War is a major theme in Shakespeare's plays. Aside from its dramatic appeal, it provided him with a context in which his characters, steeped in the ideals of chivalry, could discuss such concepts as honor, courage, patriotism, and justice. Well aware of the decline of chivalry in his own era, Shakespeare gave his characters lines calling for civilized behavior, mercy, humanitarian principles, and moral responsibility. In this remarkable new book, eminent legal scholar Theodor Meron looks at contemporary international humanitarian law and rules for the conduct of war through the lens of Shakesp