In 1399, 13-year-old Henry of Monmouth was knighted twice. The first ceremony was a muddy affair at the fringe of an Irish forest, a reward from Richard II after the English army’s successful raids.

I’m a fan of England’s King Henry V. Although not a Shakespeare enthusiast, I’ve always been captivated by the film version with Kenneth Branagh in the lead — especially the famous speech: “We few, we ...

Six hundred years before Britain voted for independence from Europe, the Sceptered Isle came the closest it ever has to attaching all of France to its realm. The historian Dan Jones’s “Henry V” argues ...

Henry VI became King of England at barely eight months of age and also held the French throne. He is remembered as one of the ...

In 1403, a rebellion broke out in England that would culminate in one of the bloodiest battles to ever take place on English ...

In this rousing biography, historian Jones (Powers and Thrones) departs from Shakespeare’s portrait of Prince Hal as a wild, roistering youth. In Jones’s telling, Henry even in adolescence was a ...

The actor opens up about how Charles, then Prince of Wales, inspired his performance as King Henry V of England. Before King Charles ascended to the throne of England, he spoke candidly to Kenneth ...