Jonathan Bate's Literary Remains

Jonathan Bate's Literary Remains

Preparing for Battle in Henry V

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Jonathan Bate
May 15, 2026
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Here are the next two short films in my Shakespeare and his World module on Henry V: first, on the persuasive rhetoric of the warrior king, in the context of Queen Elizabeth’s speech to her troops at Tilbury in 1588. Then a little touch of Harry in the night …

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