Date of Award
Spring 1970
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts
Department
English
Abstract
The English history play reached its highest peak of development between 1595 and 1599, for it was during these years that Shakespeare wrote the set of four plays covering the historical period from Richard II to Henry V. Each of the plays is a single entity, but in their entirety, they constitute a unified tetralogy concerning the rise of the house of Lancaster. Through the illegal seizure of the crown by Bolingbroke from Richard II to the glorious reign of Henry V, Shakespeare, as an intensely political writer, examines the facets of kingship and its inherent power and authority.
Recommended Citation
Allman, June Stemen, "Shakespeare's treatment of kingship in the Lancastrian tetralogy" (1970). Master's Theses. 305.
https://scholarship.richmond.edu/masters-theses/305