Blog post: ‘The Mad King’ Henry VI?

In her blog, Lauren Johnson re-examines the story of ‘Mad King’ Henry VI in the light of both medieval and present-day debates about mental health.

Lauren Johnson is a historian and the author of ‘The Arrow of Sherwood‘ and ‘So Great a Prince: England and the Accession of Henry VIII‘, a history of England in 1509. Her biography of Henry VI will be published by Head of Zeus in Autumn 2018.

Twitter: @History_Lauren

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