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Home > Plantagenets 1216 – 1485

Plantagenets 1216 – 1485

    Den of Thieves by Cloak and Dagger

    By David Crowther 1 year agoDec 11, 2022 3 Comments

    Edward I’s Jewel house was a thick walled,  impregnable fortress to keep the king’s treasure safe. But some of his less salubrious and loyal subjects had an idea that maybeRead More

    Hawkwood Omnibus 7 EPs 19-21 - Members Only

    Hawkwood's last campaign

    Hawkwood 21 The Last Campaign - Members Only

    Would Hawkwood's career end in triumph or disaster?

    Hawkwood 20 A Tales of Two Captains - Members Only

    A clash of titans

    Hawkwood 19 A Tale of Two Cities - Members Only

    The forces of light and liberty and imperial darkness seem destined to fight

    The Lost King

    By David Crowther 1 year agoMar 20, 2023 4 Comments

    The Lost King follows the remarkable story of Ricardian Phillipa Langley,  whose steely determination and persistence led to the discovery of the body of Richard III and paints the academic community as determined to write out of the story.

    Hawkwood Omnibus 6 EPs 16-18 - Members Only

    The late 70s and 80s saw Hawkwood move his home from the Romagna to Tuscany, within the orbit of Florence; and despite fighting on a number of campaigns, the relationship with Florence deepened.

    Hawkwood 18 Castagnaro - Members Only

    In 1387 Hawkwood was approached by Giovanni Ubaldini, Padua's military commander, to come and fight against Verona. He agreed, and by March was in the field, facing his enemy by the River Adige near the village of Castagnaro.

    Hawkwood 17 Civil War in Naples - Members Only

    Christendom fights over the kingdom of Naples

    Hawkwood 16 Homebody - Members Only

    Making a new home in 14th Century Italy was not to prove easy for the Hawkwoods

    Hawkwood Omnibus 5 EPs 13-15 - Members Only

    From 1375 it is possible to sense a change in Hawkwood’s priorities; does war need to be so important? What about diplomacy, strategy – or home?

    Hawkwood 15 Marriage and Divorce - Members Only

    A marriage feast, a divorce, a diplomat – and a possible meeting with a literary genius and torturer of school children. Oh – plus fightiness, of course  

    Hawkwood 14 Cesena - Members Only

    Cesena was an atrocity by any standards - today's or those of 14th century Italy

    Hawkwood 13 Eight Saints - Members Only

      Libertas! Cried the citizens of Florence, and Libertas! Replied many of the Pope’s ‘loyal’ cities – Urbino, Gibbio, Orvieto and many more. Ruggerio Cane and the Florentine diplomats wereRead More

    Hawkwood 10 Cascina 2.0 - Members Only

      A wedding, and a return to the scene of his greatest defeat as an independent captain – to Cascina. Would history repeat itself?

    Hawkwood 9 Against the World - Members Only

      1365-7 were confused years for Hawkwood without a consistent employer, and faced with the Papal anti mercenary league of Urban V – as well as picking up some payRead More

    Hawkwood Omnibus 3 EPs 7-9 - Members Only

    From 1364 Hawkwood’s status would grow, becoming an untitled head of the English mercenaries in Italy. But his employment was fractured and difficult.

    Hawkwood 7 Pisa - Members Only

    In 1363, Sterz and Hawkwood’s efforts helped bring the Visconti to a reluctant and truculent peace. Ironically they’d just done themselves out of a job. But never mind – theRead More

    Hawkwood 6 The Vipers of Milan - Members Only

    The Visconti of Milan had risen to power by defeating their local rivals. They constantly sought to use the fabulous wealth of the city to extend their patrimony, often confrontedRead More

    Hawkwood Omnibus 2 EPs 4-6 - Members Only

    The Pope did what many were forced to do with mercenaries – paid them to go away. Sterz took the White Company to northern Italy to fight for Montferrat, andRead More

