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Chaucer's Official Life
Chaucer's Official Life by James Root Hulbert
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Excerpt - on Page 1: " ... scholars but boldly in that of popular writers- that Chaucer owed every enhancement of his fortune to his "great patron" John of Gaunt. ... "

Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Coloncial And Medieval Families (Royal Ancestry)
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Excerpt - on Page 14: " ... was at the Siege of Nantes and, in 1381, he went on Buckingham's expedition to Brittany. In 1385 he attended John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster in his expedition for the recovery of the inheritance of Constance of Castle). Coll. Top. & Gen. ... "

The Last Knight: The Twilight of the Middle Ages and the Birth of the Modern Era
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Excerpt - on Page 14: " ... When John of Gaunt died in 1399, this neoclassical humanism was just beginning to have an impact on English and French culture. By 1450 ... "

The Last Plantagenets
The Last Plantagenets by Thomas B. Costain
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Excerpt - on Page 3: " ... England. He turned over all his offices to his brother John, now called Lancaster but best known in history as John of Gaunt. This he did in a saddened mood for he knew that now the tide would turn more swiftly in favor ... "

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