00702nam a2200145Ia 450000500170000000800410001702000180005808200190007610000260009524500150012126000390013630000140017550003370018965000300052620250721200111.0250721s9999    xx            000 0 und d  a9780199546916  a942.03832bFLE  aFletcher, Christopher 0aRichard II  bOxford University Press, USAc2008  a337 pages  aRichard II has long suffered from an effeminate reputation, but the real king was very different. This book argues that the king sought to assert his authority by acting in accordance with prevailing ideas of manhood, first through a military campaign, and then, fatally, through revenge against those who attempted to restrain him.  aBiography & Autobiography