Richard II has long suffered from a reputation for effeminacy, but the real king was very different. Fletcher argues that the king sought to assert his authority by acting in accordance with prevailing ideas of manhood, first througha military campaign, and then, fatally, through revenge against those who attempted to restrain him. INDICE: 1: Introduction; 2: The Language of Manhood I: Strength, Violence, and Honour; 3: The Language of Manhood II: Humanitas, Decorum, and Largesse; 4: Medico-Moral Theories of Manhood: Strength, Constancy, and Reason; 5: The Royal Authority and the King's Childhood, 1376-82; 6: The Emergence of the King's Firm Purpose, 1382-84; 7: The Pursuit of Manhood, 1384-86; 8: The Returnof the King's Youth, 1386-88; 9: The Establishment of a Conciliar Regime, 1388-90; 10: Majesty and Restriction, 1390-92; 11: The Drift to Power, c.1390-97;12: A Boy not a Man? 1397-99
- ISBN: 978-0-19-959571-6
- Editorial: Oxford University
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 336
- Fecha Publicación: 07/10/2010
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés