The Reign of Richard II

The Reign of Richard II
Title The Reign of Richard II PDF eBook
Author A. K. McHardy
Publisher Manchester University Press
Pages 368
Release 2012-09-15
Genre History
ISBN 9780719038525

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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.

Richard II

Richard II
Title Richard II PDF eBook
Author Nigel Saul
Publisher Yale University Press
Pages 529
Release 2008-10-01
Genre History
ISBN 0300149050

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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.

Chronicles of the Revolution, 1397-1400

Chronicles of the Revolution, 1397-1400
Title Chronicles of the Revolution, 1397-1400 PDF eBook
Author Chris Given-Wilson
Publisher Manchester University Press
Pages 296
Release 1993
Genre History
ISBN 9780719035272

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A range of material covering the 'tyranny' and deposition of Richard II and the usurpation of the throne by his cousin, who became King Henry IV.

Richard II

Richard II
Title Richard II PDF eBook
Author Kathryn Warner
Publisher Amberley Publishing Limited
Pages 522
Release 2017-10-15
Genre History
ISBN 1445662795

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A new biography re-examining the complex and fascinating king, whose very humanity saw him deposed from his divine role.

Richard II

Richard II
Title Richard II PDF eBook
Author William Shakespeare
Publisher Independently Published
Pages 218
Release 2018-10-28
Genre
ISBN 9781728877501

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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.

The Chronica Maiora of Thomas Walsingham, 1376-1422

The Chronica Maiora of Thomas Walsingham, 1376-1422
Title The Chronica Maiora of Thomas Walsingham, 1376-1422 PDF eBook
Author Thomas Walsingham
Publisher Boydell Press
Pages 484
Release 2005
Genre Great Britain
ISBN 9781843831440

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Translated by David Preest with introduction and notes by James G. Clark Thomas Walsingham's Chronica maiora is one of the most comprehensive and colourful chronicles to survive from medieval England. Walsingham was a monk at St Albans Abbey, a royal monastery and the premier repository of public records, and therefore well placed to observe the political machinations of this period at close hand. Moreover, he knew the monarchs and many of the nobles personally and is able to offer insights into their actions unmatched by any other authority. It is this narrative, transmitted through the popular Tudor histories of Hall, Stow and Holinshed, which provides the principle source for Shakespeare's sequence of history plays. Covering almost fifty years, the narrative provides the most authoritative account of one of the most turbulent periods in English history, from the last years of Edward III (1376-77) to the premature death of Henry V (1422). Walsingham describes the many dramas of this period in vivid detail, including the Peasants' Revolt (1381), the deposition and murder of Richard II (1399-1400), The Welsh revolt of Owain Glyn Dwr (1403) and Henry V's victory at Agincourt (1415); they are brought to life here in this new translation.

Richard III

Richard III
Title Richard III PDF eBook
Author William Shakespeare
Publisher
Pages 200
Release 1891
Genre
ISBN

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