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