03827nam 22009253u 450 991045031560332120210114042004.01-282-38409-01-280-47154-90-585-25719-1978661047154697866123840971-4237-3829-20-19-802879-20-19-534940-71-60256-448-5(CKB)1000000000029025(EBL)241298(OCoLC)475956021(SSID)ssj0000113307(PQKBManifestationID)12034816(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000113307(PQKBWorkID)10099751(PQKB)10704583(SSID)ssj0000113308(PQKBManifestationID)11146068(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000113308(PQKBWorkID)10098615(PQKB)10801516(MiAaPQ)EBC241298(EXLCZ)99100000000002902520140113d2000|||| u|| |engur|n|---|||||txtccrBloody Constraint[electronic resource] War and Chivalry in ShakespeareNew York Oxford University Press20001 online resource (257 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-512383-2 0-19-514406-6 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; ZWar 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 ShakespChivalry in literatureKnights and knighthood in literatureMilitary history in literatureShakespeare, WilliamWar in literatureKnights and knighthood in literatureMilitary history in literatureChivalry in literatureWar in literatureEnglishHILCCLanguages & LiteraturesHILCCEnglish LiteratureHILCCElectronic books.Chivalry in literature.Knights and knighthood in literature.Military history in literature.Shakespeare, William.War in literature.Knights and knighthood in literatureMilitary history in literatureChivalry in literatureWar in literatureEnglishLanguages & LiteraturesEnglish Literature341.6822.33Meron Theodor230103AU-PeELAU-PeELAU-PeELBOOK9910450315603321Bloody Constraint2206650UNINA