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Hillsdale Dialogues 02-26-22: Shakespeare's Richard III with Dr. Stephen Smith

Hillsdale Dialogues

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Is Henry Tudor Legitimate?

Henderson: Legitimacy is by birth, right? And that all turns into a mess, yes? They're all killing each other. So now what's legitimacy? Well, he's close to legitimate by birth. Then my opinion is he redeemed himsel, showed what he was going to be by that marriage. He reached out to the other side and included them in a station that was powerful. Hendry bolingbroke exiles two enemies; one ofem probably really his,. they were enemies with each other. But does it really confer legitimacy? Or rather, it just would be prudential if we all go along with usWere so we used to think,

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