Declaring War in Early Modern Europe (Hardcover)

This book examines the history of declaring war from the early modern era up to the drafting of the U.S. Constitution. In the late middle ages, formal declarations of war were highly ritualistic acts, but by the early seventeenth century, they had changed into a practice whereby an ambassador presented a printed declaration to an enemy king. Key issues covered here include determining how and when the medieval practices of declaring war gave way to the more modern ones, and the extent to which American framers accepted or rejected the practices of their era. While the debate over recent congressional resolutions authorizing use of the armed forces overseas has generated many publications, the wider history of declaring war has been far less a topic of study, and the early modern era has been all but ignored. This book's primary sources include ambassadorial reports, especially those from Venetian ambassadors, declarations of war, published works by noted contemporary thinkers, and several early modern literary works that depict the high drama of declaring war.

General

Imprint:	Palgrave Macmillan
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	May 2011
First published:	2011
Authors:	F Baumgartner
Dimensions:	216 x 140 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards / With dust jacket
Pages:	206
ISBN-13:	978-0-230-11412-8
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Military history Books > Law > International law > Public international law > International humanitarian law Books > History > History of specific subjects > Military history
LSN:	0-230-11412-1
Barcode:	9780230114128

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