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The ''Gesta Henrici Quinti'' ("Deeds of Henry the Fifth") is a medieval
Latin Latin ( or ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic languages, Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally spoken by the Latins (Italic tribe), Latins in Latium (now known as Lazio), the lower Tiber area aroun ...
chronicle written by an anonymous author.


History

The book was published in 1975 by Frank Taylor and John Roskell Smith. There are currently only two manuscripts of the ''Gesta Henrici Quinti'' and both have been preserved at the
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.


Contents

The book chronicles the life of
Henry V of England Henry V (16 September 1386 – 31 August 1422), also called Henry of Monmouth, was King of England from 1413 until his death in 1422. Despite his relatively short reign, Henry's outstanding military successes in the Hundred Years' War against ...
. The books covers the period from Henry's accession in 1413 to 1416. References to Sir
John Oldcastle Sir John Oldcastle (died 14 December 1417) was an English Lollard leader. From 1409 to 1413, he was summoned to parliament as Baron Cobham, in the right of his wife. Being a friend of Henry V, he long escaped prosecution for heresy. When ...
being still alive indicate that it was written before 1418. The author of the book is believed to be either
Thomas Elmham Thomas Elmham (1364in or after 1427) was an English chronicler. Life Thomas Elmham was probably born at North Elmham in Norfolk. He may have been the Thomas Elmham who was a scholar at King's Hall, Cambridge from 1389 to 1394. He became a Benedi ...
or Joannes de Bordin, but since the true identity of the author has not yet been confirmed, he is described by most sources as anonymous.


See also

* Knighton's Chronicon


References


External links

* Henrici Quinti
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{{morecat, date=August 2021 English chronicles English-language books Chronicles about England in Latin