    Hawkwood 5 A Geographical Expression - Members Only

      The Hawkwood into which Sterz led the White Company in 1361 was a patchwork of loyalties, families, political ambitions and trade wars – and it was rich beyond theRead More

    Hawkwood 4 Go South, Young Man - Members Only

    For 12,000 hardened warriors, Pont St Esprit was the perfect target – owned by the richest man in Christendom, the Pope, and vulnerable. So, a good place to pick upRead More

    Hawkwood 3 To War - Members Only

    The way from hearth son to captain of war

    Hawkwood Omnibus 1 EPs 1-3 - Members Only

    John Hawkwood’s reputation, and the little we know about his upbringing and origins, and his introduction to was in the glory days of Edward III

    Hawkwood 2 Sible Hedingham - Members Only

    The life of a hearth son beckoned. But John Hawkwood was not content with the idea.

    Hawkwood 1 Man and Myth - Members Only

    How a Condottiere's reputation has ebbed and flowed

    Margaret Omnibus 7 EPs 19-21 - Members Only

      After her son become king, Margaret’s life was transformed and she was able to become the great magnate and princess she felt was her due – as great lord, benefactressRead More

    Margaret 21 Death of a Princess - Members Only

        By 1502 Margaret surely had nothing more to trouble her – her son’s legitimacy assures, heirs in place, status firmly established. But the wheel of Fortune had a fewRead More

    Margaret 20 A Pious Legacy - Members Only

      Margaret’s personal life and charitable activities were dominated by three priorities – piety, social and moral responsibility, and family, in common with many powerful women of the time. OneRead More

    Margaret 19 Magnate - Members Only

      From 1499, Margaret moved her main place of residence to Collyweston in Northamptonshire. Once there, she operated as the king’s agent as a regional magnate, with powers that onRead More

    MB Omnibus 6 EPs 16-18 - Members Only

        After Bosworth, to the victors, the spoils. Yet while with hindsight we might feel Margaret and her lad had reached a safe harbour – that’s not the wayRead More

    Margaret 18 Securing the Dynasty - Members Only

      The first 15 years of Henry VII’s reign felt as though they were on a knife edge – a stream of rebellions and external threats, a lack of legitimacy.Read More

    Margaret 17 Mother in Law - Members Only

        After the marriage of Elizabeth of York and Henry VII, what sort of role was left for Margaret and how did she fulfill the role of the King’s Mother?Read More

    Margaret 16 Enflushment - Members Only

    1485 marked a watershed in Margaret’s life; though at the time, no one would have been expecting a bowl of cherries    

    Sh 36b King in Parliament - Members Only

    The 14th to 16th centuries saw the increasingly professionalism of Common law, and the embedding of parliament at the centre of government. Jurists claimed that the people were sovereign, thoughRead More

    Sh 36a British Constitution and Law The Early Middle Ages - Members Only

      We discuss what a Constitution is; and then go in search of one and the development of justice in English Medieval history, from the Anglo Saxons to Edward IIRead More

    MB Omnibus 5 EPs 13-15 - Members Only

      Throughout the reign of Richard III, Margaret sought for ways to unseat the usurper who had acquired the throne of her ancestors and the King in Edward IV withRead More

    Margaret 15 Gamble - Members Only

    The big one – Henry Tudor risks all at Bosworth Field, while Margaret is forced to watch from the sidelines

    Margaret 14 Rebel - Members Only

      In 1483, someone turned Buckingham’s pretty head, and got him thinking about an even brighter future. Margaret Beaufort and Elizabeth Woodville saw that brighter future too.

