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008 980218s1998 nyu b 001 0 eng
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020 $a0195123832 (alk. paper)
035 $a(OCoLC)38504492
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050 00 $aPR3069.M5$bM47 1998
082 00 $a822.3/3$221
100 1 $aMeron, Theodor,$d1930-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n83040366
245 10 $aBloody constraint :$bwar and chivalry in Shakespeare /$cTheodor Meron.
260 $aNew York :$bOxford University Press,$c1998.
263 $a9812
300 $a246 pages ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 00 $g1.$tChivalry's Legacy --$g2.$tWar and Peace --$g3.$tA Pagan Knight?: Shakespeare's Ancient Wars --$g4.$tThe Homeric Wars through Shakespeare --$g5.$tThe Brave or the Wise?: Two Conflicting Conceptions of Chivalric Honour --$g6.$tChivalry as a Normative Ideal --$g7.$tDebunking Chivalry's Myth: Commoners, Fools, and Cynics --$g8.$tPrinciple under Stress --$g9.$tCrimes and Accountability.
520 $aWar is a major theme in Shakespeare's plays. Aside from its dramatic appeal, it provided him with a context in which his characters 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.
520 8 $aIn this new book, eminent legal scholar Theodor Meron looks at contemporary international humanitarian law and rules for the conduct of war through the lens of Shakespeare's plays and discerns chivalry's influence there.
520 8 $aThe 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 and brutal Middle Ages. Bloody Constraint will interest scholars of international law, lovers of Shakespeare, and anyone interested in the history of war.
600 10 $aShakespeare, William,$d1564-1616$xKnowledge and learning.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85120996
650 0 $aMilitary art and science.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85085132
650 0 $aKnights and knighthood in literature.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85072694
650 0 $aMilitary history in literature.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh94006626
650 0 $aChivalry in literature.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85024507
650 0 $aWar in literature.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85145182
852 00 $bbar$hPR3069.M5$iM47 1998
852 00 $bglx$hPR3069.M5$iM47 1998