Henry V The Warrior King Of 1415

Author : Ian Mortimer
Publisher : Rosetta Books
Page : 562 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2014-02-22
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780795335495

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Henry V: The Warrior King of 1415 by Ian Mortimer Pdf

From an award-winning historian: “A new and convincing likeness of medieval England’s most iconic king” (The Sunday Times). This biography by the bestselling author of The Time Traveler’s Guide to Medieval England takes an insightful look at the life of Henry V, casting new light on a period in history often held up as legend. A great English hero, Henry V was lionized by Shakespeare and revered by his countrymen for his religious commitment, his sense of justice, and his military victories. Here, noted historian and biographer Ian Mortimer takes a look at the man behind the legend and offers a clear, historically accurate, and realistic representation of a ruler who was all too human—and digs up fascinating details about Henry V’s reign that have been lost to history, including the brutal strategies he adopted at the Battle of Agincourt. “The most illuminating exploration of the reality of 15th-century life that I have ever read.” —The Independent “Compelling, exuberant . . . vivid.” —Simon Sebag Montefiore, New York Times–bestselling author of The Romanovs: 1613–1918

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 495 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : HISTORY
ISBN : 0795335512

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Henry V by Anonim Pdf

This insightful look at the life of Henry V and the Battle of Agincourt casts new light on a period in history often held up as legend. A great English hero, Henry V was lionized by Shakespeare and revered by his countrymen for his religious commitment, his sense of justice, and his military victories. Here, noted historian and biographer Ian Mortimer takes a look at the man behind the legend and offers a clear, historically accurate, and realistic representation of a ruler who was all too human.Mortimer digs up fascinating details about Henry V's reign that have been lost to history, including the brutal strategies he adopted at the Battle of Agincourt. A fascinating look at the life of an iconic English king--ideal for students of medieval history.

Author : William Shakespeare
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1890
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UOM:39015082147102

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The Life of King Henry the Fifth by William Shakespeare Pdf

Author : Teresa Cole
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
Page : 387 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2015-03-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781445636955

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Henry V by Teresa Cole Pdf

The life of the warrior king and the Battle of Agincourt 1415

Author : Anne Curry
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2015-08-27
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780141978727

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Henry V (Penguin Monarchs) by Anne Curry Pdf

Foremost medieval historian Anne Curry offers a new reinterpretation of Henry V and the battle that defined his kingship: Agincourt Henry V's invasion of France, in August 1415, represented a huge gamble. As heir to the throne, he had been a failure, cast into the political wilderness amid rumours that he planned to depose his father. Despite a complete change of character as king - founding monasteries, persecuting heretics, and enforcing the law to its extremes - little had gone right since. He was insecure in his kingdom, his reputation low. On the eve of his departure for France, he uncovered a plot by some of his closest associates to remove him from power. Agincourt was a battle that Henry should not have won - but he did, and the rest is history. Within five years, he was heir to the throne of France. In this vivid new interpretation, Anne Curry explores how Henry's hyperactive efforts to expunge his past failures, and his experience of crisis - which threatened to ruin everything he had struggled to achieve - defined his kingship, and how his astonishing success at Agincourt transformed his standing in the eyes of his contemporaries, and of all generations to come.

Author : Gwilym Dodd
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : History
ISBN : 9781903153468

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Henry V by Gwilym Dodd Pdf

Fresh examinations of the activities of Henry V, looking at how his reputation was achieved.

