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Kingship and Masculinity in Late Medieval England

This monograph length text takes a cultural historical approach to present a novel comparative analysis of Henry V and Henry VI. It constitutes the first substantial study of the role of gender in the rhetoric and practice of fifteenth-century English kingship, underpinned by a careful reinterpretation of a wide range of primary sources (narrative, literary and administrative). It demonstrates that contemporary notions of good and bad kingship were irrevocably intertwined with ideals of masculinity, thus adding a vital new conceptual dimension to a field which has usually been considered the preserve of political historians.