Renaissance courtesy literature and Shakespeare's English history plays

Renaissance courtesy literature sets forth social and political concepts that provide insights into the cultural values of the Elizabethan age thus, a study of these concepts provides one point of view for a scholar's understanding the creative literature of the period. The qualities of courtesy figures—the court-lady figure, the ecclesiastical figure, the soldier/adviser figure, and the king figure—are found throughout Renaissance courtesy literature, but are particularly evident in specific works such as Erasmus' The Education of a Christian Prince, Elyot's The Governor, and Castiglione's The Courtier. Evidences of these courtesy figures stand out in Shakespeare's English history plays: 1, 2, and Henry VI, Richard III, King John, Richard II, 1 and 2 Henry IV, and Henry V.English, Department o