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King Lear, George Frederick Bensell. King Lear is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare. It is loosely based on the mythological Leir of Britain. King Lear, in preparation for his old age, divides his power and land between his daughters Goneril and Regan, who pay homage to gain favour, feigning love. The King's third daughter, Cordelia, is ...
- Leir of Britain
King Leir and his daughters, a marginal illustration in the...
- Cordelia
Cordelia is a fictional character in William Shakespeare's...
- King Lear (Disambiguation)
King Lear is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, named for the...
- Edmund
Edmund is a fictional character and the main antagonist in...
- Leir of Britain
King Leir is an anonymous Elizabethan play about the life of the ancient Brythonic king Leir of Britain. It was published in 1605 but was entered into the Stationers' Register on 15 May 1594. [1] The play has attracted critical attention principally for its relationship with King Lear , Shakespeare 's version of the same story.
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601-002. The Basilica of Saint-Remi ( French: Basilique Saint-Remi) is a medieval abbey church in Reims, France (Rue Simon). [1] It was founded in the 11th century "over the chapel of St. Christophe where St. Remi was buried." [1] It is "the largest Romanesque church in northern France, though with later additions." [1]
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Saint-Remi Abbey history. Upon its construction, Saint-Remi Abbey replaced the former St Christopher’s Chapel in housing the relics of Saint Remi (440-533 AD), an archbishop of Gaul who famously baptised the Frankish king, Clovis I and was canonized after his death. After many years of resisting conversion to Christianity, Clovis I (466-511 ...
The abbey, a pilgrimage church built around the tomb of Saint Remi, is an outstanding example of medieval architecture: it was the largest Romanesque building in northern France before being transformed with spectacular sobriety during the Gothic era.
The Original Story of King Lear. In the earliest surviving version, Lear is the son of King Bladud of England. After his father’s death, Lear rules Britain for sixty years. During his reign he establishes Kaerleir which is later called Leicester. He has three daughters named Goneril, Regan, and Cordelia but no sons.
A popular member of expatriate artistic circles, Abbey first visited England in 1878, and settled there permanently in 1882. In this dramatic scene from King Lear, Cordelia—Shakespeare’s heroine in the tragedy—stands at the center of the composition, having just been renounced by her father in the play’s opening scene.
