Henry V.

Canadian Journal of History | August 1, 1994| | Copyright

By Christopher Allmand. Berkeley, California, University of California Press, 1992, xvi, 480 pp. $35.00 U.S.

Who, besides Joan of Arc, offers easier primary documentation for a medieval biography than England's Henry V? He had an official biographer during his action-packed life (b. 16 September 1386 at 11:22 a.m.) and brief reign (1413-22), writing the Gesta Henrici Quinti. Then another, Tito Livio Frulovosi, a third-rate humanist-for-hire, penned a classically modelled portrait shortly after Henry's death. It would be translated into Italian for dedication to the ...

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