Historians have always been somewhat puzzled at the alliance of two such men as John of Gaunt, duke of Lancaster and third son of Edward III, and John Wyclif, controversialist and reformer.
The “Discrete Occupational Identity” of Chaucer’s Knyght
February 22, 2014 By
Popular critical opinion favors reading the pilgrim Knyght of Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales as the representative of the idealized chivalric knight; however, the pilgrim Knyght bears the hallmark of the early professional soldier that began to evolve as early as the eleventh century.
Philippa of Lancaster, Queen of Portugal
January 2, 2014 By
As far as possible, Philippa and Joao went everywhere together. They put forth the image of a loving and happy family. They agreed to name their first born child a Portuguese name if it were a boy and an English name if it was a girl and then alternate names, irrespective of sex.
The spider in the web: the weaving of a new, Lancastrian England in the late fourteenth and early fifteenth centuries
December 18, 2013 By
Examining the political maneuvering of John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster and his grandson, King Henry V, this thesis will show how the House of Lancaster wove the authority of both the temporal and spiritual realms into an inescapable web that enabled John of Gaunt’s direct descendents to secure their continuous position as heirs to the throne of England.
Neville, Percy, and York, 1461-1485 : a study in the subordination of the North
January 1, 2012 By
It is my intention, therefore, to re-examine the standard interpretation of northern history by focusing on the important achievement of the Yorkists in the North.
‘It’s a Magical World’: The Page in Comics and Medieval Manuscripts
November 14, 2011 By
In this essay I examine the location in the material world that calls forth that cognitive frontier: the page.
Three Views of John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster
February 27, 2011 By
Three Views of John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster Rocke, Sean Published Online ~ Course: British Studies (ID 382), Harlaxton College, Spring (2011) Abstract John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, was a rich, powerful, and influential nobleman in the 14th century. As the son, uncle, and father of kings, Gaunt was never far from central authority. For […]
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