King Henry the Fifth Annotated
King Henry the Fifth Annotated

Author: William Shakespeare

Publisher:

Published: 2021-01-16

Total Pages: 148

ISBN-13:

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"Henry V is a set of experiences play by William Shakespeare, accepted to have been written in around 1599. It recounts the account of King Henry V of England, zeroing in on occasions preceding and after the Battle of Agincourt (1415) during the Hundred Years' War. The play is set in England in the mid fifteenth century. The political circumstance in England is tense: King Henry IV has passed on, and his child, the youthful King Henry V, has recently accepted the seat. A few severe common wars have left the individuals of England anxious and disappointed. Moreover, to pick up the admiration of the English public and the court, Henry should live down his wild juvenile past, when he used to associate with hoodlums and boozers at the Boar's Head Tavern on the shabby side of London. Henry makes a case for specific pieces of France, in view of his inaccessible roots in the French regal family and on an extremely specialized understanding of old land laws. At the point when the youthful sovereign, or Dauphin, of France sends Henry an offending message because of these cases, Henry chooses to attack France. Upheld by the English aristocrats and pastorate, Henry accumulates his soldiers for war. Henry's choice to attack France streams down to influence the average citizens he runs the show. In the Boar's Head Tavern in Eastcheap, a portion of the lord's previous companions-whom he dismissed when he rose to the seat-plan to leave their homes and families. Bardolph, Pistol, and Nim are regular losers and low maintenance lawbreakers, on the far edge of the social range from their regal previous friend. As they plan for the war, they comment on the passing of Falstaff, an old knight who was once King Henry's dearest companion."

Henry V
Henry V

Author: William Shakespeare

Publisher: Simon & Schuster

Published: 2020-02-04

Total Pages: 416

ISBN-13: 1982109416

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The authoritative edition of William Shakespeare’s historic play Henry V from the Folger Shakespeare Library, the trusted and widely used Shakespeare series for both students and general readers. Henry V is Shakespeare’s most famous “war play”; it includes the storied English victory over the French at Agincourt. Some of it glorifies war, especially the choruses and Henry’s speeches urging his troops into battle. But we also hear bishops conniving for war to postpone a bill that would tax the church, and soldiers expecting to reap profits from the conflict. Even in the speeches of Henry and his nobles, there are many chilling references to the human cost of war. The authoritative edition of Henry V from the Folger Shakespeare Library includes: –Freshly edited text based on the best early printed version of the play –Newly revised explanatory notes conveniently placed on pages facing the text of the play –Scene-by-scene plot summaries –A key to the play’s famous lines and phrases –An introduction to reading Shakespeare’s language –An essay by a leading Shakespeare scholar providing a modern perspective on the play –Fresh images from the Folger Shakespeare Library’s vast holdings of rare books –An up-to-date annotated guide to further reading –An essay by Catherine Belsey The Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, DC, is home to the world’s largest collection of Shakespeare’s printed works, and a magnet for Shakespeare scholars from around the globe. In addition to exhibitions open to the public throughout the year, the folder offers a full calendar of performances and programs. For more information, visit Folger.edu.

Agincourt
Agincourt

Author: Juliet Barker

Publisher: Little Brown

Published: 2014-05-22

Total Pages: 266

ISBN-13: 9780316150620

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"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.

Henry V
Henry V

Author: William Shakespeare

Publisher:

Published: 2021-07-27

Total Pages: 190

ISBN-13:

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Henry V is a history play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written near 1599. It tells the story of King Henry V of England, focusing on events immediately before and after the Battle of Agincourt (1415) during the Hundred Years' War. In the First Quarto text, it was titled The Cronicle History of Henry the fift,[1]:p.6 and The Life of Henry the Fifth in the First Folio text. The play is the final part of a tetralogy, preceded by Richard II, Henry IV, Part 1, and Henry IV, Part 2. The original audiences would thus have already been familiar with the title character, who was depicted in the Henry IV plays as a wild, undisciplined young man. In Henry V, the young prince has matured. He embarks on an expedition to France and, his army badly outnumbered, defeats the French at Agincourt.