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

Published Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1993-

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 237 pages) 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 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 Analysis War International law History Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL English digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Print version record SUBJECT Shakespeare, William 1564-1616 King Henry V gnd Shakespeare, William. King Henry the Fifth. swd Subject War (International law) -- History Law, Medieval. Law, Medieval, in literature. War in literature. Law, Medieval Law, Medieval, in literature War in literature War (International law) Kriegsrecht Staatsrecht Polemologie. Oorlogsrecht. Letterkunde. Engels. Literatura inglesa (crítica e interpretação) Guerre (droit international) -- Histoire. Guerre dans la littérature. Droit médiéval. Moyen âge dans la littérature. England Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780191681790 0191681792

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