Manhood, Youth, and Politics 1377-99
by
Christopher Fletcher
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2010
Richard II (1377-99) has long suffered from an unusually unmanly reputation. Over the centuries, he has been habitually associated with lavish courtly expenditure, absolutist ideas, Francophile tendencies, and a love of peace, all of which have been linked to the king's physical effeminacy. Even sympathetic...