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A1 - Jackson, Jana
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T1 - John of Gaunt
T2 - The Map of Early Modern London
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CY - Victoria
PB - University of Victoria
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The third son of
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Prince of Wales and Aquitaine. Father of
King of England
Duke of Aquitaine and First Duke of Lancaster. Husband of
King of England
King of England
King of England and Lord of Ireland
King of England
King of England
Playwright and poet.
Duke of Gloucester. Husband of
King of France
Countess of Westmorland. Daughter of
King of Castile and León
Wife of
Wife of
Duchess of Lancaster. Wife of
King of Castile and León
Wife of
First Earl of Somerset. Son of
Cardinal. Son of
Duke of Exeter and Earl of Dorset. Chancellor of England
Savoy Hospital was located along The Strand in Westminster.
for the
reliefe of one hundreth poore people
(Stow 1598, sig. 2D7r). The hospital was suppressed by
St. Paul’s Cathedral was—and remains—an important church in London. In
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O how that name befits my composition! Old Gaunt indeed, and gaunt in being old: Within me grief hath kept a tedious fast; And who abstains from meat that is not gaunt? For sleeping England long time have I watch’d; Watching breeds leanness, leanness is all gaunt: The pleasure that some fathers feed upon, is my strict fast; I mean, my children’s looks; And therein fasting, hast thou made me gaunt: Gaunt am I for the grave, gaunt as a grave, Whose hollow womb inherits nought but bones(2.1.757–767).
tall, lean man(Weir 25). The associations of his name with supposed physical characteristics should not, however, overshadow the immense power
The political machinations surrounding just under sixteen years of age
(Empson 14) and soon thereafter set off to the northern provinces of France to defend his father’s kingdom in battle, the first of many forays into French territory due to left England for Bordeaux with an army of reinforcements consisting of 400 men-at-arms and 400 archers,
fighting with his brother The Black Prince,
to assist disastrous to [the] English since he continually wished to make expeditions to gain what he held to be his rights
(Empson 24). These expeditions provoked the ire of the reigning monarch of Castile,
helped lay the foundations for the later Wars of the Roses, though it was not the only cause of the conflict
(
In addition to the legacy of nobility he inherited as both prince and earl,
the Duke’s council, and by his auditors, who went on circuit throughout these vast and scattered possessions(
Kenilworth Castle and the Savoy Palace were two of his favourite residences, Savoy arguably the most ostentatious. Rivalling Westminster Palace, it had a magnificent banqueting hall
with huge windows
and opulent gardens along the banks of the Thames (Howes 126).
In civilian life,
was certainly going on when(Weir 27).Gaunt married [his second wife]Constance
evidence of God’s displeasurewith their relationship (Weir 27). The Katherine Swynford Society, however, allows for the possibility that Gaunt and
became more discrete about their relationship, while continuing the affair(
one of the more influential men in the kingdom(Weir 27). Their third son,