Shakespeare's Kings: The Great Plays and the History of England in the Middle Ages, 1337-1485Scribner, 1999 - 401 sivua Compares the events and characters in Shakespeare's nine historical plays with actual events in England during the period the dramas represent, and concludes that while the playwright was a reliable historian, he did not hesitate to take liberties with fact in order to enhance his fiction. |
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Sivu 88
... Parliament , which remained supreme . Thus crimes which affected the person of the sovereign , committed by persons many of whom were themselves peers , could be tried only by the Lords of Parliament themselves , with the King's assent ...
... Parliament , which remained supreme . Thus crimes which affected the person of the sovereign , committed by persons many of whom were themselves peers , could be tried only by the Lords of Parliament themselves , with the King's assent ...
Sivu 90
... parliament in their own interests . That parliament has gone down in history as the ' Merciless ' Parliament ; in fact , as the story of Sir Nicholas Brembre makes all too clear , it was the Appellants who were merciless . The parliament ...
... parliament in their own interests . That parliament has gone down in history as the ' Merciless ' Parliament ; in fact , as the story of Sir Nicholas Brembre makes all too clear , it was the Appellants who were merciless . The parliament ...
Sivu 122
... Parliament had declared the Mortimers heirs to the kingdom in the event of Richard's remaining childless . In vain ... parliament ; but this he wished to avoid at all costs , knowing as he did that what parliament had given it could also ...
... Parliament had declared the Mortimers heirs to the kingdom in the event of Richard's remaining childless . In vain ... parliament ; but this he wished to avoid at all costs , knowing as he did that what parliament had given it could also ...
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Introduction | 1 |
Opening of Edward III Acts I and II | 18 |
Truce of Espléchin Second invasion 1346 Battle of Crécy | 25 |
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