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Index
Cover
Also by Lauren Johnson
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
Note on names, dates and money
English
French
Maps
Family trees
Prologue: ‘Woe to thee, o land, whose king is a child’
London 5 November 1422
PART I: Child King
1: ‘That divine king your father’
Agincourt, France 25 October 1415
Troyes, France 21 May 1420
Westminster 23 February 1421
2: ‘In infant bands crowned king’
Windsor Castle 6 December 1421
Windsor Castle 28 September 1422
3: ‘The universal joy and comfort of us all’
Staines 14 November 1423
Winchester Palace, Southwark 12 February 1424
Verneuil, Normandy 17 August 1424
Calais 16 October 1424
4: ‘The serpent of division’
London 27 April 1425
London 29 October 1425
Eltham Palace Christmas 1425
5: ‘Virtues and teachings convenient for the royal person’
Windsor 1 June 1428
Orléans, France 27 October 1428
Westminster 6 November 1429
6: ‘The throne of his kingdom will be established’
Calais 23 April 1430
Rouen 23 December 1430
St Denis, English-controlled France 30 November 1431
7: ‘Earthly goods’
Sandwich 6 February 1432
8: ‘Mother of mercy, save both realms’
Paris, English-controlled France 13 November 1432
9: ‘Treason walking’
Arras, Burgundian Artois 6 September 1435
10: ‘The royal crown is in the hand of God’
Canterbury 26 July 1436
PART II: Adult Rule
11: ‘A fixed purpose’
Sheen Palace 11 October 1440
12: ‘To the counsellors of peace is joy’
Westminster Abbey 28 October 1440
13: ‘Instruments of necromancy’
London 25 July 1441
14: ‘Welcome… Princess, our lady sovereign’
Tours, Charles’s French territory 24 May 1444
London 29 May 1445
15: ‘Stretch forth the hand’
Sheen Palace 17 December 1445
16: ‘The mutability of worldly changes’
Bury St Edmunds 18 February 1447
Le Mans, Maine 15 March 1448
17: ‘Great and grievous reverses and fortunes of war’
Fougères, Brittany 24 March 1449
18: ‘O king, if king you are, rule yourself’
Westminster 8 November 1449
19: ‘Beware, King Henry, how thou do, let no longer thy traitors go loose’
Portsmouth 9 January 1450
20: ‘The harvest of heads’
London 18 June 1450
21: ‘The true blood of the realm’
Beaumaris Castle, North Wales September 1450
London November 1450
22: ‘My most dread sovereign lord’
Taunton 27 September 1451
23: ‘The most precious, most joyful and most comfortable earthly treasure that might come unto this land’
Bordeaux 23 October 1452
Walsingham April 1453
PART III: ‘A Kingdom Divided Against Itself’
24: ‘The beginning of sorrows’
Castillon, Gascony 17 July 1453
Clarendon hunting lodge, Wiltshire August 1453
25: ‘Misrule doth rise’
Yorkshire 24 August 1453
Westminster 13 October 1453
26: ‘The sword of vengeance’
St Albans 22 May 1455
Devon 23 October 1455
27: ‘Of queens that be crowned, so high none know I’
Coventry Feast for the Exaltation of the Holy Cross (14 September) 1456
28: ‘Rejoice, England, in concord and unity’
Sandwich 28 August 1457
London 25 March 1458
29: ‘Our mortal and extreme enemies’
Coventry late June 1459
30: ‘The test of the sword’
Sandwich 26 June 1460
Northampton 10 July 1460
31: ‘Enemies on every side’
Harlech Castle, Wales September 1460
Westminster 10 October 1460
32: ‘Out of the north an evil shall break’
Lincluden, Scotland Christmas 1460
Sandal Castle, Yorkshire 30 December 1460
Crowland Abbey, Lincolnshire February 1461
33: ‘Lost irretrievably’
London 20 February 1461
Towton, Yorkshire Palm Sunday (29 March) 1461
PART IV: ‘The Great Rebellious Henry’
34: ‘Perverse and variable fortune’
Westminster and Carlisle 28 June 1461
Dieppe, Normandy August 1461
Hertford February 1462
35: ‘Outwards enemies’
Tours, France 28 June 1462
Bamburgh, Northumberland 25 October 1462
Sluys, Flanders 3 August 1463
36: ‘False imaginations’
‘Beside Durham’ December 1463
37: ‘I am the rock of the English kingdom’
Koeur Castle, duchy of Bar, René of Anjou’s territories Christmas 1464
Waddington Old Hall, Lancashire 13 July 1465
38: ‘Have not the English always betrayed their kings?’
