Literary notes about Contestation (AI summary)
The term "contestation" in literature is employed to signify an active process of dispute or challenge, often highlighting clashes of opinion, authority, or rights. It is used in contexts ranging from intimate conflicts—where familial or personal honor is at stake, as seen in passages discussing war and strife [1], [2]—to more formal settings involving legal or territorial disputes [3], [4]. Additionally, it sometimes carries a nuance of appealing to wisdom or moral authority, where one demonstrates an argument or work in the spirit of measured debate or even divine witness [5], [6]. This broad application underscores how contestation functions as a versatile concept, embodying both the fervor of lively disagreement and the structure of formal deliberation.
- Your Wife and Brother Made warres vpon me, and their contestation Was Theame for you, you were the word of warre Ant.
— from Antony and Cleopatra by William Shakespeare - Your wife and brother Made wars upon me, and their contestation Was theme for you; you were the word of war.
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare - In one of them nearly a third part of the territory of the State of Maine is in contestation.
— from A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 2, part 1: James Monroe - The sum appeared rather large, but La Meilleraye was a near relation of Richelieu, and the article passed without the least contestation.
— from The Pantropheon; Or, History of Food, Its Preparation, from the Earliest Ages of the World by Alexis Soyer - Let him shew, by a good contestation, his work in the meekness of wisdom.
— from The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete - One is uttered as a simple contestation or calling God as witness: and this kind of oath, like faith, is based on God's truth.
— from Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint
