Shakespeare's Military LanguageBloomsbury Publishing, 01.08.2001 - 400 Seiten More than just a book of definitions, the dictionary provides a comprehensive account of Shakespeare's portrayal of military life, tactics, and technology. His use of military expressions, customs, and ideas is discussed, with insights into how the plays comment upon military incidents and personalities of the Elizabethan era, and how warfare was presented on the Elizabethan stage. |
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... shot the first. Harrison would find no shortage of bowmen to teach the French and Germans a lesson were those that served Edward III available: the armies at Crécy and Poitiers boasted nearly two archers for every manat-arms, and by the ...
... shot the first. Harrison would find no shortage of bowmen to teach the French and Germans a lesson were those that served Edward III available: the armies at Crécy and Poitiers boasted nearly two archers for every manat-arms, and by the ...
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... shot a fine shoot. John o' Gaunt loved him well, and betted much money on his head. Dead! a would have clapped i' th' clout at twelve score, and carried you a forehand shaft a fourteen and fourteen and a half, that it would have done a ...
... shot a fine shoot. John o' Gaunt loved him well, and betted much money on his head. Dead! a would have clapped i' th' clout at twelve score, and carried you a forehand shaft a fourteen and fourteen and a half, that it would have done a ...
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... shot', but it was the superiority of the longbow that brought about their victory. As the word 'discharge” refers to guns, however, and as Hotspur later tells of his infuriating battlefield encounter with the English lord who told him ...
... shot', but it was the superiority of the longbow that brought about their victory. As the word 'discharge” refers to guns, however, and as Hotspur later tells of his infuriating battlefield encounter with the English lord who told him ...
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... shot or with assault' (1H6 I.4.13), and in a subsequent surprise attack, the French sentinel cries, 'Arm! Arm! the enemy doth make assault” (2.1.38). Such assaults against a fortified position required artillery bombardment, mining ...
... shot or with assault' (1H6 I.4.13), and in a subsequent surprise attack, the French sentinel cries, 'Arm! Arm! the enemy doth make assault” (2.1.38). Such assaults against a fortified position required artillery bombardment, mining ...
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