Introduction

The European Past: Rome
1. Julius Caesar, Factions and the End of the Roman Republic
2. Coriolanus and the Tribunes in the Early Roman Republic

The British Past: Medieval England and Scotland
3. King John, the Magna Carta and the Medieval English Monarchy
4. Macbeth, Thanes and Medieval Scottish Feudalism

Contemporary Europe: The Venetian Republic
5.The Merchant of Venice and the Weak Dukes of Venice
6. Othello, Soft Power and the Search for Truth

Conclusion: Measure for Measure, Topicality and Performance

Notes
Bibliography
Index

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Philip Goldfarb Styrt is Assistant Professor of English at St. Ambrose University, USA. His work focuses on the interaction between history, politics and drama, and has been published in Shakespeare Quarterly, SEL: Studies in English Literature 1500–1900 and Modern Drama among others.

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