John of Gaunt : the exercise of princely power in fourteenth-century Europe / / Anthony Goodman

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910815421003321
• Autore: Goodman Anthony <1936-, >
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2013
• ISBN: 1-317-89479-0; 1-138-14029-5; 1-315-84441-9; 1-317-89480-4
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (438 p.)
• Disciplina: 941.03/7/092; 942.03092
• Soggetti: Nobility - Great Britain - History - To 1500; Nobility - Great Britain; Great Britain Politics and government 1377-1399; Great Britain History 14th century
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: "First published 1992 by Longman Group Limited"--T.p. verso.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index at the end of each chapters.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Maps and Genealogical Tables; List of Abbreviations; Preface; Dedication; 1. The Inheritance of Edward III and Richard II; 2. Gaunt in History; 3. The Education of a Prince (1340--61); 4. Rise to Power (1361-77); 5. From Dominance to Exile (1377-81); 6. Gaunt and Richard II (1381-6); 7. Gaunt and Iberian Affairs; 8. From Dominance to Crisis (1389-99); 9. Gaunt and Christendom; Relations with the Low Countries; Relations with Brittany; Gaunt's roles in Aquitaine and in relations with the Valois princes; Peace, the unity of Christendom and crusadingGaunt's diplomacy; 10. Gaunt and Warfare; 11. Gaunt and the Church; 12. Gaunt and the Secular Peerage; 13. Lancastrian Residences and Governmental Institutions; Residences and building works; Lancastrian government; 14. Gaunt's Regional Interests, Estate Administration and Finances; Regional interests; Estate administration; Finances; 15. Gaunt ; Characterised; Conclusion; Calendar of Documents; Bibliography; Maps and Genealogical Tables; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: John of Gaunt (1340 -99), Duke of Lancaster and pretender to the throne of Castile, was son to Edward III, uncle to the ill-starred Richard III and father to Henry IV and the Lancastrian line. The richest and most powerful subject in England, a key actor on the international stage, patron of Wycliffe and Chaucer, he was deeply involved in the Peasant's revolt and the Hundred Years War. He is also one of the most hated men of his time. This splendid study, the first since 1904, vividly portrays the political life of the age, with the controversial figure of Gaunt at the heart of it.