Bloody Constraint: War and Chivalry in ShakespeareOxford University Press, 31. dec. 1998 - 256 strani 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 Shakespeare's plays and discerns chivalry's influence there. The 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. It had the advantage of resting on the sense that rules arise naturally out of societies, their armed forces, and their rulers on the basis of experience. Against a background of Medieval and Renaissance sources as well as Shakespeare's historical and dramatic settings, Meron considers the ways in which law, morality, conscience, and state necessity are deployed in Shakespeare's plays to promote a society in which soldiers behave humanely and leaders are held to high standards of civilized behavior. Thus he illustrates the literary genealogy of such modern international humanitarian concerns as the treatment of prisoners and of noncombatants and accountability for war crimes, showing that the chivalric legacy has not been lost entirely. Fresh and insightful, Bloody Constraint will interest scholars of international law, lovers of Shakespeare, and anyone interested in the history of war. |
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... rape , and churches and persons belonging to the Church from assault , robbery and capture . In addition , writers on chivalry compiled treatises and manuals explaining the rules of chivalry , such as the duties to grant quarter on the ...
... rape , and churches and persons belonging to the Church from assault , robbery and capture . In addition , writers on chivalry compiled treatises and manuals explaining the rules of chivalry , such as the duties to grant quarter on the ...
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... rape in war and repre- sentation of women in positions of power , I share many of feminists his- torians ' concerns . Shakespeare's plays had a strong contemporary resonance to which I sometimes allude , but on which I cannot elaborate ...
... rape in war and repre- sentation of women in positions of power , I share many of feminists his- torians ' concerns . Shakespeare's plays had a strong contemporary resonance to which I sometimes allude , but on which I cannot elaborate ...
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... in the invaded country , all destruction of property not commanded by the author- ized officer , all robbery , all pillage or sacking , even after taking a place by main force , all rape , wounding , CHIVALRY'S LEGACY 13.
... in the invaded country , all destruction of property not commanded by the author- ized officer , all robbery , all pillage or sacking , even after taking a place by main force , all rape , wounding , CHIVALRY'S LEGACY 13.
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War and Chivalry in Shakespeare Theodor Meron. place by main force , all rape , wounding , maiming , or killing of such inhabitants , are prohibited under the penalty of death .... 19 It is against the usage of modern war to resolve , in ...
War and Chivalry in Shakespeare Theodor Meron. place by main force , all rape , wounding , maiming , or killing of such inhabitants , are prohibited under the penalty of death .... 19 It is against the usage of modern war to resolve , in ...
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... rape would disprove a party's claims of just war ; practices including mercy , quarter and pious conduct towards the dead and wounded would strengthen such claims . " War was an endemic condition in the Middle Ages , WAR AND PEACE 17.
... rape would disprove a party's claims of just war ; practices including mercy , quarter and pious conduct towards the dead and wounded would strengthen such claims . " War was an endemic condition in the Middle Ages , WAR AND PEACE 17.
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A Pagan Knight? Shakespeares Ancient Wars | 47 |
The Homeric Wars through Shakespeare | 63 |
The Brave or the Wise? Two Conflicting Conceptions of Chivalric Honour | 97 |
Chivalry as a Normative Ideal | 108 |
Debunking Chivalrys Myth Commoners Fools and Cynics | 119 |
Principle under Stress | 132 |
Crimes and Accountability | 150 |
Epilogue | 203 |
Index | 231 |
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Stran 132 - It blesseth him that gives and him that takes. Tis mightiest in the mightiest; it becomes The throned monarch better than his crown; His sceptre shows the force of temporal power, The attribute to awe and majesty, Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings; But mercy is above this sceptred sway, It is enthroned in the hearts of kings, It is an attribute to God himself; And earthly power doth then show likest God's When mercy seasons justice.
Stran 196 - In those days they shall say no more, "The fathers have eaten a sour grape, and the children's teeth are set on edge." But every one shall die for his own iniquity: every man that eateth the sour grape, his teeth shall be set on edge.
Stran 116 - Laud be to God ! — even there my life must end. It hath been prophesied to me many years, I should not die but in Jerusalem ; Which vainly I supposed the Holy Land. — But bear me to that chamber ; there I'll lie ; In that Jerusalem shall Harry die.
Stran 48 - The purest treasure mortal times afford Is — spotless reputation ; that away, Men are but gilded loam, or painted clay.
Stran 96 - God's will! I pray thee, wish not one man more. By Jove, I am not covetous for gold, Nor care I who doth feed upon my cost; It yearns me not if men my garments wear; Such outward things dwell not in my desires; But if it be a sin to covet honour, I am the most offending soul alive.
Stran 129 - Is a bold spirit in a loyal breast. Mine honour is my life ; both grow in one ; Take honour from me, and my life is done : Then, dear my liege, mine honour let me try ; In that I live, and for that will I die.
Stran 38 - Examples gross as earth exhort me : Witness this army of such mass and charge Led by a delicate and tender prince, Whose spirit with divine ambition puffd Makes mouths at the invisible event, Exposing what is mortal, and unsure To all that fortune, death and danger dare, Even for an egg-shell.
Stran 96 - My cousin Westmoreland ? — No, my fair cousin : If we are mark'd to die, we are enow To do our country loss ; and if to live. The fewer men, the greater share of honor. God's will ! I pray thee, wish not one man more.