Today we're headed back to the 15th century with The King! Join us for a discussion of Robert Pattinson's performance, female innkeepers, the Battle of Agincourt, and whole bunch of different historical figures named Henry.

Sources:

Henry IV Family Tree of British Monarchs, available at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_tree_of_British_monarchs Mark Cartwright, Henry IV of England. World History Encyclopedia. Available at https://www.worldhistory.org/Henry_IV_of_England/?visitCount=5&lastVisitDate=2021-4-8&pageViewCount=5 Mark Cartwright, Henry V of England. World History Encyclopedia. Available at https://www.worldhistory.org/Henry_V_of_England/?visitCount=5&lastVisitDate=2021-4-8&pageViewCount=5

Innkeepers and Alewives: Judith M. Bennet, "Misogyny, Popular Culture, and Women's Work," History Workshop 31 (1991) Martha Carlin, "What Say You to a Piece of Beef and Mustard? The Evolution of Public Dining in Medieval and Tudor London," Huntington Library Quarterly 71, 1 (2008) Justin Colson, "A Portrait of a Late Medieval London Pub: The Star Inn, Bridge Street," in Medieval Londoners: Essays to Mark the Eightieth Birthday of Caroline Baron. Elizabeth New and Christian Steer, eds. University of London Press Marjorie K. McIntosh, "The Benefits and Drawbacks of Femme Sole Status, 1300-1630," Journal of British Studies 44, 3 (2005)

Sir Henry "Hotspur" Percy Simon Walker, "Percy, Sir Henry [called Henry Hotspur (1364-1403), soldier," Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (3 January 2008). https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/21931 A.L. Brown and Henry Summerson, "Henry IV [known as Henry Bolingbroke] (1367-1413)," Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (8 April 2021). https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/12951 "Battle of Shrewsbury 1403," Historic England (9 September 2015). https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1000033 "Battle of Shrewsbury 21st July 1403," Battlefield Trust http://www.battlefieldstrust.com/resource-centre/medieval/battleview.asp?BattleFieldId=39 . John Cannon, A Dictionary of British History (Oxford University Press, 2015) Alfred H. Burne, The Battlefields of England (Pen & Sword Books, 2005), 203-13. Timothy D. Arner, "The Disappearing Scar of Henry V: Triage, Trauma, and the Treatment of Henry's Wounding at the Battle of Shrewsbury," Journal of Medieval and Early Modern Studies 49:2 (2019): 347-76.

Agincourt: Gordon Campbell, "Agincourt, battle of or (French) battle of Azincourt,"The Oxford Dictionary of the Renaissance (Oxford University Press, 2005). Christopher Allmand, "Agincourt, battle of (1415)," The Oxford Companion to Military History (Oxford University Press, 2004). James Glanz, "Historians Reassess Battle of Agincourt," The New York Times (24 October 2009). https://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/25/world/europe/25agincourt.html Robert McCrum, "Agincourt was a battle like no other...but how do the French remember it?" The Guardian (26 September 2015). https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/sep/26/agincourt-600th-anniversary-how-french-remember-it Tim Treanor, "High Court Rules for French at Agincourt," DC Theatre Scene (18 March 2010). https://dctheatrescene.com/2010/03/18/high-court-rules-for-french-at-agincourt/

Film Background: Owen Gleiberman, "Venice Film Review: Timothee Chalamet in 'The King'," Variety (2 September 2019). https://variety.com/2019/film/reviews/the-king-review-timothee-chalamet-1203320801/ Simran Hans, "The King review--Timothee Chalamet is all at sea as Prince Hal," The Guardian (13 October 2019). https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/oct/13/the-king-henry-v-agincourt-timothee-chalamet-robert-pattinson-joel-edgerton Rotten Tomatoes: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_king_2019 "Timothee Chalamet & The King's Cast on Robert Pattinson's French Accent MTV Movies," MTV UK (8 October 2019). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHKJoXGsOxE https://www.themarysue.com/bowlcut-nation-the-king-timothee-chalamet/