num_pages: 968
description: 'Anyone who wishes to study the reign of Henry VI will need to start from the basis which Professor Griffiths provides.' A.J. Pollard, Parliamentary History.Henry VI is the youngest monarch ever to have ascended the English throne and the only English king to have been acknowledges by the French as rightfully King of France. His reign was the third longest since the Norman conquest and he came close to being declared a saint. This masterly study, unparalleled in its informative detail, examines the entire span of the king's reign, from the death of Henry V in 1422, when Henry was only nine months old, to the period of his insanity at the beginning of the Wars of the Roses and his dethronement in 1461, preceding his murder ten years later. This classic re-assessment of the third Lancastrian king is essential reading for anyone interested in the history of fifteenth-century England.
language: English
title: The Reign of King Henry VI
titlecomplete: The Reign of King Henry VI
characters: Ralph de Cromwell, 3rd Baron Cromwell, Henry Bourchier, 1st Earl of Essex, John Sutton, 1st Baron Dudley, Humphrey Stafford, 1st Duke of Buckingham, Henry VI of England, Edward of Westminster, Prince of Wales, William Ayscough, Charles VII of France, Thomas de Courtenay, 5th/13th Earl of Devon, John of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Bedford, John Holland, 2nd Duke of Exeter, William FitzAlan, 16th Earl of Arundel, Thomas Bourchier, William Alnwick, William Neville, 1st Earl of Kent, Henry Holland, 3rd Duke of Exeter, Edward IV of England, John Beauchamp, 1st Baron Beauchamp, Henry Beaufort, Cardinal of Winchester
genres: History, Biography, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 24
publisher: The History Press