
Henry V
Christopher Allmand
The Yale English Monarchs standard, essential for separating Shakespeare from history.

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Japan (Shogunate)
1413–1422

John I of Portugal
Portugal
1413–1422

Mehmed I
Ottoman Empire
1413–1421

Charles VI of France
France
1413–1422

Yongle Emperor
China
1413–1422

Manuel II Palaiologos
Rome
1413–1422

James I of Scotland
Scotland
1413–1422

Emperor Shōkō
Japan
1413–1422

Erik of Pomerania
Sweden
1413–1422

Murad II
Ottoman Empire
1421–1422

Alfonso V of Aragon
Spain
1416–1422

Pope Martin V
Papacy
1417–1422

Ferdinand I of Aragon
Spain
1413–1416

Pope Gregory XII
Papacy
1413–1415

Anna of Moscow
Rome
1416–1417
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Well-regarded biographies and histories to go deeper on Henry V of England's life and times.

Christopher Allmand
The Yale English Monarchs standard, essential for separating Shakespeare from history.

Anne Curry
The leading military historian on Henry's most famous victory, precise and revisionist.
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