Shakespeare and English HistoryLittlefield, 1966 - 149 pagini The ten history plays of Shakespeare, when studied in historical sequence, cover a period of 320 years. In this unusual book, the action in each of the plays is synopsized, and characters and motivations are discussed in detail The author introduces each of the plays with a lengthy description of the actual history of the period in which the Shakespeare play takes place, so that students may readily grasp Shakespeare's art in constructing drama out of history. -- From publisher's description. |
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Pagina 31
... passed to his brother Charles IV . At his death without a son in 1328 , ( since his sister Isabella was married to a foreign king ) the crown passed to Charles's cousin , Philip of Valois . So now Ed- ward III of England made claim to ...
... passed to his brother Charles IV . At his death without a son in 1328 , ( since his sister Isabella was married to a foreign king ) the crown passed to Charles's cousin , Philip of Valois . So now Ed- ward III of England made claim to ...
Pagina 70
... passed through Isabella to her son , Edward III , of Eng- land . But since that contingency did not appeal at all to ... passing to a woman on the ground that if that woman should chance to marry abroad , as was most probable , her ...
... passed through Isabella to her son , Edward III , of Eng- land . But since that contingency did not appeal at all to ... passing to a woman on the ground that if that woman should chance to marry abroad , as was most probable , her ...
Pagina 134
... passed a bill abolishing all appeals to Rome in matters of marriage or of those things that pertained to an ecclesiastical court . This naturally made the archbishop's court supreme , and Cranmer forthwith elected to try the question of ...
... passed a bill abolishing all appeals to Rome in matters of marriage or of those things that pertained to an ecclesiastical court . This naturally made the archbishop's court supreme , and Cranmer forthwith elected to try the question of ...
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Kings of England 10661272 | 6 |
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action affairs Anjou Anne army Arthur barons battle became Bedford Bishop Black Prince born brother Buckingham Calais captured character Charles Charles VI Chronicles claim court crown Date of Composition daughter death defeated deposed died dramatic Duke of Gloucester Duke of York Earl of March Edmund Mortimer Edward Edward III Elizabeth English history Falstaff father Faulconbridge forces French king Glendower Hastings Henry Bolingbroke Henry's historical plays Holinshed Hotspur immediately Isabella Joan John of Gaunt John's Katharine King Henry King John king of England king of France king's Lady Lancaster later London Lord Louis Margaret marriage married mother murdered Normandy Northumberland parliament peace Percy Philip Plantagenet Play Historic plot Pope protector quarrel queen rebellion reign Richard II Richard of Gloucester Roger Salic Law says scene Shakespeare slain Somerset Suffolk thee thou throne Tower uncle victory Wales Warwick wife William Winchester Wolsey Yorkists