Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-220) and index.
Contents:
Introduction of parliaments and kings: the origins of monarchy and the sovereign-subject compact in the English Middle Ages (to 1400) -- The white rose and the red: the wars of the roses and the rise of absolutism in England (1400-1558) -- The queen and the stage: the rise of popular theater in Elizabethan England (1558-1580) -- Drama and the queen: early English history plays and the problem of succession (1580-1592) -- Succession and the queen: English history plays and the uncertain future of the English monarchy (1593-1600) -- The queen's councilors: censorship, courtly silence, and the secrets of the succession (1600-1603) -- The heir and the spare: the Stuarts and the decline of historical drama (1603-1660).
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