Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part One (2003)

William Shakespeare.
Henry VI, Part One.
Edited by Michael Taylor.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008.
This edition first published in 2003.

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

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Editor:

• Michael Taylor was Professor of English at the University of New Brunswick, Canada.
• Taylor, Michael 1935-, OCLC WorldCat Identities.
• Michael Taylor. Shakespeare Criticism in the Twentieth Century. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001.
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• Michael Taylor, "The Darker Purpose of A Midsummer Night's Dream", Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900, Vol. 9, No. 2, pp. 259-273, Spring 1969.
• William Shakespeare. Richard III. Introduction by Michael Taylor. Edited by E.A.J. Honigmann. The Penguin Shakespeare. London: Penguin Classics, 2005, 2015.
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• Thomas Middleton. A Mad World, My Masters and Other Plays. Edited by Michael Taylor. Oxford World's Classics. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1995, 2009.
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Wikipedia Articles:

Shakespeare:

• William Shakespeare (1564–1616).
• Shakespearean history.
• First Tetralogy: Henry VI, Part One; Henry VI, Part Two; Henry VI, Part Three; and Richard III.
• Henry VI, Part 1, written by early 1592; first documented performance March 1592; first published in 1623.
  The play presents events of the 1420s (aftermath of the death of Henry V, rise of Joan of Arc, siege of Orléans); 1430s (trial of Joan of Arc, Treaty of Arras); 1440s (marriage contract with Margaret of Anjou); 1450s (Battle of Castillon, death of Talbot, increasing political instability of the English).

English Renaissance Drama:

• English Renaissance, 16th - 17th Centuries.
• English literature: English Renaissance (1500–1660).
• Elizabethan literature.
• English Renaissance theatre.

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.

Historical People and Events:

~~~ The English ~~~
• Henry VI of England (1421–1471); King of England 1422–1461 and 1470–1471.
• John of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Bedford (1389–1435); third son of Henry IV; uncle of Henry VI; regent of France for Henry VI.
• Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester (1390–1447); fourth and youngest son of Henry IV; uncle of Henry VI; Lord Protector of England during the minority of Henry VI.
• Henry Beaufort (c.1375–1447); Bishop of Winchester; son of John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster.
• John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset (1404–1444); son of John Beaufort; grandson of John of Gaunt; maternal grandfather of Henry VII.
• Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset (1406–1455); son of John Beaufort; grandson of John of Gaunt.
• William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk (1396–1450).
• Richard Plantagenet (1411–1460); Duke of York 1425–1460; grandson of Edmund of Langley on his father's side; great-great-grandson of Lionel of Antwerp on his mother's side; (Edmund and Lionel were sons of Edward III).
• Thomas Montagu, 4th Earl of Salisbury (1388–1428); English military leader; died at the siege of Orléans.
• Richard Beauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick (1382–1439); English military leader.
• John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury (c.1387–1453); English military leader; died at the Battle of Castillon.
• Edmund Mortimer (rebel) (1376–1409); cousin of Henry Bolingbroke; brother-in-law of Henry 'Hotspur' Percy.
• Edmund Mortimer, 5th Earl of March (1391–1425); nephew of the rebel Edmund Mortimer; heir presumptive to Richard II.
• John Fastolf (1380–1459); English military leader.
~~~ The French ~~~
• Charles VII of France (1403–1461); Dauphin of France 1417–1422; King of France 1422–1461.
• Philip the Good (1396–1467); Duke of Burgundy 1419–1467; ally of England 1420–1435.
• Jean de Dunois (1402–1468); the "Bastard of Orléans"; French military leader.
• Joan of Arc (c.1412–1431); French military leader.
• René of Anjou (1409–1480); Duke of Anjou 1434–1480; called Reignier in Henry VI, Part One.
• Margaret of Anjou (1430–1482); daughter of René of Anjou; wife of Henry VI 1445-1471; Queen consort of England 1445–1461 and 1470–1471.
~~~ Events ~~~
• Hundred Years' War, 1337 – 1453.
• Hundred Years' War, 1415–1453, the Lancastrian War.
• Siege of Orléans, October 1428 – May 1429.
• Battle of Patay, June 1429.
• Siege of Compiègne, May – November 1430; Burgundians captured Joan of Arc and sold her to the English.
• Trial of Joan of Arc, January – May 1431.
• Treaty of Arras, September 1435, ended the English-Burgundian alliance.
• Battle of Castillon, July 1453, the final action of the Hundred Years' War.
• Wars of the Roses, 1455 – 1487.

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