Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Introduction: Shakespearean Territories 1
5. 1. Divided Territory: The Geo-politics of King Lear 11
6. 2. Vulnerable Territories: Regional Geopolitics in Hamlet and Macbeth 29
7. 3. The Territories: Majesty and Possession in King John 63
8. 4. Economic Territories: Laws, Economies, Agriculture, and Banishment in Richard II 88
9. 5. Legal Territories: Conquest and Contest in Henry V and Edward III 113
10. 6. Colonial Territories: From The Tempest to the Eastern Mediterranean 136
11. 7. Measuring Territories: The Techniques of Rule 165
12. 8. Corporeal Territories: The Political Bodies of Coriolanus 197
13. 9. Outside Territory: The Forest in Titus Andronicus and As You Like It 218
14. Coda: Beyond Pale Territories 240
15. References to Shakespeare’s Plays 253
16. Notes 255
17. Index 325