Author : Deborah Fisher
Publisher : Pen and Sword History
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2022-12-02
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781399070492

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Henry V by Deborah Fisher Pdf

There are many books about King Henry V, several of which concentrate entirely on his victory at the Battle of Agincourt in 1415. This one looks at his life from a different point of view, concentrating on places that were important in his life and can still be visited by those interested in getting a better feel for the man and understanding how his character was shaped by his environment. Henry spent much of his youth on military campaigns in Ireland, Wales and the Marches. As Prince of Wales, he became battle-hardened as a teenager when he received a near-fatal wound at Shrewsbury. Despite a fraught relationship with his father, he quickly reinvented himself as a model king, and set his eyes firmly on the crown of France. Thereafter, much of his nine-year reign was spent on military campaigns beyond the British Isles. The book takes its reader on a journey from the rural areas around Monmouth, where he was born, to Harlech Castle, where he put an end to Owain Glyndwr's rebellion, and from his coronation at Westminster Abbey to his private retreat at Kenilworth. We see him seize Harfleur and take the long road to Calais, culminating in the Battle of Agincourt, one of the most spectacular victories ever won by an English army. We follow his continued campaigns in France, through his marriage to Catherine of Valois at Troyes, to his eventual, tragically premature, death at Vincennes.

Author : Juliet Barker
Publisher : Little Brown
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2014-05-22
Category : HISTORY
ISBN : 0316150622

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Agincourt by Juliet Barker Pdf

"Two armies face off across a sodden plateau in northeastern France, each waiting for the other to make the first move. On one side are the English, suffering from dysentery and starvation, their numbers devastated. Arrayed against them is a rested and well-fed French army, a sea of burnished armor and menacing weaponry primed to slaughter the foolish invaders. Nevertheless, the charismatic and brilliant English king, twenty-eight-year-old Henry V, defies conventional military wisdom and leads his "band of brothers" forward. His troops are outnumbered six to one." "What follows is one of the most remarkable battles in history, celebrated for almost six centuries as the classic triumph of the underdog in the face of seemingly insurmountable odds. Immortalized by Shakespeare and by contemporary historians, the battle of Agincourt has been embellished and edited by the quill of unbridled nationalism. Now, drawing on a wide range of primary sources and original research, medievalist Juliet Barker casts aside the myth and shows us the truth behind Henry's invasion of France and the showdown at Agincourt. She paints a narrative of the entire campaign, from the preparations to the reaping of the spoils. We are there in the English camps as common men struggle to secure buckles and laces with numb fingers; in the French front lines as petulant noblemen squabble over positions in the vanguard; and in the deep mud as heavily armed knights stumble and struggle under a barrage of arrows so thick and fast that it darkens the skies." "Barker also takes us beyond the battlefield to bring into focus the dynamics of medieval life in peace and war. We meet ordinary and extraordinary people such as Margaret Merssh, a female blacksmith who forges arms in the Tower of London; Lord Grey of Codnor, who pawns his own armor to pay his soldiers' wages; and Raoul de Gaucourt, the gallant French knight who surrenders himself into English custody simply because the code of chivalry compels him to do so."--BOOK JACKET. Also includes information on archers, armour, chivalry, coats of arms, gunpowder, heralds, horses, knights, men at arms, prisoners, ships, tournaments, Tower of London, wine, women, etc.

Author : Malcolm Vale
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 333 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2016-09-27
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780300160345

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Henry V by Malcolm Vale Pdf

More than just a single-minded warrior-king, Henry V comes to life in this fresh account as a gifted ruler acutely conscious of spiritual matters and his subjects’ welfare Shakespeare’s centuries-old portrayal of Henry V established the king’s reputation as a warmongering monarch, a perception that has persisted ever since. But in this exciting, thoroughly researched volume a different view of Henry emerges: a multidimensional ruler of great piety, a hands-on governor who introduced a radically new conception of England’s European role in secular and ecclesiastical affairs, a composer of music, an art patron, and a dutiful king who fully appreciated his obligations toward those he ruled. Historian Malcolm Vale draws on extensive primary archival evidence that includes many documents annotated or endorsed in Henry’s own hand. Focusing on a series of themes—the interaction between king and church, the rise of the English language as a medium of government and politics, the role of ceremony in Henry’s kingship, and more—Vale revises understandings of Henry V and his conduct of the everyday affairs of England, Normandy, and the kingdom of France.

