Shakespeare's History Plays : Richard II to Henry V, the Making of a King

Part I Examines The Context For Shakespeare's History Plays, Including The A Treatment Of Elizabethan Cosmology And Its Relevance To Political Order. Part 2 Explores The 'ricardian' Plays, Under The Following Headings: Mirrors Of Our Fickle State; Hawks And Handsaws: Modes And Genres Of The Plays; This Blessed Plot: Husbandry And The Garden; Passing Brave To Be A King: Richard Ii; This Royal Throne Of Kings: Henry Iv, Parts 1 And 2; This Sceptred Isle: Henry V; A Trim Reckoning: Language, Poetics And Rhetoric.