SOURCE: Traister, Barbara H. “The King's One Body: Unceremonial Kingship in King John.” In King John: New Perspectives, edited by Deborah T. Curren-Aquino, pp. 91-8. Newark: University of Delaware Press, 1989.
In the following essay, Traister investigates the concept of ceremony in King John, and evaluates the portrayal of John as a king without recourse to ceremony or access to the power of “majesty.”
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