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Shakespeare's English kings, history, chronicle, and drama, Peter Saccio

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Shakespeare's English kings, history, chronicle, and drama, Peter Saccio

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-273) and index

Illustrations

mapsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Shakespeare's English kings

Medium

electronic resource eBook

Nature of contents

dictionariesbibliography

Responsibility statement

Peter Saccio

Sub title

history, chronicle, and drama

Summary

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 Shak

Table Of Contents

History and the history plays -- Richard II : the fall of the king -- Henry IV : the king embattled -- Henry V : the king victorious -- Henry VI : the loss of empire -- Henry VI & Edward IV : the rival kings -- Richard III : the last Plantagenet -- John : the legitimacy of the king -- Henry VIII : the supreme head -- Afterword to the second edition -- Appendix on names and titles -- Genealogical charts -- Chronological charts

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