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The loss of land in France was a major contributing factor in causing Henry V's heirs and relatives to descend into civil strife and quarrel over the succession of the English crown in ensuing decades, culminating in the Wars of the Roses (1455–1487) between Henry V's descendants, the House of Lancaster, and its rival, the House of York.
The list of English translations from medieval sources: E–Z provides an overview of notable medieval documents—historical, scientific, ecclesiastical and literature—that have been translated into English. This includes the original author, translator(s) and the translated document.
Early Modern English (sometimes abbreviated EModE [1] or EMnE) or Early New English (ENE) is the stage of the English language from the beginning of the Tudor period to the English Interregnum and Restoration, or from the transition from Middle English, in the late 15th century, to the transition to Modern English, in the mid-to-late 17th century.
The book chronicles the life of Henry V of England. [5] The books covers the period from Henry's accession in 1413 to 1416. [6] References to Sir John Oldcastle being still alive indicate that it was written before 1418.
Landowning gentry with a Middle English copy of the Brut include John Sulyard's father, who passed it on to Henry Bourchier, 2nd Earl of Essex's son Thomas. John Warkworth of Peterhouse, Cambridge , owned a copy (which included the ' Warkworth ' s ' Chronicle , named for him [ 26 ] ), as did the religious houses St Bartholomew-the-Great and ...
Beowulf and the Finnesburg fragment: a translation into modern English prose (1940). [248] Translated with an introducation and notes by John R. Clark Hall. New edition revised by Charles Leslie Wrenn (1895–1969) and prefatory notes by J. R. R. Tolkien (1892–1973). The text translated is that of Fr. Klaeber. List of translations of Beowulf ...
12 Henry V (1413–1422) ... are as close to history in the modern sense of the word, ... English historians in the Middle Ages; Further reading
Drama from the Middle Ages to the Early Twentieth Century: An Anthology of Plays with Old Spelling. [178] Edited by Christopher J. Wheatley. [179] Early Travels in Palestine (1848). [180] By English antiquarian and writer Thomas Wright (1810–1877). [181] [182] Egyptian tales and romances: pagan, Christian and Muslim (1931). [183]