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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Saccio, Peter, author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Histories.

Shakespeare, William.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Characters--Kings and rulers.

Historical drama, English--History and criticism.

Historical drama, English.

Kings and rulers in literature.

Great Britain--History--1066-1687--Historiography.

Great Britain.

Great Britain--In literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (374 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

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

Contents:

Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Prefatory Note to the Second Edition; Prefatory Note to the First Edition; Contents; I HISTORY AND HISTORY PLAYS; II RICHARD II: THE FALL OF THE KING; 1. Richard's reign to 1397; 2. The Bolingbroke-Norfolk quarrel; 3. The usurpation; 4. The earl's rebellion; III HENRY IV: THE KING EMBATTLED; 1. The usurper and his challengers; 2. The battle of Shrewsbury; 3. Gaultree Forest and Bramham Moor; 4. The king and the prince; IV HENRY V: THE KING VICTORIOUS; 1. The English throne; 2. The French throne; V HENRY VI: THE LOSS OF EMPIRE

1. Introduction to the Henry VI plays2. The end of the Hundred Years War; 3. History and I Henry IV; VI HENRY VI & EDWARD IV: THE RIVAL KINGS; 1. The disorders of the 1440s; 2. The fortunes of Richard duke of York; 3. Edward IV, 1461-1471; VII RICHARD III: THE LAST PLANTAGENET; 1. Edward IV, 1471-1483; 2. The accession of Richard III; 3. Bosworth and the Tudors; VIII JOHN: THE LEGITIMACY OF THE KING; 1. The Angevin empire; 2. The limits of royal authority; 3. Usurped rights; IX HENRY VIII: THE SUPREME HEAD; 1. Henry VIII and Henry VIII; 2. Henry's reign to 1529; 3. The English Reformation

AFTERWORD TO THE SECOND EDITIONAPPENDIX ON NAMES AND TITLES; GENEALOGICAL CHARTS; CHRONOLOGICAL CHART; BIBLIOGRAPHY; FURTHER BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX OF PERSONS; Footnotes

Notes:

Previous edition: 1977.

Previously issued in print: 2000.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-772608-9

0-19-988076-X

1-280-76108-3

0-19-802871-7

OCLC:

252641410