Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester: A Biography
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- HUMPHREY DUKE OF GLOUCESTER
- PREFACE
- CONTENTS
- ILLUSTRATIONS
- INTRODUCTION
- CHAPTER I EARLY LIFE
- CHAPTER II THE WAR IN FRANCE
- CHAPTER III THE EVOLUTION OF GLOUCESTER’S POLICY
- CHAPTER IV GLOUCESTER AND HAINAULT
- CHAPTER V THE PROTECTORATE
- CHAPTER VI GLOUCESTER AS FIRST COUNCILLOR
- CHAPTER VII DISGRACE AND DEATH
- CHAPTER VIII SOME ASPECTS OF GLOUCESTER’S CAREER
- CHAPTER IX THE ITALIAN RENAISSANCE IN ENGLAND
- CHAPTER X THE REVIVAL OF ENGLISH SCHOLARSHIP
- APPENDIX A BOOKS ONCE BELONGING TO GLOUCESTER STILL EXTANT
- APPENDIX B THE TOMB OF HUMPHREY, DUKE OF GLOUCESTER
- APPENDIX C GLOUCESTER’S WILL
- APPENDIX D GLOUCESTER’S RESIDENCES
- APPENDIX E PORTRAITS OF GLOUCESTER
- APPENDIX F A LEGEND OF GLOUCESTER’S DEATH
- APPENDIX G GLOUCESTER’S ARMS, BADGES, AND SEALS
- I. ARMS
- II. BADGES
- III. SEALS
- SOURCES AND AUTHORITIES
- I. PRINTED BOOKS
- Contemporary Chroniclers who wrote in England
- Contemporary Foreign Chroniclers
- Later Chroniclers
- Miscellaneous Authorities
- Books Illustrating the History of Literature
- Modern Histories and Biographies
- Monographs on Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester
- II. MANUSCRIPT AUTHORITIES
- British Museum
- Bodleian Library
- Record Office
- Durham University Library
- Biblioteca Mediceo-laurenziana, Florence
- In a Private Library
- Holkham Hall
- FOOTNOTES:
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