Christopher Fletcher is currently chargé de recherche at the Laboratoire de Médiévistique Occidentale de Paris I (Panthéon-Sorbonne). He was Drapers Research Fellow at Pembroke College, Cambridge, from 2005 to 2008. He has taught at Oxford, Cambridge, London, and the University of Kent.

This is and ambitious book...the insights of the book and Fletcher's use of sources not often given prominence in the conventional political narrative...are important.

• 1. Introduction ; 2. The Language of Manhood I: Strength, Violence and Honour ; 3. The Language of Manhood II: Humanitas, Decorum and Largesse ; 4. Medico-Moral Theories of Manhood: Strength, Constancy and Reason ; 5. The Royal Authority and the King's Childhood, 1376-82 ; 6. The Emergence of the King's Firm Purpose, 1382-84 ; 7. The Pursuit of Manhood, 1384-86 ; 8. The Return of the King's Youth, 1386-88 ; 9. The Establishment of a Conciliar Regime, 1388-90 ; 10. Majesty and Restriction, 1390-92 ; 11. The Drift to Power, c.1390-97 ; 12. A Boy not a Man?, 1397-99 ; Conclusion

Christopher Fletcher is currently chargé de recherche at the Laboratoire de Médiévistique Occidentale de Paris I (Panthéon-Sorbonne). He was Drapers Research Fellow at Pembroke College, Cambridge, from 2005 to 2008. He has taught at Oxford, Cambridge, London, and the University of Kent.

This is and ambitious book...the insights of the book and Fletcher's use of sources not often given prominence in the conventional political narrative...are important.

• 1. Introduction ; 2. The Language of Manhood I: Strength, Violence and Honour ; 3. The Language of Manhood II: Humanitas, Decorum and Largesse ; 4. Medico-Moral Theories of Manhood: Strength, Constancy and Reason ; 5. The Royal Authority and the King's Childhood, 1376-82 ; 6. The Emergence of the King's Firm Purpose, 1382-84 ; 7. The Pursuit of Manhood, 1384-86 ; 8. The Return of the King's Youth, 1386-88 ; 9. The Establishment of a Conciliar Regime, 1388-90 ; 10. Majesty and Restriction, 1390-92 ; 11. The Drift to Power, c.1390-97 ; 12. A Boy not a Man?, 1397-99 ; Conclusion

Christopher Fletcher is currently chargé de recherche at the Laboratoire de Médiévistique Occidentale de Paris I (Panthéon-Sorbonne). He was Drapers Research Fellow at Pembroke College, Cambridge, from 2005 to 2008. He has taught at Oxford, Cambridge, London, and the University of Kent.

This is and ambitious book...the insights of the book and Fletcher's use of sources not often given prominence in the conventional political narrative...are important.

• 1. Introduction ; 2. The Language of Manhood I: Strength, Violence and Honour ; 3. The Language of Manhood II: Humanitas, Decorum and Largesse ; 4. Medico-Moral Theories of Manhood: Strength, Constancy and Reason ; 5. The Royal Authority and the King's Childhood, 1376-82 ; 6. The Emergence of the King's Firm Purpose, 1382-84 ; 7. The Pursuit of Manhood, 1384-86 ; 8. The Return of the King's Youth, 1386-88 ; 9. The Establishment of a Conciliar Regime, 1388-90 ; 10. Majesty and Restriction, 1390-92 ; 11. The Drift to Power, c.1390-97 ; 12. A Boy not a Man?, 1397-99 ; Conclusion