ENGL2060 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Raphael Holinshed, Tamburlaine, Metatheatre
ENGL Week 3 Lecture – Richard III
First Tetralogy:
• Henry VI – 1591
• Henry VI – second part
• Henry VI – third part
• Richard III
Second:
• Richard II
• Henry IV
• Henry IV – second part
• Henry V
War of the Roses:
• Lancaster and York – who has the most right to the throne
• Hey of Boligokes usupatio of the thoe fo ‘ihad II
• Eds ith Hey of ‘ihods ouest – Battle of Bosworth and death of Richard
III (York)
• Rise to Tudor dynasty
Tudor Dynasty:
• Among the most ruthless in getting rid of the Yorks
• Called Henry Richardmond (really Tudor) – grandfather to Elizabeth I
• Henry I married Elizabeth York
Richard III:
• Controversy of his character – villain or a fighter
• Remains found in a carpark – wanted buried in many locations
• 12 history plays or part of – Shakespeare (history plays are plays about English
history and depicting the nation)
• Theme of Nation gaining ground – roots of the modern nation
• John Speed Atlas – 1611/12 – outlines of the nation for the first time
History Chronicles:
• Raphael Holinshed 1577 and 1587 – Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland
• Edward Hall 1590 – England – The union of the two noble and illustre famelies of
Lancaster and Yorke
Comparison:
• Land character and use of charm, rhetoric and as a leader
• Genre much the same
• Starting to develop much of the concept of Nation and Power
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