Provider: World Shakespeare Bibliography https://www.worldshakesbib.org Database: WSB Content: text/plain; charset="utf-8" TY - JOUR VL - 4 T2 - Religions SP - 30-50 ID - bbbc501 T1 - "Drama and Demigods: Kingship and Charisma in Shakespeare's England" AU - Bezio, Kristin M. S PY - 2013 DA - 2026 KW - charisma KW - monarch KW - anxiety LA - English AB - Examines how the onstage portrayal of royal charisma, with an eye to Max Weber's understanding of how the charismatic monarch in Richard II, 1 and 2 Henry IV, and Henry V reflects the anxieties of a society concerned with Elizabeth I's successor. English summary, 30. ER -