The Ambivalence of New World Conquest Jacques Du Hamel’s Acoubar ou la loyauté trahie (1603)
- Publication type: Article from a collective work
- Collective work: Les Nouveaux Mondes juridiques. Du Moyen Âge au xviie siècle
- Author: Wikström (Toby)
- Pages: 107 to 129
- Collection: POLEN - Power, Literature, Norms, n° 1
This contribution offers a legal reflection on modalities of territorial conquest by way of theatrical fiction : Acoubar ou la loyauté trahie (1603) by Jacques Du Hamel. Opposing the strategy of military conquest adopted by the Persian Acoubar with that of the French knight Pistion’s pacifying transfer of sovereignty, the ambiguity of the conclusion questions the legitimacy of any process of conquest. The play is a testing ground for legal possibilities, and their stakes and consequences.
- CLIL theme: 4027 -- SCIENCES HUMAINES ET SOCIALES, LETTRES -- Lettres et Sciences du langage -- Lettres -- Etudes littéraires générales et thématiques
- ISBN: 978-2-8124-4595-8
- EAN: 9782812445958
- ISSN: 2492-0150
- DOI: 10.15122/isbn.978-2-8124-4595-8.p.0107
- Publisher: Classiques Garnier
- Online publication: 12-06-2015
- Language: English
