Henry IV, Part One.
Edited by David Bevington.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008.
This edition first published in 1987.
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Book Series: The Oxford Shakespeare; Oxford World's Classics.
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Editor:
- David Bevington (1931–2019), Wikipedia.
- Bevington, David M., OCLC WorldCat Identities.
- David Bevington, editor. Henry IV, Parts I and II: Critical Essays. New York and London: Garland Publishing, 1986; London and New York: Routledge, 2015.
[Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.] - David Bevington. Shakespeare: The Seven Ages of Human Experience, Second Edition. Malden, Massachusetts and Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishing, 2005.
[Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.] - David Bevington. Shakespeare's Ideas: More Things in Heaven and Earth. Malden, Massachusetts and Oxford, UK: Wiley-Blackwell, 2008.
[Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.] - David Bevington. Murder Most Foul: Hamlet Through the Ages. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011.
[Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.] - David Bevington. Shakespeare and Biography. Oxford Shakespeare Topics. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010.
[Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.] - David Bevington. How to Read a Shakespeare Play. Malden, Massachusetts and Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishing, 2006.
[Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.] - David Bevington. This Wide and Universal Theater: Shakespeare in Performance, Then and Now. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2007.
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Wikipedia Articles:
Shakespeare:
- William Shakespeare (1564–1616).
- Shakespearean history.
- Henriad or Second Tetralogy: Richard II; Henry IV, Part 1; Henry IV, Part 2; and Henry V.
- Henry IV, Part 1, written c.1597; first printed in 1598.
The play presents events of 1402 and 1403. - author unknown, The Famous Victories of Henry V, registered 1594, first known printing 1598; one of Shakespeare's sources.
- English Renaissance, 16th - 17th Centuries.
- English literature: English Renaissance (1500–1660).
- Elizabethan literature.
- English Renaissance theatre.
- 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.
- England in the Late Middle Ages. ~~~~~~~~~~
- House of Plantagenet.
- 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. ~~~~~~~~~~
- 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).
- 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.
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- John of Gaunt (1340–1399); third son of Edward III; Duke of Lancaster 1362–1399; the House of Lancaster and the House of Beaufort descended from John of Gaunt.
- Blanche of Lancaster (1342–1368); daughter of Henry of Grosmont, Duke of Lancaster; first wife of John of Gaunt; mother of Henry Bolingbroke (Henry IV).
- Constance of Castile, Duchess of Lancaster (1354–1394); daughter of Peter of Castile (also known as Peter the Cruel); second wife of John of Gaunt.
- Katherine Swynford (c.1350–1403); third wife of John of Gaunt; mother of 4 children with John of Gaunt; the House of Beaufort descended from John of Gaunt's children with Katherine Swynford.
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- Henry IV of England (1367–1413); Henry Bolingbroke, son of John of Gaunt and Blanche of Lancaster; Duke of Lancaster 1399; 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.
- Henry of Monmouth (1386–1422); eldest son of Henry IV and Mary de Bohun; Prince Hal; Prince of Wales 1399–1413; King of England as Henry V 1413–1422.
- Thomas of Lancaster, Duke of Clarence (1387–1421); second son of Henry IV and Mary de Bohun.
- John of Lancaster, Duke of Bedford (1389–1435); third son of Henry IV and Mary de Bohun.
- Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester (1390–1447); fourth and youngest son of Henry IV and Mary de Bohun.
- Joan of Navarre, Queen of England (c.1368–1437); second wife of Henry IV; Queen consort of England 1403–1413.
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- Edward of Norwich, 2nd Duke of York (c.1373–1415); eldest son of Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York (1341–1402); Earl of Rutland 1390–1402; Duke of Aumale/Aumerle 1398-1399; referred to as Aumerle and Rutland in Richard II; Duke of York 1402–1415; killed at the Battle of Agincourt.
- Richard of Conisburgh, 3rd Earl of Cambridge (1385–1415); second son of Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York; husband of Anne Mortimer; father of Richard of York, 3rd Duke of York; executed for his participation in the Southampton Plot. ~~~~~~~~~~
- Ralph Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland (c.1364–1425).
