Henry's wars and Shakespeare's laws
Subtitle: perspectives on the law of war in the later Middle Ages
By: Theodor Meron.
Publisher: Clarendon Press; Oxford University Press
Published: 1993
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 237
Subjects: War (International law) -- History.; Law, Medieval.; Law, Medieval, in literature.; War in literature.
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.