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When Shakespeare dismissed king René in these scathing terms he crit-icised his pretensions but did not question whether or not he should be regarded as a king.
Gloucester:‘… poor King Regnier, whose large style Agrees not with the leaness of his purse.’
(W. Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part 2, Act 1, Scene 1)
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Notes
M. Miquel, Quand le bon Roi René était en Provence, 1447–80 (Paris: 1979) p. 275.
W. Scott, Anne of Geierstein, The Waverley Novels, 23 (London: 1901).
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Kekewich, M.L. (2008). Conclusion: the Paradox of the Good King. In: The Good King. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230582217_7
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