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England's Empty Throne: Usurpation and the Language of Legitimation, 1399-1422 - Hardcover

Strohm, Paul

 
9780300075441: England's Empty Throne: Usurpation and the Language of Legitimation, 1399-1422

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The methods employed by the Lancastrian usurpers in their attempts to legitimise their dynasty's hold in the English throne included the reburying of the murdered Richard II, the invention of chronicles, prophecies and genealogies, new methods of trial and punishment, the use of spies, and the radical redefinition of treason. Strohm uses both literary and historical analysis to explore this quest for legitimacy, and the importance of symbolic activity to Henry IV and V.

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