Richard II: Makers of History

Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight, by HARPER & BROTHERS, in the Clerk's office of the District Court of the Southern District of New York. Copyright, 1886, by Benjamin Vaughan Abbott , Austin Abbott , Lyman Abbott , and Edward Abbott . PARLEY WITH THE INSURGENTS. PREFACE. King Richard the Second lived in the days when the chivalry of feudal times was in all its glory. His father, the Black Prince; his uncles, the sons of Edward the Third, and his ancestors in a long line, extending back to the days of Richard the First, were among the most illustrious knights of Europe in those days, and their history abounds in the wonderful exploits, the narrow escapes, and the romantic adventures, for which the knights errant of the Middle Ages were so renowned. This volume takes up the story of English history at the death of Richard the First, and continues it to the time of the deposition and death of Richard the Second, with a view of presenting as complete a picture as is possible, within such limits, of the ideas and principles, the manners and customs, and the extraordinary military undertakings and exploits of that wonderful age. CONTENTS. Page I. RICHARD'S PREDECESSORS 13 II. QUARRELS 37 III. THE BLACK PRINCE 81 IV. THE BATTLE OF POICTIERS 103 V. CHILDHOOD OF RICHARD 140 VI. ACCESSION TO THE THRONE 166 VII. THE CORONATION 185 VIII. CHIVALRY 197 IX. WAT TYLER'S INSURRECTION 225 X. THE END OF THE INSURRECTION 255 XI. GOOD QUEEN ANNE 273 XII. INCIDENTS OF THE REIGN 290 XIII. THE LITTLE QUEEN 310 XIV. RICHARD'S DEPOSITION AND DEATH 324 ENGRAVINGS. Page PARLEY WITH THE INSURGENTS Frontispiece. RUINS OF AN ANCIENT CASTLE 15 MAP—SITUATION OF NORMANDY 23 KING JOHN 29 CAERNARVON CASTLE 51 PORTRAIT OF EDWARD THE SECOND 55 WARWICK CASTLE 61 KENILWORTH CASTLE 66 A MONK OF THOSE DAYS 69 BERKELEY CASTLE 71 CAVES IN THE HILL-SIDE AT NOTTINGHAM CASTLE 75 MORTIMER'S HOLE 79 MAP—CAMPAIGN OF CRECY 85 VIEW OF ROUEN 87 GENOESE ARCHER 94 OLD ENGLISH SHIPS 105 MAP—CAMPAIGN OF POICTIERS 110 STORMING OF THE CASTLE OF ROMORANTIN 116 RICHARD RECEIVING THE VISIT OF HIS UNCLE JOHN 152 PORTRAIT OF RICHARD'S GRANDFATHER 165 EDWARD, THE BLACK PRINCE 169 THE BULL 177 STORMING OF A TOWN 205 KNIGHTS CHARGING UPON EACH OTHER 220 VIEW OF THE TOWER OF LONDON…