Anthony Eric Goodman (1936–2016) was an English

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of medieval and renaissance studies at the

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. His main field of interest was late medieval England, and he published books on subjects such as

John of Gaunt John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster (6 March 1340 – 3 February 1399) was an English royal prince, military leader, and statesman. He was the fourth son (third to survive infancy as William of Hatfield died shortly after birth) of King Edward ...

and the

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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
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References

1936 births 2016 deaths English historians British medievalists Academics of the University of Edinburgh {{UK-historian-stub