The Reign Of Richard Ii
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Author | : A. K. McHardy |
Publisher | : Manchester University Press |
Total Pages | : 368 |
Release | : 2012-09-15 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780719038525 |
The long-awaited prequel to Chronicles of the Revolution covers the first twenty years (1377-97) of Richard II's reign. This richly-documented period offers exceptional opportunities and challenges to students, and the editor has selected material from a wide range of sources: well-known English chronicles, foreign chronicles and legal, administrative and financial records. These are arranged chronologically to form a coherent narrative of the reign. Clear and lively commentary and notes enable readers to make the fullest use of each document. The introduction describes the complex domestic and international situation which confronted the young king and offers guidance on the strengths and weaknesses of the reign's leading chronicles. The dramatic and diverse politics of the reign of Richard II make this the ideal special subject and an accessible, affordable, student-friendly documentary history of Richard II's reign has long been needed. This book is designed to fill that gap.
Author | : Nigel Saul |
Publisher | : Yale University Press |
Total Pages | : 529 |
Release | : 2008-10-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0300149050 |
Richard II is one of the most enigmatic of English kings. Shakespeare depicted him as a tragic figure, an irresponsible, cruel monarch who nevertheless rose in stature as the substance of power slipped from him. By later writers he has been variously portrayed as a half-crazed autocrat or a conventional ruler whose principal errors were the mismanagement of his nobility and disregard for the political conventions of his age. This book—the first full-length biography of Richard in more than fifty years—offers a radical reinterpretation of the king. Nigel Saul paints a picture of Richard as a highly assertive and determined ruler, one whose key aim was to exalt and dignify the crown. In Richard's view, the crown was threatened by the factiousness of the nobility and the assertiveness of the common people. The king met these challenges by exacting obedience, encouraging lofty new forms of address, and constructing an elaborate system of rule by bonds and oaths. Saul traces the sources of Richard's political ideas and finds that he was influenced by a deeply felt orthodox piety and by the ideas of the civil lawyers. He shows that, although Richard's kingship resembled that of other rulers of the period, unlike theirs, his reign ended in failure because of tactical errors and contradictions in his policies. For all that he promoted the image of a distant, all-powerful monarch, Richard II's rule was in practice characterized by faction and feud. The king was obsessed by the search for personal security: in his subjects, however, he bred only insecurity and fear. A revealing portrait of a complex and fascinating figure, the book is essential reading for anyone with an interest in the politics and culture of the English middle ages.
Author | : Chris Given-Wilson |
Publisher | : Manchester University Press |
Total Pages | : 294 |
Release | : 1993 |
Genre | : Great Britain |
ISBN | : 9780719035272 |
Chronicles of the Revolution covers one of the most controversial and shocking episodes in medieval English history, the 'tyranny' and deposition of Richard II and the usurpation of the throne by his cousin, Henry Bolingbroke, who became King Henry IV. Contemporaries were sharply divided about the rights and wrongs of both Richard and Henry, and this division is reflected in the texts which form the major part of the book. All the principal contemporary chronicles are represented in this volume, from the violently partisan Thomas Walsingham, chronicler of St Alban's Abbey who saw Richard as a tyrant and murderer, to the indignant Dieulacres chronicler, who claimed that the 'innocent king' was tricked into surrender by his perjured barons. This range of material is also prefaced by a substantial and stimulating introduction offering new insights into Richard's later years and the events which precipitated his downfall. Additionally, the documents are accompanied by expert commentary and analysis which guides readers while leaving them free to make the ultimate conclusions about these dramatic years. This book will be invaluable for medieval historians as well as undergraduate and postgraduate students of later medieval English history.
Author | : Kathryn Warner |
Publisher | : Amberley Publishing Limited |
Total Pages | : 522 |
Release | : 2017-10-15 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1445662795 |
A new biography re-examining the complex and fascinating king, whose very humanity saw him deposed from his divine role.
Author | : William Shakespeare |
Publisher | : Independently Published |
Total Pages | : 218 |
Release | : 2018-10-28 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781728877501 |
Richard II by William Shakespeare . Richard II is one of Shakespeare's finest works: lucid, eloquent, and boldly structured. It can be seen as a tragedy, or a historical play, or a political drama, or as one part of a vast dramatic cycle which helped to generate England's national identity. Today, to some of us, Richard II may appear conservative; but, in Shakespeare's day, it could appear subversive: 'I am Richard II', declared an indignant Queen Elizabeth. Numerous recent revivals in the theatre and on screen have demonstrated the enduring power and poignancy of this drama of the downfall of an egoistic but pitiable monarch.
Author | : William Shakespeare |
Publisher | : Signet |
Total Pages | : 256 |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : Drama |
ISBN | : 9780451527196 |
The classic tragedy about the downfall of King Richard II is presented with critical commentary and historical background
Author | : William Shakespeare |
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Total Pages | : 200 |
Release | : 1891 |
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Author | : William Shakespeare |
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Total Pages | : 140 |
Release | : 1868 |
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Author | : Jenny Stratford |
Publisher | : Boydell Press |
Total Pages | : 490 |
Release | : 2012 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 1843833786 |
The remarkable treasure of gold and silver from England and France which Richard II had amassed by the end of his reign in 1399 is fully revealed for the first time in this richly illustrated book. The author explores the nature of the objects themselves, their provenance and later fate, and examines the crucial role the treasure played in diplomacy and in financing the Hundred Years War, especially at the time of Agincourt. --
Author | : Michael Bennett |
Publisher | : Sutton Publishing Limited |
Total Pages | : 248 |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : Great Britain |
ISBN | : 9780750946551 |
Studies the last years of Richard II's reign and the circumstances of his overthrow by Henry of Bolingbroke in 1399. This work reviews Richard's early experiences, from his accession, aged only ten, through the troubled politics of the 1380s, while placing emphasis on his own insecurities and the vexed issue of the succession.