{"product_id":"shakespeares-strangers-and-english-law-paul-raffield-9781509965465","title":"Shakespeare's Strangers and English Law","description":"\u003cp\u003eThrough analysis of 5 plays by Shakespeare, Paul Raffield examines what it meant to be a 'stranger' to English law in the late Elizabethan and early Jacobean period. The numbers of strangers increased dramatically in the late sixteenth century, as refugees fled religious persecution in continental Europe and sought sanctuary in Protestant England. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the context of this book, strangers are not only persons ethnically or racially different from their English counterparts, be they immigrants, refugees, or visitors. The term also includes those who transgress or are simply excluded by their status from established legal norms by virtue of their faith, sexuality, or mode of employment. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEach chapter investigates a particular category of 'stranger'. Topics include the treatment of actors in late Elizabethan England and the punishment of 'counterfeits' (\u003ci\u003eMeasure for Measure\u003c\/i\u003e); the standing of refugees under English law and the reception of these people by the indigenous population (\u003ci\u003eThe Comedy of Errors\u003c\/i\u003e); the establishment of 'Troynovant' as an international trading centre on the banks of the Thames (\u003ci\u003eTroilus and Cressida\u003c\/i\u003e); the role of law and the state in determining the rights of citizens and aliens (\u003ci\u003eThe Merchant of Venice\u003c\/i\u003e); and the disenfranchised, estranged position of the citizen in a dysfunctional society and an acephalous realm (\u003ci\u003eKing Lear\u003c\/i\u003e). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis is the third sole-authored book by Paul Raffield on the subject of Shakespeare and the Law. The others are \u003ci\u003eShakespeare's Imaginary Constitution: Late Elizabethan Politics \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eand the Theatre of Law \u003c\/i\u003e(2010) and \u003ci\u003eThe Art of Law in Shakespeare \u003c\/i\u003e(2017), both published by Hart\/Bloomsbury.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Paul Raffield\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1509965467\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781509965465\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Hart Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/25\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.64d","brand":"Paul Raffield","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48088484544767,"sku":"9781509965465","price":58.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d4f3eee0-56f5-4205-b208-2fae3bace239.jpg?v=1769105025","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/shakespeares-strangers-and-english-law-paul-raffield-9781509965465","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}