"Richard’s difficulties were many, but the essence of his personal feelings seems to have lain in the confluence of th…"

"This is no Henry VIII to command obedience by sheer force of personality; rather, Richard’s image enacts kingship its…"

"Once again, the viewer is made to recognize the sheer glory of kingship, its otherworldly status, and Richard’s dista…"

"The idea of the court sustained Richard, and he sustained it, at vast expense. He surrounded himself with courtiers w…"

"Richard understood his own reign through the distorting lens of the court he made for himself; he could not understan…"

"The court was by definition in place of extreme instability, of faction and favourites, in which men could rise and f…"

"Here and throughout the reign, the tendency was to focus criticism on particular individuals charged with corruption,…"

"The long story of the medieval cult of chivalry, from its emergence in the twelfth century to its belated glories in …"

"This kind of moral analysis is characteristic of medieval thought: the aim is to condemn where condemnation is due, b…"

"The government’s reassertion of control over England in the aftermath demonstrated a merciless insistence on the soci…"