Henry V

This was the threefold task of the House of Lancaster: to recover prestige abroad, to restore peace at home, to re-establish order in the Church. For Henry of Bolingbroke the crown was to prove a thankless burden; but his labors were not in vain, and his son succeeded to the throne under happier auspices. Henry of Monmouth, deriving his inspiration from the past, was the champion of unity against the forces of disintegration. His aims were to govern England on the principles of the old constitutional monarchy as the chosen representative of his people's will; to maintain his country's place as a part in the whole society of the Western world; and for himself, as became a Christian King, to be the head and leader of a united Christendom. INTRODUCTION HENRY'S BOYHOOD 1387-1399 TROUBLES OF THE NEW REIGN 1399-1402 THE PERCIES AND OWEN GLENDOWER 1403-1408 THE PRINCE AND THE COUNCIL 1406-1413 HENRY OF MONMOUTH AND POPULAR TRADITION THE RESTORATION OF DOMESTIC PEACE 1413-1414 THREATENINGS OF WAR 1413-1415 THE FIRST INVASION OF FRANCE AUG.-OCT., 1415 AGINCOURT OCT. 25, 1415 HENRY V. AND SIGISMUND 1415-1416 THE COMMAND OF THE SEA 1416-1417 MILITARV PREPARATIONS 1417 THE CONQUEST OF LOWER NORMANDY 1417-1418 THE SIEGE OF ROUEN 1418-1419 THE UNITY OF THE CHURCH 1414-1418 THE BRIDGE OF MONTEREAU 1419 THE TREATY OF TROYES 1419-1420 THE HEIR OF FRANCE 1420-1421 THE STATE OF ENGLAND HENRY IN ENGLAND 1421 THE LAST CAMPAIGN 1421-1422 PLANS FOR THE FUTURE BOIS DE VINCENNES 1422 CONCLUSION