Richard II

File:The_Westminster_Portrait_of_Richard_II_of_England_(1390s).jpgFile:Richard_II_Signature.svgEdward, Prince of Wales, kneeling before his father, King Edward IIICoronation of Richard II aged ten in 1377, from the Recueil des croniques of Jean de Wavrin. British Library, London.Richard II watches Wat Tyler's death and addresses the peasants in the background: taken from the Gruuthuse manuscript of Froissart's Chroniques (c. 1475)Anne and Richard's coronation in the Liber Regalis of Westminster AbbeyRobert de Vere fleeing the Battle of Radcot Bridge, from the Chroniques of Jean FroissartSilver half penny of Richard II, York Museums TrustRichard and Isabella on their wedding day in 1396. She was six – he was 29.In 1395 Richard II adopted the attributed arms of King Edward the Confessor and impaling the royal arms of England, denoting a mystical union.Murder of Thomas of Woodstock in Calais in 1397John of Gaunt had been at the centre of English politics for over thirty years, and his death in 1399 led to insecurity.Shrewsbury thought to be the venue of the Revenge Parliament, which was prorogued in Westminster and moved to ShropshireThe Wilton Diptych, showing Richard venerating the Virgin and Child, accompanied by his patron saints: Edmund the Martyr, Edward the Confessor, and John the Baptist. The angels in the picture wear the White Hart badge. National Gallery, London.Richard's surrender to Henry at Flint Castle in Wales

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