Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester: A Biography

Had the Duke of Gloucester confined his patronage to scholars of foreign birth, and taken no part in the intellectual life of England as a whole, he would deserve only a passing...

With Humphrey's return from Hainault the second phase of his life ends and the third begins. His early life had been that of a soldier; he had celebrated the death of his brothe...

With the battle of Agincourt the days of Humphrey's apprenticeship end, and we find him fairly embarked on his public career. That career assumes a threefold aspect, but at the...

In spite of the circumstantial story which records the events of the last few days of Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester, there hangs over the manner of his death a cloud which no exi...

After landing in England Gloucester had not long to wait before he took up his new duties. On December 30, 1419, his commission to be 'guardian and lieutenant of England' in the...

No period of English history is less romantic than that in which Humphrey of Gloucester's life was cast. Apart from the fleeting glories of Agincourt, there is no outstanding ev...

The expedition to Calais and Flanders was the last military enterprise undertaken by the Duke of Gloucester, indeed the active part of his life abruptly ends with his return to...

The coronation of Henry VI. had its significance at home as well as abroad; for Gloucester it meant the abandonment of the title which he had held since the death of Henry V. Th...

No sooner were the discussions and heartburnings of the settlement of the Protectorate over, than the volatile nature of Humphrey drew him off on another venture which, though d...

On the north-east border of the German-speaking races, there existed in the latter days of the fourteenth century one of those old religious military orders, which had been foun...

[31] _Ibid._; _Receiver Gen. Rec._, 1 _Henry IV._ Holkham MS., p. 7, says that Humphrey was 'instructed in the fundamentals of good literature' by Sir Lewis Clifford, but there...

Gloucester and the English Scholars--Abbot Wheathampsted his literary friend--John Capgrave's _Commentary on Genesis_--Nicholas Upton and Thomas Beckington--The English Poets--J...

Gloucester Regent of England: terms of his commission--State of the country at this time; the rise of the Middle Classes and their support of Gloucester--The King of Scotland an...

The end of the Protectorate--The Forty Shilling Franchise--Gloucester made Regent--Henry VI. goes to France--Parliament of 1431--The rising of 'Jack Sharpe': its significance--G...

Gloucester's reception in England: attitude of the Council--Jacqueline loses ground in Hainault--The duel between Gloucester and Burgundy forbidden--Gloucester loses interest in...

Jacqueline's treatment in England--Her marriage to Gloucester--Visit of Gloucester and Jacqueline to St. Albans--Burgundy objects to Gloucester's pretensions to govern Hainault-...

Nature of the Renaissance, and its influence on Gloucester--State of English scholarship--Gloucester's qualifications for the career of a patron of letters: his early education-...

Various phases of Gloucester's career--The Emperor Sigismund's visit to England: reception by Gloucester--The Treaty of Canterbury--Gloucester hostage at St. Omer for the safety...

Gloucester's waning interest in political life: his appearance as a patron of letters--Negotiations for peace with France: Gloucester's opposition; his manifesto against Beaufor...

Birth of Humphrey: his parents--The change of dynasty--The Order of the Bath--Plot to kill Henry IV. and his sons--Humphrey made a Knight of the Garter--Visit to Abbey of Bardne...

The nature of Gloucester's death: growing conviction that he was murdered--The trial of his servants for treason--The effect of his death on English politics--His policy in Hain...