Legitimacy In A Bastard Kingdom

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Applbaum, Arthur Isak
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Abstract
"Now, gods, stand up for bastards!" No, this is not the prayer of the New York litigator; it is the battle cry of Edmund, bastard son of the Earl of Gloucester and one of the great early modern theorists of political legitimacy. Edmund is scheming to usurp the earldom with the invention of a forged letter that frames the legitimate heir, his half-brother Edgar. Edmund’s political philosophy is laid out in his first soliloquy in King Lear, which I quote below in its entirety. Why I believe Edmund to be a great theorist of legitimacy will become more clear over time:
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2004-01-05
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http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/55927
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Center for Public Leadership
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Center for Public Leadership Working Paper Series;04-05
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hks, cpl, kennedy school, leadership, legtitmacy
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