why 'the divine right of kings' (still) matters
- Written by: Kit MacFarlane, Lecturer, Creative Writing and Literature, University of South Australia
Portrait of Richard II – artist unknown, c. late 16th century.What do you do with a bad king? And what do you do when that bad king is (allegedly) appointed by God?
Shakespeare’s Richard II is a play that asks us, among other things, what it means to have power, what it means to take power, and what we’re left with when power is...