Henry V: New Interpretations

GWILYM DODD is Associate Professor of History at the University of Nottingham, UK. Anne Curry is Emeritus Professor of Medieval History at the University of Southampton, and author of many works on the Hundred Years War, particularly on the battle of Agincourt. She also edited the 1422-53 section of the Parliament Rolls of Medieval England. CRAIG TAYLOR is a Professor of Medieval History at the University of York. GWILYM DODD is Associate Professor of History at the University of Nottingham, UK. NEIL MURPHY is Professor of Medieval and Early Modern History at Northumbria University. The late W. MARK ORMROD was Professor Emeritus of History at the University of York; he published extensively on later medieval history.

• IntroductionThe Making of a Prince: the Finances of 'the young lord Henry', 1386-1400 - Anne CurryHenry V's Establishment: Service, Loyalty and Reward in 1413 - Gwilym DoddHenry V, Lancastrian Kingship, and the Far North of England - Mark ArvanigianHenry V's Suppression of the Oldcastle Revolt - Maureen JurkowskiReligion, Court Culture and Propaganda: the Chapel Royal in the Reign of Henry V - 'Par le special commandement du roy'. Jewels and Plate pledged for the Agincourt Expedition - Jenny StratfordHenry V and the Cheshire Tax Revolt of 1416 - Michael J BennettHenry V and the English Taxpayer - W. Mark OrmrodHenry V, Flower of Chivalry - Craig D TaylorWar, Government and Commerce: The Towns of Lancastrian France under Henry V's Rule, 1417-22 - Neil MurphyWriting History in the Eighteenth Century: Thomas Goodwin's The History of the Reign of Henry the Fifth [1704] - Christopher Allmand

Presents an extremely valuable addition and accompaniment to the recent literature on Henry and also on the Hundred Years War, looking way beyond the Agincourt factor to shed important light on less studied aspects of his reign.