Richard II : The Art of Kingship

Author / Editor
Goodman, Anthony,and James Gillespie, eds.

Title
Richard II : The Art of Kingship

Published
Oxford ;
New York : Clarendon Press :
Oxford University Press, 1999.

Physical Description
xii, 299 pp.

Description
Eleven essays by various authors and an introduction by Goodman. Topics include Richard's reign as presented in chronicles, the nature and quality of his rule, and his relations with the following: his councils, the Church, the higher nobility, London, trades, other countries, and the literary and visual arts. In chapter 2, "Richard and the Literary Arts" (pp. 231-53), Patricia J. Eberle discusses the image of Richard in works dedicated to him.

Contributor
Gillespie, James, ed.
Eberle, Patricia, J.

Alternative Title
Richard and the Literary Arts.

Chaucer Subjects
Background and General Criticism.