Shakespeare, King John (2008)

William Shakespeare.
The Life and Death of King John.
Edited by A. R. Braunmuller.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008.
(This edition first published in 1989.)

Book Information: Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.

Book Series: The Oxford Shakespeare; Oxford World's Classics.

Some Other Current Editions of King John:

• The Arden Shakespeare, Third Series, Edited by J.J.M. Tobin and Jesse M. Lander.
• The Arden Shakespeare, Second Series, Edited by E.A.J. Honigmann.
• Folger Shakespeare Library, Edited by Barbara A. Mowat and Paul Werstine.
• The Pelican Shakespeare, Edited by Claire McEachern.
• Penguin Classics UK, Edited by R. L. Smallwood.
• The New Cambridge Shakespeare, Edited by L. A. Beaurline.
• The RSC Shakespeare, Edited by Jonathan Bate and Eric Rasmussen.
• Signet Classics Shakespeare, Edited by Sylvan Barnet.

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Wikipedia Articles:

Shakespeare and King John:

• William Shakespeare (1564–1616).
• William Shakespeare, King John, 1595-1596.
• Shakespearean history.

Sources for King John:

• John Bale (1495–1563), Kynge Johan, c.1538.
• Raphael Holinshed (c.1525–1580?), Holinshed's Chronicles, 1577; revised 1587.
• unknown author, The Troublesome Reign of King John, c.1589.

English Renaissance Drama:

• English Renaissance, Sixteenth Century.
• English literature: English Renaissance (1500–1660).
• Elizabethan literature.
• English Renaissance theatre.

Historical Events:

• England in the Middle Ages, Fifth Century to Fifteenth Century.
• England in the High Middle Ages, from the Norman Conquest in 1066 to the death of King John in 1216.
• Philip II of France: Conflict with King John, 1200–1206.
• Anglo-French War (1213–1214).
• First Barons' War, 1215–1217.
• Magna Carta, 15 June 1215.
• Battle of Lincoln (1217), 20 May 1217.
• Battle of Sandwich (1217), 24 August 1217, also called the Battle of Dover.
• Treaty of Lambeth, 1217.

Historical People:

• Angevin kings of England (Henry II, Richard I, John).
• Henry II of England (1133–1189), Henry Curtmantle, Henry FitzEmpress, Henry Plantagenet; King of England 1154–1189.
• Eleanor of Aquitaine (1122/1124–1204), Duchess of Aquitaine 1137–1204; Queen consort of France 1137–1152; Queen consort of England 1154–1189.
• William Marshal (1146/1147–1219), Knight; Earl of Pembroke 1189–1219; Protector of Henry III.
• Richard I of England (1157–1199), Richard Cœur de Lion or Richard the Lionheart; King of England 1189–1199.
• Hubert Walter (c.1160–1205), Chief Justiciar of England 1193–1198; Lord Chancellor 1199–1205; Archbishop of Canterbury 1193–1205.
• John, King of England (1166–1216), John Lackland; King of England 1199–1216.
• Arthur I, Duke of Brittany (1187–1203), son of Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany and Constance, Duchess of Brittany. His father, Geoffrey, was a son of Henry II.
• Philip II of France (1165–1223), King of France 1180–1223.
• Hubert de Burgh, 1st Earl of Kent (c.1170–1243).
• Louis VIII of France (1187–1226), Louis the Lion; appears as "Louis the Dauphin" in the play King John; King of France 1223–1226.
• Robert Fitzwalter (d.1235), "the leader of the baronial opposition against King John, and one of the twenty-five sureties of Magna Carta".
• Stephen Langton (c.1350–1228), Archbishop of Canterbury 1205–1228.
• Henry III of England (1207–1272), King of England 1216–1272.

For more on this period of English history see my post for Brooke, From Alfred to Henry III, 871-1272 (1966).

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