Richard III and The Dark Age Myth

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dc.contributor.advisorMakowski, Elizabeth M.
dc.contributor.authorChasin, Benjamin
dc.date.accessioned2011-03-23T13:33:25Z
dc.date.available2012-02-24T10:10:16Z
dc.date.issued2010-12
dc.description.abstractThe Dark Ages are not the Middle Ages or any true period or era of history. They are the “Mythical Middle Ages,”- a fictional period of history constructed by post medieval writers ranging from the Renaissance to the present. Like all myths, the myth of the Dark Ages is a myth that is a combination of fiction and half-truth that forms part of an ideology. Some aspects of the Dark Age myth are more undoubtedly fictional than others, such as the legend of witches and dragons. Other aspects of the Dark Age myth are clearly more based on truth, but a truth that is often over-elaborated and emphasized, such as the incidents of leprosy, medieval warfare, and torture. This thesis explores the myths of the Dark Ages in William Shakespeare’s play Richard III. It examines the myths of medieval grotesqueness and spells and prophecies. The thesis also examines how England in the fifteenth-century was not a place of “darkness,” but a place of glorious advancements and innovations.
dc.description.departmentHonors College
dc.formatText
dc.format.extent44 pages
dc.format.medium1 file (.pdf)
dc.identifier.citationChasin, B. A. (2010). Richard III and The Dark Age Myth (Unpublished thesis). Texas State University-San Marcos, San Marcos, Texas.
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10877/3219
dc.language.isoen
dc.subjecthistory
dc.subjectEngland
dc.subjectDark ages
dc.subjectRichard III
dc.subjectWar of the roses
dc.subjectmyths
dc.subjectHonors College
dc.titleRichard III and The Dark Age Myth
thesis.degree.departmentHonors College
thesis.degree.disciplineHistory
thesis.degree.grantorTexas State University-San Marcos
txstate.documenttypeHonors Thesis

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