(1421–1471). The son of Henry V of England and Catherine of France, Henry VI of England was the unfortunate heir to his father’s kingdom and conquests. He was born in fufillment of the hopes of the Treaty of Troyes. Within nine months, the...

Henry VI may refer to: Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor (1165–1197). Henry VI, Count of Luxembourg (crowned 1281, died 1288) Henry VI of England and (unnumbered) of France (1421–1471). The three plays by William Shakespeare about the life and times of...

Certain leadership virtues transcend time and space.Joan of Arc's belief in herself, ability to inspire others and willingness to challenge standard thinking crystallize today's leadership ideals.Born to a peasant family in a French village called Domremy, now part of the Lorraine region, Joan (1412-31) rose...

In the following excerpt, Hattaway views Henry VI, Part 2 as a radical political work that features Shakespeare's sweeping reconstruction of English history concentrated on the power of the mighty.

In the excerpt below, Riggs traces Shakespeare's general theme of the deterioration of heroic idealism that took place between the Hundred Years' War and the Yorkist accession in Henry VI.

In the excerpt below, Schwarz studies the complex portrayal of women in Henry VI, Parts 1, 2, and 3, focusing on the depiction of Joan as an outsider and as a contradictory embodiment of extremes. Schwarz also analyzes the portrayal of Margaret as both a conventional object of desire and a disruptive role-player.