Henry V Arrowhead Removal Video Questions

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Fascinating, detailed telling of the jaw-dropping story of Bradwell’s removal of a bodkin arrowhead from deep inside young Henry of Monmouth’s skull. Using reenactment, contemporary sources, and archaeological blacksmithing of Bradwell’s novel tool from his notes and drawing.

Viewer discretion! You MUST watch the whole thing before showing it to kids - it gets a wee bit manky in places.

16 questions for the c. 10-minute film which covers political / military context; weapons; armour; the injury; possible infection; futile “remedies”; Bradwell’s assessment; the problem of extraction; exploring the wound; Bradwell’s “tents”; smithing a novel tool; the extraction.

Differentiated! “B” version looks just like “A” version but has subtle clues. Question sheets, answer sheet, links to source on all sheets, .doc and .pdf of all sheets

Spoiler alert: the boy lived.