Christopher Thomas Allmand is an English historian specializing in the Late Middle Ages in England and France, and the Hundred Years' War. He held the position of Professor of Medieval History at the University of Liverpool until his retirement in 1998, and is now an Honorary Senior Fellow at the university.
This volume of The New Cambridge Medieval History, eventually to be the last of seven, covers the last century of the traditional western Middle Ages. It takes account of much new research and modern, interdisciplinary approaches to the study and writing of history to present a broad view of late medieval society across Europe.
Based on primary sources in both English and French archives, this biography depicts the reign of Henry V in the broad European context of the period. It concludes that through his personality the king united the country in war but also provided domestic security and solid government.