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The potential slur on Henry V's own claim through the female is apparently nicely distanced by having the ... Indeed , Henry's own wife would contract a liaison of unsubstantiated legitimacy after his death ( from which sprang the ...
The potential slur on Henry V's own claim through the female is apparently nicely distanced by having the ... Indeed , Henry's own wife would contract a liaison of unsubstantiated legitimacy after his death ( from which sprang the ...
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Praised by his contemporaries as the flower of knighthood , the historical Henry V was the epitome of English chivalry ... In his prologue to the Troy Book Lydgate explains that it was Henry's own enthusiasm for “ verray kny3thod ” ...
Praised by his contemporaries as the flower of knighthood , the historical Henry V was the epitome of English chivalry ... In his prologue to the Troy Book Lydgate explains that it was Henry's own enthusiasm for “ verray kny3thod ” ...
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14 Desmond Seward , Henry's harshest modern critic , claims that " for all his brilliance , Henry V's ambition ended by bankrupting and discrediting his son , and by ruining his dynasty ” . 15 Katharine will never be a " soldier ...
14 Desmond Seward , Henry's harshest modern critic , claims that " for all his brilliance , Henry V's ambition ended by bankrupting and discrediting his son , and by ruining his dynasty ” . 15 Katharine will never be a " soldier ...
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Geraldo U de Sousa The Peasants Revolt and the Writing of History in 2 Henry | 105 |
Martha A Kurtz Rethinking Gender and Genre in the History Play | 122 |
Steve Longstaffe The Limits of Modernity in Shakespeares King John | 132 |
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| Title | Shakespearean Criticism: Excerpts from the Criticism of William Shakespeare's Plays and Poetry, from the First Published Appraisals to Current Evaluations, Volume 37 Shakespearean Criticism: Excerpts from the Criticism of William Shakespeare's Plays and Poetry, from the First Published Appraisals to Current Evaluations, Laurie Lanzen Harris |
| Contributor | Gale Research Company |
| Publisher | Gale Research Company, 1998 |
| ISBN | 0787611352, 9780787611354 |
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