Saul, Richard II (1997)

Nigel Saul.
Richard II.
New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1997.

Book Information: Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.

Book Series: The English Monarchs Series, Yale University Press.

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Author Information:

• Nigel Saul (b.1952), Wikipedia.
• Professor Nigel Saul, Department of History, Royal Holloway, University of London.

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Wikipedia Articles:

• England in the Late Middle Ages, from the Thirteenth Century, the end of the Angevins and the accession of Henry III (in 1216), until the accession to the throne of the Tudor dynasty in 1485.
• Hundred Years' War, 1337–1453. Major phases:
  • the Edwardian War, 1337–1360.
  • the Caroline War, 1369–1389.
  • the Lancastrian War, 1415–1453.
• Edward III of England (1312–1377), King of England 1327–1377.
• Edward the Black Prince (1330–1376), Edward of Woodstock, the Black Prince; eldest son of Edward III; father of Richard of Bordeaux (Richard II).
• Joan of Kent (1326/7–1385); mother of Richard of Bordeaux (Richard II).
• Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence (1338–1368), second son of Edward III; the House of York descended from Lionel and his brother Edmund.
• John of Gaunt (1340–1399), Duke of Lancaster; third son of Edward III; the House of Lancaster descended from John of Gaunt.
• Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York (1341–1402), fourth son of Edward III; the House of York descended from Edmund and his brother Lionel.
• Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester (1355–1397), fifth son of Edward III.
• Blanche of Lancaster (1342–1368), daughter of Henry of Grosmont, 1st Duke of Lancaster; first wife of John of Gaunt; mother of Henry Bolingbroke (Henry IV of England).
• Katherine Swynford (c.1350–1403), third wife of John of Gaunt; the House of Beaufort descended from John of Gaunt's children with Katherine Swynford.
• Richard II of England (1367–1400), Richard of Bordeaux, son of Edward the Black Prince and Joan of Kent; King of England 1377–1399; deposed in 1399.
• Anne of Bohemia (1366–1394), first wife of Richard II.
• Henry Bolingbroke (1367–1413), son of John of Gaunt and Blanche of Lancaster, King of England 1399-1413 as Henry IV.

Some Events During the Reign of Richard II:

• Peasants' Revolt, 1381.
• Wonderful Parliament, November 1386; imposed restrictions on the rule of Richard II.
• Lords Appellant, active 1387–1388.
• Merciless Parliament, February to June 1388; members of Richard II's court convicted of treason; most executed.
• The Tyranny of Richard II, 1397–1399.
• Parliament of Shrewsbury, 1398; declared acts of the Merciless Parliament null and void; made Richard II an absolute ruler.
• Downfall of Richard II, August 1399.

For broader context for this period of English history see my post for Holmes, The Later Middle Ages, 1272-1485 (1966).

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