Author : Anne Curry
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : 0141978716

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Henry V by Anne Curry Pdf

Henry V is probably medieval England's most well-known and admired king, famed for victory at Agincourt. Yet Henry's invasion of France in August 1415 represented a huge gamble. As heir to the throne he had been a failure, cast into the political wilderness amid rumours that he planned to depose his father. Despite a complete change of character as king - founding monasteries and enforcing the law - little had gone right since. He was insecure in his kingdom, his reputation low. Agincourt was a battle that Henry should not have won - but he did. Within five years, he was regent of France. In this vivid new interpretation, Anne Curry explores how Henry's hyperactive efforts to expunge his past failures defined his kingship, and how his astonishing success at Agincourt transformed his standing in the eyes of his contemporaries, and of all generations to come.

Author : Teresa Cole
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2016-04-15
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : 1445655411

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Henry V by Teresa Cole Pdf

The life of the warrior king and the Battle of Agincourt 1415

Author : Ian Mortimer
Publisher : Rosetta Books
Page : 862 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2014-02-22
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780795335433

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Henry IV: The Righteous King by Ian Mortimer Pdf

The real life story of the Plantagenet ruler, by “the most remarkable medieval historian of our time” (The Times, London). The talented, confident, and intelligent son of John of Gaunt, Henry IV started his reign as a popular and charismatic king after he dethroned the tyrannical and wildly unpopular Richard II. But six years into his reign, Henry had survived eight assassination and overthrow attempts. Having broken God’s law of primogeniture by overthrowing the man many people saw as the chosen king, Henry IV left himself vulnerable to challenges from powerful enemies about the validity of his reign. Even so, Henry managed to establish the new Lancastrian dynasty and a new rule of law—in highly turbulent times. In this book, noted historian Ian Mortimer, bestselling author of The Time Traveler’s Guide to Medieval England and The Time Traveler’s Guide to Elizabethan England, goes beyond the legend portrayed in Shakespeare’s history play, and explores the political and social forces that transformed Henry IV from his nation’s savior to its scourge.

Author : Lauren Johnson
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2019-05-07
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781643131658

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The Shadow King by Lauren Johnson Pdf

A thrilling new account of the tragic story and troubled times of Henry VI, who inherited the crowns of both England and France and lost both. Firstborn son of a warrior father who defeated the French at Agincourt, Henry VI of the House of Lancaster inherited the crown not only of England but also of France, at a time when Plantagenet dominance over the Valois dynasty was at its glorious height. And yet, by the time he died in the Tower of London in 1471, France was lost, his throne had been seized by his rival, Edward IV of the House of York, and his kingdom had descended into the violent chaos of the Wars of the Roses. Henry VI is perhaps the most troubled of English monarchs, a pious, gentle, well-intentioned man who was plagued by bouts of mental illness. In The Shadow King, Lauren Johnson tells his remarkable and sometimes shocking story in a fast-paced and colorful narrative that captures both the poignancy of Henry’s life and the tumultuous and bloody nature of the times in which he lived.

Author : William Shakespeare
Publisher : Courier Dover Publications
Page : 113 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2015-03-18
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9780486796895

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Henry IV by William Shakespeare Pdf

Contains the unabridged text of Henry IV, part II as published in volume XII of 'The Caxton edition of the complete works of Shakespeare'.

Author : Alfred John Church
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2023-12-10
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : EAN:8596547774129

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The Life of King Henry V of England by Alfred John Church Pdf

"The Life of Henry V " is biography of one of the greatest warrior kings of medieval England. It gives detail account of Henry's life from his childhood to the outstanding military successes. Contents: The Boyhood of Henry Prince Henry and Prince Hal Prince Henry and the Chief Justice The Charges against Prince Henry Accession to the Throne The French Crown Preparations for War The Invasion of France Agincourt After Agincourt Henry and the Lollards Henry and Queen Joanna The Second Campaign in France Henry's Marriage The Siege of Melun The Last Campaigns The Death of Henry