Demonstrates that knowledge of constitutional history can add to our understanding of the politics of the English history plays and suggests that the nine histo

Far more than any professional historian, Shakespeare is responsible for whatever notions most of us possess about English medieval history. Anyone who apprecia

Leading scholars in the field analyze Shakespeare's plays to show how their dramatic content shapes issues debated in conflicts arising from the creation and ap

Through analysis of 5 plays by Shakespeare, Paul Raffield examines what it meant to be a 'stranger' to English law in the late Elizabethan and early Jacobean pe

This work offers an analysis of constitutional law, examining Shakespeare's plays as legal texts. Professor Ward uses the plays as a starting point to investiga