History, however, is not a congeniality contest. How we rate Henry for likability today is of little consequence. What matters is what he did in his own time, how he optimized for the standards of his own age, and what the consequences were of his relatively short life and reign.

— Dan Jones Henry V: The Astonishing Triumph of England's Greatest Warrior King (2024)

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