Agincourt Quotes

“After Chaucer’s death, Henry IV offered his position to Christine de Pizan, no doubt hoping that as she was a widow and her only child, her sixteen-year-old son, was effectively a hostage in his household, she could be persuaded to agree. If so, he completely misjudged this redoubtable woman, who had once replied to criticism “that it was inappropriate for a woman to be learned, as it was so rare . . . that it was even less fitting for a man to be ignorant, as it was so common.”
― Juliet Barker, Agincourt: Henry V and the Battle That Made England

“received a royal pardon, on the grounds that the conspirators”
― Juliet Barker, Agincourt: Henry V and the Battle That Made England