Hello and welcome back to Epox, where I shall be continuing my story of the reign and achievements,

glorious achievements of Henry V. Now last time I left off, if you remember, just where he had

become king. So we did his early life and his struggles with his own father, the usurper, Henry Bonningbroke.

So, and I mentioned last time as well, that he hits the ground running because he'd already

had experience essentially of being the ruler, kind of, mostly, when his father had been more or less

incapacitated by illness for a year or two, around 1410, 1411. The young Henry, the Prince of Wales,

was doing all the business of government,

really, sitting at the helm. So he'd had at least some experience of being the ruler,

which goes a long, long way, right? Because sometimes, often, in fact, people think they want

the top job, think they'll be great at the top job. And when they get there, they actually

don't have the abilities and skills required. But Henry knew that he had what it took. And he's now sort of

25, 26 years old. So, you know, certainly not a child. He's been bloodied in war. He's got over 10 years

experience, combat experience. So there's none of these worries of earlier kings where they have to, in a sort of a weak,

piecemeal way, wrestle control of government away from anyone else.

No, as soon as he becomes king, he can and does just start making policy and doing anything

he wants.

And so the story really begins in earnest at this point.

In this episode, I do want to talk

about the French side of the equation and all things religious as well to kind of get those out of

the way so we can focus entirely on Henry and his campaigns going forward. But before I do that,

just a quick word from Churchill, so Winston Churchill in his book,

The History of the English-speaking peoples.

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