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Richard II of England - Richard's minority | A Wisdom Archive on Richard II of England - Richard's minority | | Richard II of England - Richard's minority A selection of articles related to Richard II of England - Richard's minority | |
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ARTICLES RELATED TO Richard II of England - Richard's minority | | | |  Richard II of England - Richard's minority: Encyclopedia II - Richard II of England - Richard's minorityJohn of Gaunt, his uncle, ruled on Richard's behalf for the first years of his reign and it was the Peasants' Revolt of 1381 that brought Richard into the limelight. It fell to him personally to negotiate with Wat Tyler and the other rebel leaders and their massed armed ranks of several thousand, which must undoubtedly have required some personal courage, aged only fourteen as he was. He offered pardon to the leaders of the rebellion, an offer that was rescinded as the ringleaders were eventually arrested and executed. It remains a matter of ...
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| | | | Richard II of England - Richard's minority: Encyclopedia II - Richard II of England - Second crisis of 1397-99 and Richard's deposition In 1397 Richard decided to rid himself of the Lords Appellant who were confining his power, on the pretext of an aristocratic plot. Richard had the Earl of Arundel executed and Warwick exiled, while Gloucester died in captivity. Finally able to exert his autocratic authority over the kingdom, he purged all those he saw as not totally committed to him, fulfilling his own idea of becoming God’s chosen prince.
Richard, however, was still childless. The heir to the throne was Roger Mortimer the Earl of March, grandson of Lionel of Antwe ...
See also:Richard II of England, Richard II of England - Richard's minority, Richard II of England - First crisis of 1387-88, Richard II of England - A fragile peace, Richard II of England - Second crisis of 1397-99 and Richard's deposition, Richard II of England - Association with Geoffrey Chaucer Read more here: » Richard II of England: Encyclopedia II - Richard II of England - Second crisis of 1397-99 and Richard's deposition |
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| | | | Richard II of England - Richard's minority: Encyclopedia II - Richard II of England - First crisis of 1387-88 As Richard began to take over the business of government himself, he sidelined many of the established nobles, such as Thomas de Beauchamp, 12th Earl of Warwick , Richard Fitzalan, 11th Earl of Arundel and Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester. Instead he turned to his inner circle of favourites for his council, men such as his beloved Robert de Vere, 9th Earl of Oxford and Michael de la Pole whom Richard created Earl of Suffolk and made chancellor of England. The nobles he had snubbed formed the head of a group of the disaffected who ...
See also:Richard II of England, Richard II of England - Richard's minority, Richard II of England - First crisis of 1387-88, Richard II of England - A fragile peace, Richard II of England - Second crisis of 1397-99 and Richard's deposition, Richard II of England - Association with Geoffrey Chaucer Read more here: » Richard II of England: Encyclopedia II - Richard II of England - First crisis of 1387-88 |
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