There may not be a more fascinating a historical period than the
late fourteenth century in Europe. The Hundred Years' War ravaged
the continent, yet gallantry, chivalry, and literary brilliance
flourished in the courts of England and elsewhere. It was a world
in transition, soon to be replaced by the Renaissance and the Age
of Exploration -- and John of Gaunt was its central figure.In
today's terms, John of Gaunt was a multibillionaire with a brand
name equal to Rockefeller. He fought in the Hundred Years' War,
sponsored Chaucer and proto-Protestant religious thinkers, and
survived the dramatic Peasants' Revolt, during which his sumptuous
London residence was burned to the ground. As head of the
Lancastrian branch of the Plantagenet family, Gaunt was the
unknowing father of the War of the Roses; after his death, his son
usurped the crown from his nephew, Richard II. Gaunt's adventures
represent the culture and mores of the Middle Ages as those of few
others do, and his death is portrayed in The Last Knight as the end
of that enthralling period.
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