- Walter Blount (soldier) (c.1348-1403); called Walter Blunt in Henry IV, Part 1; killed at the Battle of Shrewsbury.
- John Oldcastle (c.1370–1417).
- John Fastolf (1380–1459). ~~~~~~~~~~
- Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland (1341–1408).
- Thomas Percy, 1st Earl of Worcester (1343–1403); younger brother of Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland; captured at the Battle of Shrewsbury and executed.
- Henry Percy (Hotspur) (1364–1403); son of Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland; killed at the Battle of Shrewsbury. ~~~~~~~~~~
- Edmund Mortimer, 3rd Earl of March (1352–1381).
- Philippa, 5th Countess of Ulster (1355–1382); the only child of Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence, the second surviving son of King Edward III of England; (due to this close relationship to Edward III, Philippa's children and their descendants would inherit a strong claim on the English crown; "the Yorkist claim to the crown was based on descent from Edward III through Philippa, her son Roger Mortimer, and granddaughter Anne Mortimer, who married Richard of Conisburgh, 3rd Earl of Cambridge, a son of Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York"); wife of Edmund Mortimer, 3rd Earl of March.
- Elizabeth Mortimer (1371–1417); daughter of Philippa, 5th Countess of Ulster and Edmund Mortimer, 3rd Earl of March; wife of Henry Percy (Hotspur); referred to as 'Kate, Lady Percy' in Henry IV, Part 1.
- Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March (1374–1398); eldest son of Philippa, 5th Countess of Ulster and Edmund Mortimer, 3rd Earl of March; considered the heir presumptive to King Richard II.
- Edmund Mortimer, 5th Earl of March (1391–1425); elder son of Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March; sometimes confused with his uncle Edmund Mortimer the rebel.
- Roger Mortimer (1393–c.1413); younger son of Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March.
- Edmund Mortimer (rebel) (1376–1409); second son of Philippa, 5th Countess of Ulster and Edmund Mortimer, 3rd Earl of March; captured by Owain Glyndŵr at the Battle of Bryn Glas in June 1402; married Owain Glyndŵr's daughter during his captivity.
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- Owain Glyndŵr (c.1354–c.1415); leader of the Welsh Revolt.
- Catrin ferch Owain Glyndŵr (d.1413); daughter of Owain Glyndŵr; wife of Edmund Mortimer the rebel. ~~~~~~~~~~
- Archibald Douglas, 4th Earl of Douglas (c.1369–1424); leader of the Scottish rebels. ~~~~~~~~~~
- Richard Scrope (bishop) (c.1350–1405); Archbishop of York 1398–1405; executed for his participation in the Percy rebellion of 1405.
- Henry Scrope, 3rd Baron Scrope of Masham (c.1373–1415); nephew of Archbishop Richard Scrope; executed for his participation in the Southampton Plot. ~~~~~~~~~~ Events ~~~~~~~~~~
- 1400s in England.
- 1410s in England.
- 1420s in England.
- Epiphany Rising, January 1400; rebellion against Henry IV; mentioned in Act 5 of Richard II.
- Anglo-Scottish Wars.
- Welsh Revolt, 1400 – c.1415.
- Battle of Bryn Glas, 22 June 1402.
- Percy Rebellion, 1402–1408.
- Battle of Homildon Hill, 14 September 1402.
- Battle of Shrewsbury, 21 July 1403.
- Battle of Bramham Moor, 19 February 1408; final battle in the Percy Rebellion of 1402–1408.
- Oldcastle Revolt, January 1414.
- Southampton Plot, 1415.
- Hundred Years' War, 1415–1453, the Lancastrian War.
- Battle of Agincourt, 25 October 1415. ~~~~~~~~~~ Economic History ~~~~~~~~~~
- Economy of England in the Middle Ages.
- Commercial Revolution, 11th century onwards.
- Mining and metallurgy in medieval Europe.
- History of banking: Medieval Europe.
- Economic history of Europe (1000 AD–present).
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In Our Time:
- Melvyn Bragg, Emma Smith, Gordon McMullan, Katherine Lewis, "Is Shakespeare History? The Plantagenets," In Our Time, BBC Radio 4, 11 October 2018.
- See episode notes for references.
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