Reception, reputation, and date -- Sources: the chronicles -- Daniel's 'Civil wars' -- 'Famous victories' and the prince's wild youth -- Falstaff and the vice -- Falstaff as soldier -- Other Falstaff antecedents -- Providential views of history versus Renaissance scepticism -- The questions of structural unity -- The pattern of oppositions: Hotspur and Falstaff on honour -- From feudal chivalry to pragmatism: language and political change -- Fathers and sons: role playing and identity -- Falstaff's cowardice and lying: his play world -- The 'education' of Prince Hal -- The rejection of Falstaff -- The play in performance -- The text.
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