When authors refer to other great works, people, and events, it’s usually not accidental. Put on your super-sleuth hat and figure out why.
Source Texts
- Raphael Holinshed, The Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland, Volume 3
- Anonymous, The Famous Victories of Henry V
- Samuel Daniel, The First Four Books of the Civil Wars
Historical Figures
- King Henry IV (1367-1413)
- Prince Henry of Monmouth, later King Henry V (1387-1422)
- Prince John of Lancaster (1389-1435)
- Ralph Neville, Earl of Westmoreland (1364-1425)
- Sir John Oldcastle (d. 1417)
- Sir Henry Percy, "Hotspur" (1364-1403)
- Henry Percy, Earl of Northumberland (1342-1408)
- Thomas Percy, Earl of Worcester (1344-1403)
- Lord Edmund Mortimer (1376-1409)
- Owen Glendower (d.1416)
- Archibald, Earl of Douglas (1369-1424)
- Richard Scroop, Archbishop of York (d. 1405)
- Elizabeth Percy (1371-1444)
Battles
- Battle at Holmedon Hill (September 14, 1402)
- Battle at Shrewsbury (July 21, 1403)