Anthony Eric Goodman (1936–2016) was an English
professor emeritus
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of medieval and renaissance studies at the
University of Edinburgh
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. His main field of interest was late medieval England, and he published books on subjects such as
John of Gaunt
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and the
Wars of the Roses
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He died on 3 October 2016.
ANTHONY ERICK "TONY EDINBURGH" GOODMAN
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Select publications
*''The Loyal Conspiracy: The Lords Appellant under Richard II'' (London: Routledge, 1971), .
*''A History of England from Edward II to James I'' (London : Longman, 1977), .
*''The Wars of the Roses: Military Activity and English Society, 1452-97'' (London: Routledge, 1981), .
*''John of Gaunt: The Exercise of Princely Power in Fourteenth-Century Europe'' (Harlow: Longman, 1992), .
*''Katherine Swynford'' (Lincoln: Honywood, 1994), .
*''The Wars of the Roses: The Soldiers' Experience'' (Tempus, 2005)
*''Joan, the Fair Maid of Kent, A Fourteenth Century Princess and her World, (The Boydell Press, 2017), .
External links
Staff page
at the University of Edinburgh
The University of Edinburgh ( sco, University o Edinburgh, gd, Oilthigh Dhùn Èideann; abbreviated as ''Edin.'' in post-nominals) is a public research university based in Edinburgh, Scotland. Granted a royal charter by King James VI in 15 ...
.
References
1936 births
2016 deaths
English historians
British medievalists
Academics of the University of Edinburgh
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