Thesis (doctoral)--Stockholms universitet, 1999. / Added t.p. with thesis statement inserted. Discusses Erikskrönikan, Dikten om kung Albrekt, and Bishop Thomas' Frihetsvisan. Includes bibliographical references (p. 264-276).

William Shakespeare's plays, Richard II, 1 and 2 Henry IV and Henry V, form a tetralogy in which the conditions and nature of kingship are extensively explored. Richard II is an incapable ruler because his own desires are always uppermost in his mind while the welfare of the realm matters little to him. However, in spite of his faults, Richard II is a divinely ordained king, God's deputy on earth, and, therefore, he is the only legitimate monarch. When Henry IV usurps Richard II and has him murdered, he commits an unforgivable crime. Thus, in spite of the fact that he is a more capable ruler, his reign is plagued by rebellion and civil war. Only his son, Henry V, a legitimate ruler, can restore order to the chaotic nation. This study is an analysis of the reigns of these three monarchs. It is based on four aspects of the text: dramatic action, speeches on kingship, figurative patterns, and thematic movements.Taken as a unit, the four plays create a portrait of the ideal "statesman-king"; viewed individually, they produce added insight into the variations in interpretations of inadequate king, Henry IV, who is troubled human. of his kingship, king and its occupant. Richard II is an but a very talented poet, in contrast to a capable ruler, but a guilt-ridden, Henry V can be characterized only in terms as he is forced to subject his personal of the office self to his political role in order to be a successful monarch.

Thesis (doctoral)--Stockholms universitet, 1999. / Added t.p. with thesis statement inserted. Discusses Erikskrönikan, Dikten om kung Albrekt, and Bishop Thomas' Frihetsvisan. Includes bibliographical references (p. 264-276).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Texas at Austin, 1999. / Vita. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 205-210).

Thesis (doctoral)--Stockholms universitet, 1999. / Added t.p. with thesis statement inserted. Discusses Erikskrönikan, Dikten om kung Albrekt, and Bishop Thomas' Frihetsvisan. Includes bibliographical references (p. 264-276).

Thesis--Zagreb, 1961. / Summary in German. Includes bibliographical references.

Inaugural dissertation -- Academia Alberta Lvdoviciana. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Texas at Austin, 1999. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 205-210).

Thesis (M.A.)--Memorial University of Newfoundland, 2001. / Bibliography: leaves 98-104.

This thesis examines accounts of the regal period in Cicero's de republica, Varro, Dionysius of Halicarnassus and Livy, as well as references to the period in Propertius IV and Ovid's Fasti. Cicero, Varro and Dionysius all present idealized accounts of the period, responding to the aetiological traditions concerning it, and making Rome's founders represent ideal originators, in different ways depending on the nature of their interests. Cicero acknowledges the problems of idealizing history, pointing to the influence of historical context on views of history. Dionysius' historiographical theories are examined, revealing a coherent theory in the light of which Dionysius' idealization can be seen as an informed attempt at an historical reconstruction. Livy too gives the regal period an originative function, to display in microcosm many themes important in later history. His interest in the origin of Rome's problems prevents him from idealizing the period. Instead he demonstrates political and social development under the kings which leads to a republic where the tensions of Rome's later history can be foreseen. Elegy had traditionally rejected history, but in Propertius IV history is included, much of it regal. Propertius establishes a particular relationship between the regal period and the elegist which is continued in Ovid's Fasti. Both poets reinterpret history, applying the self-conscious skill which had hitherto rejected historical material, and subverting expectations of the relationship of past to present. Ovid also displays kinship to themes of the Augustan revival, celebrating the present as the culmination of the past. The main unifying feature of all accounts is the dominance of the author's view of the present in shaping his version of history, stemming from the importance of the regal period as the period of Rome's origins. In the conclusion, these writings are placed within their Augustan context.