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Shakespeare's English Kings history, chronicle, and drama
prefatory note to the Second Edition
prEfatoRy note to the First Edition
Contents
II RICHARD II: THE FALL OF THE KING
III HENRY IV: THE KING EMBATTLED
IV HENRY V: THE KING VICTORIOUS
V HENRY VI: THE LOSS OF EMPIRE
VI HENRY VI & EDWARD IV: THE RIVAL KINGS
VII RICHARD III: THE LAST PLANTAGENET
VIII JOHN: THE LEGITIMACY OF THE KING
IX HENRY VIII: THE SUPREME HEAD
SHAKESPEAR'S ENGLISH KINGS
1 history and history plays
Methinks the truth should live from age to age.
II RICHARD II the fall of the king
More are men's ends marked than their lives before.
1. RICHARD'S REIGN TO 1397
2. THE BOLINGBROKE-NORFOLK QUARREL
3. THE USURPATION
4. THE EARLS' REBELLION
III hEnRY IV thE kInG EmBattLEd
All my reign hath been but as a scene Acting that argument.
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
No king of England, if not king of France.
1. THE ENGLISH THRONE
2. THE FRENCH THRONE
V hEnRY VI thE Loss of EmpIRE
Sad tidings bring I to you out of France, Of loss, of slaughter, and discomfiture.
1. INTRODUCTION TO THE HENRY VI PLAYS
2. THE END OF THE HUNDRED YEARS WAR
3. HISTORY AND 1 HENRY VI
VI HENRY VI EDWARD IV the RIVal kInGS
Hath no thy rose a thorn, Plantagenet?
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
What heir of York is there alive but we? And who is England's king but great York's heir?
1. EDWARD IV, 1471-1483
2. THE ACCESSION OF RICHARD III
3. BOSWORTH AND THE TUDORS
VIII John the legitimacy of the king
England now is left To tug and scamble.
1. THE ANGEVIN EMPIRE
2. THE LIMITS OF ROYAL AUTHORITY
3. USURPED RIGHTS
IX hEnRy VIII thE suprEmE hEad
The will of Heaven be done, and the king's pleasure.
1. HENRY VIII AND HENRY VIII
2. HENRY'S REIGN TO 1529
3. THE ENGLISH REFORMATION
afterword to the Second Edition
LITERARY CRITICISM AND HISTORICAL SCHOLARSHIP SINCE 1977
appendix on names and titles
Genealogical charts
chronological chart
bibliography
A. PRIMARY HISTORICAL AND LITERARY SOURCES
B. GENERAL HISTORICAL WORKS
C. KING JOHN
D. RICHARD II
E. THE LANCASTRIAN KINGS AND THE zoo YEARS WAR
F. THE WARS OF THE ROSES AND THE YORKIST KINGS
G. THE TUDORS
further bibliography
PRIMARY HISTORICAL AND LITERARY SOURCES
RICHARD II
THE LANCASTRIAN KINGS AND THE 100 YEARS WAR (Henry IV, Henry V, and foreign affairs under Henry VI)
THE WARS OF THE ROSES AND THE YORKIST KINGS (Domestic affairs under Henry VI, and the reigns of Edward IV and Richard III)
THE TUDORS
index of persons
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