    Margaret 13 Murderer - Members Only

    In 1483 Margaret had to decide whether to play with  Richard, or try to destroy him. Especially after the Princes were locked in the Tower…what was she to do aboutRead More

    Sh 35 Katherine Swynford with Caitlin Chapman - Members Only

      Katherine Swynford’s life was full of drama. From a relatively lowly background, she became mistress to John of Gaunt, son of Edward III. Through her, descended the Tudor dynasty.Read More

    Margaret 12 Usurpation - Members Only

    The death of Edward IV came as a bit of a shock to England – and to Margaret and her attempts to rehabilitate Henry. But surely, with 2 sons andRead More

    Margaret Omnibus 4 EPs 10-12 - Members Only

      Through the most turbulent times in English politics, Margaret’s hopes fell, rose and fell again until in 1483 her son’s fortunes seemed dangerously threatened by one of the mostRead More

    Margaret 11 Stanley - Members Only

      While Jasper and Henry fled to Brittany, Margaret needed to find herself a husband of suitable status, but also well connected enough to help her protect her son andRead More

    Margaret 10 Thirsty for Human Blood - Members Only

      In 1471 Edward of York’s struggle for the throne of England would come to a conclusion, win or lose. His opponents were powerful – the Kingmaker, Margaret of Anjou, JasperRead More

    Margaret Omnibus 3 EPs 7-9 - Members Only

      Margaret and Henry Stafford made a home at Woking Palace during a time of changing lifestyles which prompted changes to the great houses. Despite a seemingly happy life, the vicissitudesRead More

    Margaret 9 Readeption - Members Only

    Warwick the Kingmaker supreme

    Margaret 8 The Life Domestic - Members Only

    Margaret seems to have fallen on her feet and her marriage from 1458-1471, as far as we can tell, would seem to have been happy and fulfilled, working together onRead More

    Margaret 7 The Great House - Members Only

    The image is of the Great Hall at Haddon Hall. Note the wooden screen in front of the 3 arches, which in turn lay before the Buttery and Pantry, andRead More

    Margaret 6 After Towton - Members Only

      Margaret’s marriage to Henry Stafford appears to have started as it would go on – reasonably happily as far as we can tell. But the political chaos of theRead More
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Resources

Transcript

  • Transcript for Margaret 6

Family Trees

  • Family Tree: Margaret Beaufort August 1, 2020
  • Wars of the Roses: Family Trees October 8, 2015

Maps

  • Maps: 1471 April 9, 2016
  • Maps:1460-1461 April 9, 2016
  • Maps: 1455 November 4, 2015
  • Maps: 1455 Power bases of the Barons October 10, 2015

Articles

  • Medieval tournaments illustrated glossary June 5, 2017
  • Medieval Prices and Wages December 14, 2016
  • Fotheringhay December 8, 2016
  • The Epitaph and Tomb Henry gave Richard August 29, 2016
  • The Fate of the Princes – Suspects August 11, 2016
  • The Fate of the Princes – Evidence August 11, 2016
  • The indispensable John Morton July 17, 2016
  • William Hastings – Victim or player? July 14, 2016
  • Contemporary Sources July 12, 2016
  • Dominic Mancini July 12, 2016
  • History of Richard III by Thomas More July 11, 2016
  • Polydore Vergil and Historia Anglia July 8, 2016
  • Crowland Chronicle July 5, 2016
  • The 1483 Timeline July 3, 2016
  • Regulation of a Prince’s household and education, 1473 July 2, 2016
  • Leading Families in 1471 June 11, 2016
  • Letter of William de la Pole June 4, 2016
  • Loyalty Ladder October 26, 2015
  • The Peerage, 1450-1459 October 26, 2015
  • Some Major Families in 1450 October 3, 2015
  • Livery Badges October 2, 2015
  • Economic and Social History Charts 1000-1485 September 8, 2012
  • Feast Days in Medieval England April 7, 2012

Original Sources

  • Bishop John Fisher’s sermon for Margaret Beaufort’s funeral August 1, 2020
  • Dominic Mancini July 12, 2016
  • Polydore Vergil and Historia Anglia July 8, 2016
  • Crowland Chronicle July 5, 2016

Quiz

Books

  • Books on the Wars of the Roses January 2, 2016
  • Historical Podcasts you might like April 30, 2011
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