HENRY V: NEW INTERPRETATIONS (HB)

Henry V (1413-22) is widely acclaimed as the most successful late medieval English king. In his short reign of nine-and-a-half years, he re-imposed the rule of law, made the crown solvent, decisively crushed heresy, achieved a momentous victory at the battle of Agincourt (1415), and negotiated a favourable settlement with the French in the Treaty of Troyes (1420). But who was the man behind these achievements? What explains his success? How did he acquire such a glorious reputation?