Henry V

Mediaeval English gold nobles, but not our King Richard….

Sep 8, 2016

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Calais Mint, coins, Henry IV, Henry V, London Mint, Richard II

Unfortunately this link does not concern itself with Richard III, but it is very interesting anyway. It seems that such coins of the first usurping Lancastrian, Henry IV, are rarer than those of the unfortunate Richard whose throne and life he took. Sound familiar? Except, of course, that in the case of Richard III, just…
MEDIEVAL MUSIC IN THE DALES

Sep 3, 2016

Events, Music Reviews

“Lambert Simnel”, Archbishop Scrope, Battle of Bosworth, Bolton Castle, Edward IV, Henry IV, Henry Scrope Baron Masham, Henry V, Henry VII, music, Richard II, Richard III, Scropes, Sir John Scrope, William Scrope

https://www.facebook.com/medievalmusicinthedales/ For lovers of medieval music, ‘Medieval Music in the Dales’ is to be held at Bolton Castle in Wensleydale on September 2-4, 2016. If it’s too short notice for interested parties to attend this year, the organisers are holding it again next year, also in September. There will be concerts, workshop, displays,…
More Royal marital irregularity

Aug 14, 2016

genealogy, law

anniversaries, Avignon popes, Blackfriars, David Duke of Rothesay, david II, dispensations, Edward III, Edward IV, Elizabeth Mure, Euphemia Ross, executions, Falkland Palace, Guardian of Scotland, Henry V, Henry VII, House of Stewart, James I, James II, James IV, Jean Stewart, Joan “Beaufort”, Joan of the Tower, Legitimacy, Margaret “Tudor”, Margaret Drummond, mediaeval canon law, Murdoch Duke of Albany, Neville’s Cross, Paisley Abbey, Perth, Queen Mother, Robert Duke of Albany, Robert II, Robert III, royal marriages, Scotland, siege of Berwick, Sir John Lyon, torture, Tower of London, Treaty of Berwick, Walter Earl of Atholl

Edward IV was not the only British late mediaeval king to play fast and loose with canon law. The other case dates from a century and a quarter before 8 June 1461 and had consequences for that king’s heirs; in particular his grandson: Today in 1337, a first son, John, was born to Sir Robert…
All the king’s horses (Richard’s too?)….

Aug 10, 2016

battles

Azincourt, Henry V, horses, Richard III, Sir James Tyrrell

I recently wrote about the method used to name that was apparently used to name the horses of medieval noblemen and kings, first by colour and then with an aristocratic family surname or title. White Surrey, if he ever existed, fitted this system. So, still on the theme of horses, it may be of interest…
The Fall of Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester

Jan 13, 2016

buildings

Beaumaris Castle, Bury St. Edmunds, Cambridge, Cardinal Beaufort, Catherine de Roet, Charles d’Orleans, Eleanor Cobham, Henry IV, Henry V, Henry VI, Humphrey of Gloucester, Joan “Beaufort”, John Beaufort, John Duke of Bedford, John of Gaunt, Margery Jourdemayne, Ralph Earl of Westmorland, Richard Duke of York, Thomas Duke of Exeter, treason, William Duke of Suffolk, witchcraft

Whilst researching my biography of Richard, Duke of York I found myself drawn by a bitter feud that lasted for years and which in many ways was a kind of prequel to the Wars of the Roses. The more I learned about the acrimonious dispute between Cardinal Henry Beaufort and Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester the…
Jung’s ‘archetypes’ and their function in medieval history.

Dec 16, 2015

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archetypes, Azincourt, battles, Crecy, Edward I, Edward III, Edward IV, female rulers, Helen Castor, Henry of Buckingham, Henry V, Henry VI, Henry VII, Jung, Margaret of Anjou, Matilda, Poitiers, psychology, Richard III, Sluys, Woodvilles

Originally posted on Giaconda's Blog: Jungian archetypes I’ve been interested in ‘archetypes’ for a long time as I am very drawn to myth and to aspects of Jungian psycho-analysis particularly with regard to how we analyse the personalities and character of historical figures. Often ‘myth’ is classified as something unreal or untrue yet myths…
Images of Power: Royal iconography during the Plantagenet period

Dec 11, 2015

art

Anne Neville, Anne of Bohemia, Edward I, Edward III, Edward the Black Prince, Henry IV, Henry V, Henry VI, Henry VII, Henry VIII, heraldry, Portuguese marriage plans, propaganda, Richard II, Richard III, St. Edward the Confessor, St. George, symbolism, Wilton Diptych

Originally posted on Giaconda's Blog: Combining my two great loves, history and art, I want to look at some of the imagery used to depict Plantagenet kings during the period and taking a few examples examine what the visual language may be telling us about how kingship was viewed and how the kings themselves…
Lost in Southampton: Richard of Conisbrough

Dec 8, 2015

buildings, genealogy

Alice, Anne Curry, Anne Mortimer, Anthony Woodville, Edmund Mortimer, Edmund of Langley, Edward IV, Edward of Norwich, executions, Henry IV, Henry Scrope Baron Masham, Henry V, Isabel of Castile, John Holland, Maud Clifford, Plantagenets, Richard Duke of York, Richard Earl of Cambridge, Richard II, Richard III, Sir Thomas Grey, Southampton plot, St. Julien’s, T.B. Pugh, York

Richard of Conisbrough was Richard III’s grandfather on the paternal side. He is a shadowy figure, the last son of Edmund of Langley and his wife Isabella of Castile. Even his date of birth is uncertain, varying in different accounts by up to ten years. His father left him no inheritance, and there were rumours…
THE BATTLE BEFORE THE BATTLE

Dec 7, 2015

battles

“Perkin”, “Tudors”, Azincourt, Henry V, Henry VII, invasions, Towton, troops, Wars of the Roses

In spite of the name ‘Wars of the Roses’ given in retrospect, it is exceedingly unlikely that any long-term ‘war’ at all was recorded contemporarily. During those years, the vast majority of the time the country was at peace, and unconcerned with its king being either Yorkist or Lancastrian. The bitter hatred between those two…
Shakespeare’s Hollow Crown: The Burdens of Kingship for Plantagenet Kings

Nov 15, 2015

The play’s the thing

Anne Neville, Azincourt, Battle of Bosworth, Henry IV, Henry V, Henry VII, Hollow Crown, John of Gaunt, Richard II, Richard III, Shakespeare, Thomas Lord Stanley, Thomas of Clarence

Originally posted on Giaconda's Blog: Having just written two blogs on Henry Vth and touched on this subject, I wanted to explore Shakespeare’s re-occurring theme of the burdens of kingship in his history plays with particular reference to Richard II and Henry IV, Parts I and II and on into Henry Vth and Richard…