The Kingly Style of Henry IV: Personality, Politics and Culture.
- Author/Editor
- Codling, Deborah Ann.
- Title
- The Kingly Style of Henry IV: Personality, Politics and Culture.
- Published
- Codling, Deborah Ann. The Kingly Style of Henry IV: Personality, Politics and Culture. Ph.D. Dissertation. University of London, Royal Holloway College, 2005. Dissertation Abstracts International C70.40. Abstract accessible via ProQuest Dissertations and Theses Global.
- Review
- From Codling's abstract: "The thesis breaks new ground in examining Henry IV's kingship from the perspective of its 'theatre', and in looking at how the king fashioned and projected a convincing image of majesty. Its principal themes are: the king's personality and the practice of his kingship; his response to problems of a dubious title; the public and private aspects of his piety; his court; his relations with parliament; his responses to challenges to his kingship; the use of 'propaganda' to establish his regime and his patronage of art and architecture. The underlying assumption is that, whilst Henry IV's finances and the composition of his retinue have already been extensively covered, little has been done to bring to life the character and kingly style of Henry himself. The main sources used are the two surviving Wardrobe accounts for the region (E101/404/21 and MS Harleian 319) and other Exchequer and Wardrobe material in E101 and E403 (Public Record Office); the Duchy of Lancaster Accounts (DL28); letters, for example: 'Royal and Historical Letters of Henry IV,' ed. F.C. Hingeston and 'Anglo-Norman Letters & Petitions,' ed. M. D. Legge; chronicles for 1399-1413; literary sources, in particular the work of John Gower; and surviving material evidence, such as Henry's tomb at Canterbury Cathedral."
- Date
- 2005
- Gower Subjects
- Backgrounds and General Criticism
Biography of Gower