The Pragmatics of Early Modern Politics: Power and Kingship in Shakespeare’s History Plays

ISBN: 9789042038837 出版年：2014 页码：303 Urszula Kizelbach Brill

This book paints a portrait of a successful politician according to early modern standards. Kingship is no longer understood as a divinely ordained institution, but is defined as goal-oriented policy-making, relying on conscious acting and the theatrical display of power.