Shakespeare's English Kings : History, Chronicle, and Drama

Name: Shakespeare's English Kings : History, Chronicle, and Drama
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ISBN: 9780195021554

ISBN-10: 019502155X

ISBN-13: 9780195021554

Edition: 1977

Authors: Peter Saccio

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Far more than any professional historian, Shakespeare is responsible for whatever notions most of us possess about English medieval history. Anyone who appreciates the dramatic action of Shakespeare's history plays but is confused by much of the historical detail will welcome this guide to the Richards, Edwards, Henrys, Warwicks and Norfolks who ruled and fought across Shakespeare's page and stage. Not only theater-goers and students, but today's film-goers who want to enrich their understanding of film adaptations of plays such as Richard III and Henry V will find this revised edition of Shakespeare's English Kings to be an essential companion.Saccio's engaging narrative weaves together…

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Prefatory Note to the Second Edition
Prefatory Note to the First Edition
History and History Plays	p. 3
Richard II: The Fall of the King
Richard's reign to 1397	p. 17
The Bolingbroke-Norfolk quarrel	p. 24
The usurpation	p. 28
The earl's rebellion	p. 33
Henry IV: The King Embattled
The usurper and his challengers	p. 37
The battle of Shrewsbury	p. 47
Gaultree Forest and Bramham Moor	p. 51
The king and the prince	p. 56
Henry V: The King Victorious
The English throne	p. 65
The French throne	p. 75
Henry VI: The Loss of Empire
Introduction to the Henry VI plays	p. 91
The end of the Hundred Years War	p. 94
History and I Henry IV	p. 104
Henry VI and Edward IV: The Rival Kings
The disorders of the 1440s	p. 115
The fortunes of Richard duke of York	p. 126
Edward IV, 1461-1471	p. 138
Richard III: The Last Plantagenet
Edward IV, 1471-1483	p. 157
The accession of Richard III	p. 169
Bosworth and the Tudors	p. 178
John: The Legitimacy of the King
The Angevin empire	p. 187
The limits of royal authority	p. 195
Usurped rights	p. 201
Henry VIII: The Supreme Head
Henry VIII and Henry VIII	p. 209
Henry's reign to 1529	p. 211
The English Reformation	p. 222
Afterword to the Second Edition	p. 229
Appendix on Names and Titles	p. 239
Genealogical Charts	p. 245
Chronological Chart	p. 253
Bibliography	p. 257
Further Bibliography	p. 269
Index of Persons	p. 275
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