Angers, France 30 July 1470
39: ‘That puppet of a king’
Tower of London 3 October 1470
Barnet Easter Day (14 April) 1471
40: ‘The shadow on the wall’
Weymouth 14 April 1471
The Tower of London 21 May 1471
PART V: Afterlife
41: ‘Very dolorous and discomforted queen of England’
Anjou 24 August 1482
42: ‘Holy King Henry’
Salisbury 23 February 1484
Epilogue
Plate Section
Appendix I: Where did Henry VI die?
Appendix II: Key characters
Acknowledgements
Bibliography
Archives
Online sources
Printed primary sources
Secondary sources
Articles
Unpublished theses
Abbreviations
Notes
Prologue: ‘Woe to thee, o land, whose king is a child’
Part I: CHILD KING: Chapter 1. ‘That divine king your father’
Chapter 2. ‘In infant bands crowned king’
Chapter 3. ‘The universal joy and comfort of us all’
Chapter 4. ‘The serpent of division’
Chapter 5. ‘Virtues and teachings convenient for the royal person’
Chapter 6. ‘The throne of his kingdom will be established’
Chapter 7. ‘Earthly goods’
Chapter 8. ‘Mother of mercy, save both realms’
Chapter 9. ‘Treason walking’
Chapter 10. ‘The royal crown is in the hand of God’
Part II: ADULT RULE: Chapter 11. ‘A fixed purpose’
Chapter 12. ‘To the counsellors of peace is joy’
Chapter 13. ‘Instruments of necromancy’
Chapter 14. ‘Welcome… Princess, our lady sovereign’
Chapter 15. ‘Stretch forth the hand’
Chapter 16. ‘The mutability of worldly changes’
Chapter 17. ‘Great and grievous reverses and fortunes of war’
Chapter 18. ‘O king, if king you are, rule yourself’
Chapter 19. ‘Beware, King Henry, how thou do, let no longer thy traitors go loose’
Chapter 20. ‘The harvest of heads’
Chapter 21. ‘The true blood of the realm’
Chapter 22. ‘My most dread sovereign lord’
Chapter 23. ‘The most precious, most joyful and most comfortable earthly treasure that might come unto this land’
Part III: ‘A KINGDOM DIVIDED AGAINST ITSELF’
Chapter 24. ‘The beginning of sorrows’
Chapter 25. ‘Misrule doth rise’
Chapter 26. ‘The sword of vengeance’
Chapter 27. ‘Of queens that be crowned, so high none know I’
Chapter 28. ‘Rejoice, England, in concord and unity’
Chapter 29. ‘Our mortal and extreme enemies’
Chapter 30. ‘The test of the sword’
Chapter 31. ‘Enemies on every side’
Chapter 32. ‘Out of the north an evil shall break’
Chapter 33. ‘Lost irretrievably’
Part IV: ‘THE GREAT REBELLIOUS HENRY’
Chapter 34. ‘Perverse and variable fortune’
Chapter 35. ‘Outwards enemies’
Chapter 36. ‘False imaginations’
Chapter 37. ‘I am the rock of the English kingdom’
Chapter 38. ‘Have not the English always betrayed their kings?’
Chapter 39. ‘That puppet of a king’
Chapter 40. ‘The shadow on the wall’
Part V: AFTERLIFE: Chapter 41. ‘Very dolorous and discomforted queen of England’
Chapter 42. ‘Holy King Henry’
Epilogue
Appendix I: Where did Henry VI die?
Appendix II: Key characters
Index
About the Author
An Invitation from the Publisher
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