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John of Gaunt by Kathryn Warner

Mar 6, 2022

anniversaries, genealogy, law, sources

biographies, Blanche of Lancaster, Caherine de Roet, character, Constanza of Castile, Edmund of Langley, Edward the Black Prince, generosity, greed, John of Gaunt, Kathryn Warner, Lancastrians, Lionel of Antwerp, Thomas of woodstock, translation, wills

This is a very valuable new biography of John of Gaunt. As usual with this author, the incredibly complex network of family relationships is successfully navigated. There is a fair amount of ‘correction of the record’. For example, Duchess Blanche did not die of plague in 1369, but of unknown causes in 1368. Duchess Constanza…
Henry “Tudor” is With Us Still

Sep 18, 2014

Uncategorized

enclosures, fishgarths, greed, Henry VII, John Rous, Richard III

by Merlyn MacLeod “Commons refers to the cultural and natural resources accessible to all members of a society, including natural materials such as air, water, and a habitable earth. These resources are held in common, not owned privately. The resources held in common can include everything from natural resources and common land to software. The…