Shakespeare, Richard II (2011)

William Shakespeare.
Richard II.
Edited by Anthony B. Dawson and Paul Yachnin.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011.

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

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

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Wikipedia Articles:

Shakespeare and Richard II:

• William Shakespeare (1564–1616).
• Richard II, probably written 1595, first printed 1597.
• Henriad, the four plays Richard II, Henry IV, Part I, Henry IV, Part II, Henry V;
  also called "second tetralogy" or "second Henriad".
• Shakespearean history.

England during Shakespeare's Time:

• Elizabethan era, 1558–1603.
• Elizabethan government.
• Elizabeth I (1533–1603), Queen of England 1558–1603.
• Elizabeth I: Later years.
• Jacobean era, 1603–1625.
• James VI and I (1566–1625), King of England as James I, 1603–1625.
• Stuart period, 1603–1714.
• Early modern Britain, 16th – 18th Centuries.

English Renaissance Drama:

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

Historical Events, 14th Century, Reign of Richard II:

• England in the Late Middle Ages, from the Thirteenth Century, the end of the Angevins and the accession of Henry III in 1216, until the accession to the throne of the Tudor dynasty in 1485.
• Peasants' Revolt, 1381.
• Wonderful Parliament, November 1386; imposed restrictions on the rule of Richard II.
• Lords Appellant, 1388.
• Merciless Parliament, February to June 1388; members of Richard II's court convicted of treason; many executed.
• The Tyranny of Richard II, 1397–1399.
• Parliament of Shrewsbury, 1398; declared acts of the Merciless Parliament null and void; made Richard II an absolute ruler.
• Downfall of Richard II, August 1399.

Historical People, 14th Century:

• Edward III of England (1312–1377), King of England 1327–1377.
• Philippa of Hainault (c.1310/1315–1369), wife of Edward III; Queen consort of England 1328–1369.
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• Edward the Black Prince (1330–1376), Edward of Woodstock, the Black Prince; eldest son of Edward III; father of Richard of Bordeaux (Richard II).
• Joan of Kent (1326/7–1385); wife of Edward the Black Prince; mother of Richard of Bordeaux (Richard II).
• Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence (1338–1368), second son of Edward III;
  the House of York descended from Lionel and his brother Edmund.
• John of Gaunt (1340–1399), Duke of Lancaster; third son of Edward III;
  the House of Lancaster descended from John of Gaunt.
  • Blanche of Lancaster (1342–1368), daughter of Henry of Grosmont, 1st Duke of Lancaster; first wife of John of Gaunt;
    mother of Henry Bolingbroke (Henry IV of England).
  • Constance of Castile, Duchess of Lancaster (1354–1394), daughter of Peter of Castile (also known by the lurid name Peter the Cruel); second wife of John of Gaunt.
  • Katherine Swynford (c.1350–1403), third wife of John of Gaunt;
    the House of Beaufort descended from John of Gaunt's children with Katherine Swynford.
• Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York (1341–1402), fourth son of Edward III;
  the House of York descended from Edmund and his brother Lionel.
• Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester (1355–1397), fifth son of Edward III.
  As the leader of the Lords Appellant (1388) he gained the enmity of Richard II.
  Arrested in 1397 and murdered, probably on Richard II's orders.
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• Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland (1341–1408), father of Henry Percy (Hotspur) (1364–1403).
• Henry Percy (Hotspur) (1364–1403).
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• Richard II of England (1367–1400), Richard of Bordeaux, son of Edward the Black Prince and Joan of Kent; King of England 1377–1399; deposed in 1399.
  • Anne of Bohemia (1366–1394), first wife of Richard II.
  • Isabella of Valois (1389–1409), second wife of Richard II.
• Henry Bolingbroke (1367–1413), son of John of Gaunt and Blanche of Lancaster. One of the Lords Appellant (1388). Exiled by Richard II in 1398. King of England as Henry IV 1399–1413.
• Mary de Bohun (c.1369/70–1394), first wife of Henry Bolingbroke;
  mother of Henry of Monmouth (Prince Hal, Henry V) and five other children.
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• Thomas de Mowbray, 1st Duke of Norfolk (1366–1399); one of the Lords Appellant; banished for life by Richard II in 1398 following Thomas's quarrel with Henry Bolingbroke.

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Some Historical Background Reading:

• John Julius Norwich. Shakespeare's Kings: The Great Plays and the History of England in the Middle Ages: 1337–1485. New York: Touchstone (Simon & Schuster), 2001.
  [Publisher; Wikipedia; Google Books; Amazon.com.]
• George Holmes. The Later Middle Ages, 1272-1485. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1966.
  [Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.]
  My post for Holmes, The Later Middle Ages, 1272-1485 is here.
• M.H. Keen. England in the Later Middle Ages: A Political History, Second Edition. London: Routledge, 2003.
  [Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.]
• Nigel Saul. Richard II. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1997.
  [Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.]
  My post for Saul, Richard II is here.

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Other: Audio

• Melvyn Bragg, Emma Smith, Gordon McMullan, Katherine Lewis, "Is Shakespeare History? The Plantagenets," In Our Time, BBC Radio 4, 11 Oct 2018.
• Melvyn Bragg, Katherine Duncan-Jones, John Sutherland, Grace Ioppolo, "Shakespeare's Life," In Our Time, BBC Radio 4, 15 March 2001.
  
  • Katherine Duncan-Jones, Wikipedia.
  • Katherine Duncan-Jones. Shakespeare: An Ungentle Life. The Arden Shakespeare. London: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2010.
    [Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.]
  • John Sutherland, Wikipedia.
  • Grace Ioppolo, University of Reading.
• Melvyn Bragg, Frank Kermode, Michael Bogdanov, Germaine Greer, "Shakespeare's Work," In Our Time, BBC Radio 4, 11 May 2000.
  • Frank Kermode, Wikipedia.
  • Frank Kermode. Shakespeare's Language. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2001.
    [Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.]
  • Michael Bogdanov, Wikipedia.
  • Germaine Greer, Wikipedia.

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