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Warrior King
The wild and headstrong prince of William Shakespeare's "Henry IV", blossoms in "Henry V", into a veritable hero-king. The chronicler Thomas Walsingham, writing soon after the …
Politics, Society and Homosexuality in Post-War Britain
'The Sexual Offences Act of 1967 was ground-breaking in the UK and this book marks the fiftieth anniversary of its successful path to the statute book. The act was not without …
The Fifteenth Century III
The themes of authority and subversion explored in relation to royal power, orthodox religion, and violence and disorder. The essays in this volume explore themes long seen as …
William Shakespeare, the Wars of the Roses and the Historians
For historians of the Wars of the Roses William Shakespeare is both a curse and a blessing: a curse because he immortalized Tudor spin on fifteenth-century civil wars that helped …
William Shakespeare, the Wars of the Roses and the Historians
How and why Shakespeare propelled the relatively unimportant Wars of the Roses into the history books. For historians of the Wars of the Roses William Shakespeare is both a curse …
People, Places and Perspectives
Celebrating Ralph Griffiths' contribution to the study of the 15th century, this book reflects the diversity of historical approaches. The subject matter ranges from the treasures …
Richard III
No English king has suffered wider fluctuations of reputation than Richard III, perhaps the most controversial ruler England has ever had. Vilified by critics as a ruthless master …
Henry VI, Margaret of Anjou and the Wars of the Roses
Henry VI (1422-61), a man 'more given to God and devout prayer than handling worldly and temporal things', was the third, and least successful, Lancastrian king of England; his …
Henry VIII
No English king is more famous-or infamous! than Henry VIII, popularly celebrated as the formidable and arrogant figure portrayed by Hans Holbein the Younger, the early Tudor stud …
The Fifteenth Century XVIII
Essays on crucial aspects of late medieval history. The essays collected here, offered by three generations of his friends and pupils, celebrate the outstanding career of Professor …
The Topsy Turvy World of Gilbert and Sullivan
No musical partnership has enjoyed greater success during its time span, or bequeathed a more powerful and enduring legacy, than that of Gilbert and Sullivan in the later …