Fifteenth Century England A Comprehensive Chronology
Including Related Fifteenth Century Chronologies of Scotland, Wales, Ireland, France, Burgundy, and Brittany Volume II 1423 to 1449
This second volume covers the period from 1423 to 1449, roughly the first two-and-a-half decades of the reign of the young Henry VI – from toddler to boy to adolescent to young man. It also includes the rise of the English domain in France, including details about the victories (like the Battles of Cravant and Verneuil) and the defeats (like the Battles of Baugé and Patay, and the Orléans fiasco). During this period, England was also forced to struggle with Burgundy and Brittany, uncertain allies and opportunistic enemies, and had to deal with the ups and downs of an aggressive Scotland and its two regents and its new king. Coincident with these was the long drain on the English economy that a war of conquest demands, and the internal struggles for dominance in England during the reign of a child-King. At times it is a sad tale of a young and naïve king, a prodigal monarch who so desired to make those councilors around him content, that he impoverished himself even as he made them wealthy. This volume also covers much of the story of the loss of the French empire that Henry V had acquired and that Sir John, Duke of Bedford, had tried so hard to maintain and expand. Along the way the reader will discover the frustrations of trying to finance an impossible war of conquest and keep a nation from bankruptcy, compounded by the whims and fancies of a young man born to be king of two kingdoms, but who never developed the strength, courage, wisdom, patience or political acumen that is required of a successful head of state. And as in the first volume, also covered are the related histories of Wales, Scotland, Ireland, France, Burgundy, and Brittany, as well as elements of related histories in the remainder of Europe, and references to the tipping points in the stories of other prominent nations around the world.
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Fifteenth Century England A Comprehensive Chronology
Including Related Fifteenth Century Chronologies of Scotland, Wales, Ireland, France, Burgundy, and Brittany Volume II 1423 to 1449
This second volume covers the period from 1423 to 1449, roughly the first two-and-a-half decades of the reign of the young Henry VI – from toddler to boy to adolescent to young man. It also includes the rise of the English domain in France, including details about the victories (like the Battles of Cravant and Verneuil) and the defeats (like the Battles of Baugé and Patay, and the Orléans fiasco). During this period, England was also forced to struggle with Burgundy and Brittany, uncertain allies and opportunistic enemies, and had to deal with the ups and downs of an aggressive Scotland and its two regents and its new king. Coincident with these was the long drain on the English economy that a war of conquest demands, and the internal struggles for dominance in England during the reign of a child-King. At times it is a sad tale of a young and naïve king, a prodigal monarch who so desired to make those councilors around him content, that he impoverished himself even as he made them wealthy. This volume also covers much of the story of the loss of the French empire that Henry V had acquired and that Sir John, Duke of Bedford, had tried so hard to maintain and expand. Along the way the reader will discover the frustrations of trying to finance an impossible war of conquest and keep a nation from bankruptcy, compounded by the whims and fancies of a young man born to be king of two kingdoms, but who never developed the strength, courage, wisdom, patience or political acumen that is required of a successful head of state. And as in the first volume, also covered are the related histories of Wales, Scotland, Ireland, France, Burgundy, and Brittany, as well as elements of related histories in the remainder of Europe, and references to the tipping points in the stories of other prominent nations around the world.