tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post7829341675044584319..comments2023-10-12T02:21:40.102-07:00Comments on English Historical Fiction Authors: Henry V: King, Conqueror, and...Musician?Debra Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03256313302199653185noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-27105546400099595432013-06-03T12:13:32.144-07:002013-06-03T12:13:32.144-07:00Thanks for the comment, Octavia! It's very tru...Thanks for the comment, Octavia! It's very true that we see these sorts of talents in a lot of other monarchs (Henry VIII's music and Elizabeth I's poetry come to mind), but it surprised me, for some reason, to see it in Henry V, and that's why I wrote the blog. :-)Rosanne E. Lortzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11048843976794056529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-24010709645017966492013-06-03T11:05:29.495-07:002013-06-03T11:05:29.495-07:00I so appreciated this post, Lorraine (and actually...I so appreciated this post, Lorraine (and actually hearing a snippet of Henry's music was an added and unexpected treat). We need to constantly remind ourselves that every well-rounded aristocrat, man or woman, of the period could sing, dance, play the lute or viol or virginal or other demanding instrument, compose poetry,speak a language other than their own, and on and on. Abilities that today we would ascribe to a veritable "Renaissance Man" or Woman were, even before the actual Renaissance, expected of a well-educated and well-rounded princely individual. Thanks for reminding us of this, and introducing me to Harry's music.Octavia Randolphhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09280624466763859908noreply@blogger.com