About This Book
The biography traces the life and career of a fourteenth–fifteenth century English prince, from youth through military service in Henry V’s French campaigns, including Harfleur and Agincourt, to diplomatic missions and the Côtentin and Rouen sieges; it follows his successive roles as regent and protector amid factional struggles with Beaufort, Bedford, and Burgundy, his marriage and involvement in Hainault, and his turbulent relations with Parliament and the Church. It examines his patronage of Italian humanists and Renaissance learning, the trial of his wife for witchcraft, his political decline and suspicious death, and assesses his policies, character, and influence on domestic and foreign affairs.