10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CODE OF HONOUR»
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code of honour in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
code of honour and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Jawanmardi: A Sufi
Code of Honour
Jawanmardi - a key element of Persian Sufism - was the ethic that encouraged the Sufi to put others before himself and to overlook the sins committed by others, representing a humane and liberal understanding of Islam.Many writers in the ...
2
That Damn'd Thing Called
Honour: Duelling in Ireland, 1570-1860
The trend identified during the Restoration era of intensified observation of the
code of honour was continued in the first half of the eighteenth century. It is
hazardous to offer a perspective on this process, but following a probable fall-off
in the ...
3
The Decalogue viewed as the Christian's law: with special ...
Is not the world utterly at fault as to this code of honour? Can there be any
principle fit to guide Christian men which is at variance with Christ's precepts ?
Now the code of honour is so at variance ; for what is the very pith and marrow of
the ...
4
The Mediterraneans: Reworking the Past, Shaping the Present, ...
When one looks at the scholarly work on the subject, it is striking that the first
authors to concern themselves with it were lawyers. The code of honour as a
typical self-help institution, which is in a constant relation of competition and
sometimes ...
Ina-Maria Greverus, Regina Römhild, 2001
5
The American Civilizing Process
(1982: 14) Roger Lane contrasts the code of honour dominant in the South with
that of 'dignity' prevalent in the North. The leaders of New England from the
beginning, and certainly by the nineteenth century, had consistently challenged
the ...
6
Subject Stages: Marriage, Theatre and the Law in Early ...
... is possible to suggest a reading of these dramas in which men's compulsive
obsession with their honour, women's inferiority and alleged imprudence, and
even uxoricide are not, literally, the natural byproducts of a Spanish code of
honour.
7
The Percy Anecdotes: Original and Select [by] Sholto and ...
The established code of honour is particularly hard on military men, who are
compelled, whatever may be their feelings on the subject, to accept every
challenge, and to resent every thing which may be considered by their comrades
as an ...
8
Spanish and English Literature
of the 16th and 17th ...
12 A Hispanist looks at Othello The code of honour is fundamental to the Spanish
theatre.1 Lope de Vega said that cases of honour made good subjects for plays,
because people felt them so strongly.2 Honour demanded that you should be ...
Edward Meryon Wilson, Don William Cruickshank, 1980
9
Human Rights in Development Yearbook 2003
... the limited state presence in rural areas in combination with the strict honour
code which prevails there such as the Pashtun code of honour (Pashtunwali),
honour killings are more common and more brutal than in the rest of the country.
Lone Lindholt, Sten Schaumburg-Müller, 2005
10
Mortals and Others: American Essays, 1931-1935
Wherever a code of honour exists, it is considered more imperative than the
ordinary moral code. Prussian officers in old days used to be exonerated for
military disobedience if they had been commanded to do something contrary to
their ...
Bertrand Russell, Harry Ruja, 1996
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CODE OF HONOUR»
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code of honour is used in the context of the following news items.
Cyril Farrell: Kilkenny relentless hunger fed by boss' code of honour
Business as usual in Leinster but you have to stand back and admire how Brian Cody motivates this group of players. «Irish Independent, Jul 15»
Interview: Richard Moore
... still had something going for it, some code of honour or whatever, that it wasn't all a busted flush, there was still something worth believing in, ... «Podium Cafe, Jul 15»
Harish Khare
The fauji biradari consists of men who have their own code of honour: promises made have to be kept. It feels betrayed. The anger is brewing. «Chandigarh Tribune, Jul 15»
Kenny and Daisy preview: Inescapable, Dark Summer
Borgia and Annabelle find an unlikely hero who will do all he can to save them as he fights for his code of honour. If you can deal with all the ... «gulfnews.com, Jun 15»
Fireman: I'm alive because of my workmates
The MFS fireman owes his life to the firefighters' code of honour where no man or woman is left behind. He was pulled to safety while unconscious by his ... «Perth Now, Jun 15»
Believe it or not, Lalit Modi is one of the best things to have …
He probably will not because the aggrandisement of power usually operates on an unwritten code of honour. In the end the Lalit Modis of the ... «Firstpost, Jun 15»
Trouble in the old country
Even low-life scum have a code of honour. “I went to police.” In August 1984, Boudreault claimed that a criminal associate, Talwinder Singh ... «gulfnews.com, Jun 15»
Game of Thrones: character guide
In a universe of endless decrepitude, Stannis had seemed a rare example of someone with a code of honour. Here, it appeared, was a decent ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jun 15»
Cabinet revamp vital in 'indefinite interim'
Perhaps it would be a betrayal of the military's code of honour and chain-of-command mindset. But governing a country and being in the ... «Bangkok Post, Jun 15»
Arms & women: Just symbolic Nari Shakti?
“Comradeship and brotherhood,” an important ingredient of the “Code of Honour,” is one of the major defining characteristics of the Indian ... «Chandigarh Tribune, Jun 15»
