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Shakespeare's English Kings history,
chronicle, and drama
Second Edition
peter saccio
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Saccio, Peter.
Shakespeare's English kings: history, chronicle, and drama / Peter Saccio.--2nd
ed.
p. cm
Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-19-512318-2 (alk. paper)
-- ISBN 0-19-512319-0 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--
Histories. 2. Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Characters--Kings and rulers. 3.
Historical drama, English--History and criticism. 4. Great Britain--History-
-1066-1687--Historiograpy. 5. Kings and rulers in literature. 6. Great Britain--In
literature. I. Title.
PR2982.S2 2000 822.3′3 21--dc21 99-043297
Maps drawn by David Lindroth 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2
Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper -iv-
In Memoriam
James Leslie Steffensen, Jr.
1930-1999
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prefatory note to the Second Edition
This new edition is not prompted by fresh discoveries about the rudimentary
facts of English medieval history: the same kings fought the same battles and
died in the same years. The chapters that follow, recounting the events of these
kings' reigns and the changes Shakespeare made to put them on the stage, remain
the same, save for errors and infelicities that I have amended. But over the past
two decades a great deal of work has been done by historians, Shakespearean
scholars, and the people who create Shakespearean theatre. This edition also
provides access to what I consider to be the most enlightening of that work.
The most important statement that I must make as I introduce a second edition is
this: no longer is the fifteenth century a neglected period of English history.
Since Shakespeare's English Kings appeared in 1977, for example, the English
Monarchs series of biographies (now published by Yale) has added impressive
volumes on Richard II, Henry V, Henry VI, and Richard III. Detailed studies
have altered and enriched the way we understand the nature of royal rule and the
way kings arrived at the decisions they did. The Afterword at the end of this
second edition discusses what historians have lately taught us about the
Plantagenets. It also speaks of new interpretations in Shakespearean scholarship.
The Further Bibliography serves as a
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