Medievalists.net » Henry V http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Sun, 06 Dec 2015 23:06:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 Henry V, Flower of Chivalry http://www.medievalists.net/2015/10/07/henry-v-flower-of-chivalry/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/10/07/henry-v-flower-of-chivalry/#comments Thu, 08 Oct 2015 03:03:24 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=61655 Kingship and chivalry were not separate constructs in late medieval didactic works, chronicles and biographies which praised ideal qualities like loyalty largesse, honour and above all prudence that were essential for both kings and knights.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/10/07/henry-v-flower-of-chivalry/feed/ 0 The Visit of King Sigismund to England, 1416 http://www.medievalists.net/2014/08/23/visit-king-sigismund-england-1416/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/08/23/visit-king-sigismund-england-1416/#comments Sun, 24 Aug 2014 00:36:44 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=52070 In their chapter-length account of Sigismund's visit to England in 1416, James Hamilton Wylie and William Templeton Waugh remark that, though this was the first and only visit by a Holy Roman Emperor to England during the Middle Ages, aside from an immediate political gain, in the treaty signed by Sigismund and Henry V to defend each other against the French, the impact in terms of anecdote or literature is virtually nil; and they conclude somewhat ironically, "The most notable momento of Sigismund's stay in England is his sword, which is now one of the insignia of the corporation of York."

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/08/23/visit-king-sigismund-england-1416/feed/ 0 Why do historians disagree? A comparison of biographies of Henry V http://www.medievalists.net/2014/05/09/historians-disagree-comparison-biographies-henry-v/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/05/09/historians-disagree-comparison-biographies-henry-v/#comments Sat, 10 May 2014 01:06:08 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=49512 In this essay, I shall be examining what I feel are the main issues surrounding the problem of why historians do not agree whether Henry V was a good king.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/05/09/historians-disagree-comparison-biographies-henry-v/feed/ 0 The spider in the web: the weaving of a new, Lancastrian England in the late fourteenth and early fifteenth centuries http://www.medievalists.net/2013/12/18/the-spider-in-the-web-the-weaving-of-a-new-lancastrian-england-in-the-late-fourteenth-and-early-fifteenth-centuries/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/12/18/the-spider-in-the-web-the-weaving-of-a-new-lancastrian-england-in-the-late-fourteenth-and-early-fifteenth-centuries/#comments Wed, 18 Dec 2013 18:23:53 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=45876 Examining the political maneuvering of John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster and his grandson, King Henry V, this thesis will show how the House of Lancaster wove the authority of both the temporal and spiritual realms into an inescapable web that enabled John of Gaunt's direct descendents to secure their continuous position as heirs to the throne of England.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/12/18/the-spider-in-the-web-the-weaving-of-a-new-lancastrian-england-in-the-late-fourteenth-and-early-fifteenth-centuries/feed/ 0 English Royal Minorities and the Hundred Years War http://www.medievalists.net/2013/08/08/english-royal-minorities-and-the-hundred-years-war/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/08/08/english-royal-minorities-and-the-hundred-years-war/#comments Fri, 09 Aug 2013 03:15:06 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=42717 It has become commonplace in modern textbooks to base any brief account of the Hundred Years War on the contention that the chief cause was the dynastic dispute over the French throne between Edward III and Philip of Valois.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/08/08/english-royal-minorities-and-the-hundred-years-war/feed/ 0 ‘Kings were not wont to render account’ Henry IV and the Authority of the King http://www.medievalists.net/2013/07/31/kings-were-not-wont-to-render-account-henry-iv-and-the-authority-of-the-king/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/07/31/kings-were-not-wont-to-render-account-henry-iv-and-the-authority-of-the-king/#comments Wed, 31 Jul 2013 15:58:01 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=42500 Henry travelled extensively, became famed throughout Christendom as a champion jouster, crusaded in Eastern Europe, and looked after his father’s holdings whilst John of Gaunt campaigned in Spain.3 It is impossible not to note that Henry Bolingbroke’s popularity continued to increase while Richard II’s declined.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/07/31/kings-were-not-wont-to-render-account-henry-iv-and-the-authority-of-the-king/feed/ 0 Prince Hal’s Head-Wound: Cause and Effect http://www.medievalists.net/2013/05/20/prince-hals-head-wound-cause-and-effect/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/05/20/prince-hals-head-wound-cause-and-effect/#comments Mon, 20 May 2013 17:38:51 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=41214 The future King Henry V was hit by an arrow to the face at the Battle of Shrewsbury - how did he survive?

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/05/20/prince-hals-head-wound-cause-and-effect/feed/ 0 Medieval Book History Week Lecture: “Practical Latin and Formal English in the 14th-15th Centuries” http://www.medievalists.net/2012/11/13/medieval-book-history-week-lecture-practical-latin-and-formal-english-in-the-14th-15th-centuries/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/11/13/medieval-book-history-week-lecture-practical-latin-and-formal-english-in-the-14th-15th-centuries/#comments Tue, 13 Nov 2012 06:56:33 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=37077 This lecture is part of Medieval Book History Week. Renown Professor Jeremy Catto spoke about literacy and language in England during the later Middle Ages at the Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies at the University of Toronto.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/11/13/medieval-book-history-week-lecture-practical-latin-and-formal-english-in-the-14th-15th-centuries/feed/ 0 The military ordinances of Henry V: texts and contexts http://www.medievalists.net/2012/10/21/the-military-ordinances-of-henry-v-texts-and-contexts/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/10/21/the-military-ordinances-of-henry-v-texts-and-contexts/#comments Sun, 21 Oct 2012 21:56:17 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=36616 We can be certain that Henry V did not invent the idea of disciplinary ordinances for his army, nor was he the last to issue them.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/10/21/the-military-ordinances-of-henry-v-texts-and-contexts/feed/ 0 “Partners in the same”: Monastic Devotional Culture in Late Medieval English Literature http://www.medievalists.net/2012/09/09/partners-in-the-same-monastic-devotional-culture-in-late-medieval-english-literature/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/09/09/partners-in-the-same-monastic-devotional-culture-in-late-medieval-english-literature/#comments Sun, 09 Sep 2012 05:16:33 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=35518 To understand this apparent incongruity, it is, I argue, necessary to interrogate more carefully the continuation of monastic literary culture and its gradual diffusion beyond the walls of the cloister.

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