Henry Despenser
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Henry Despenser
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Author : Richard Allington-Smith
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2003
Henry Despenser written by Richard Allington-Smith and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Henry Despenser
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Author : R. A. Edwards
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1958
Henry Despenser written by R. A. Edwards and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1958 with categories.
Henry Despenser The Fighting Bishop
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Author : Rowland Alexander EDWARDS
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1958
Henry Despenser The Fighting Bishop written by Rowland Alexander EDWARDS and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1958 with categories.
Henry Despenser Bishop Of Norwich 1370 1406
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Author : Dale Ellwood Landon
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1961
Henry Despenser Bishop Of Norwich 1370 1406 written by Dale Ellwood Landon and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1961 with categories.
The Rise And Fall Of A Medieval Family
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Author : Kathryn Warner
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword History
Release Date : 2021-01-18
The Rise And Fall Of A Medieval Family written by Kathryn Warner and has been published by Pen and Sword History this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-01-18 with History categories.
A historian’s fascinating account of two centuries in the lives of the powerful Despensers, famed for tragedy and scandal in medieval England. The Despensers were a baronial English family who rose to great prominence in the reign of Edward II (1307-27) when Hugh Despenser the Younger became the king’s chamberlain, favorite, and perhaps, lover. He and his father Hugh the Elder wielded great influence, and Hugh the Younger’s greed and tyranny brought down a king for the first time in English history and almost destroyed his own family. The Rise and Fall of a Medieval Family tells the story of the ups and downs of this fascinating family from the thirteenth to the fifteenth centuries, when three Despenser lords were beheaded and two fell in battle. We begin with Hugh, Chief Justiciar of England, who died rebelling against King Henry III and his son in 1265, and end with Thomas Despenser, summarily beheaded in 1400 after attempting to free a deposed Richard II, and Thomas’s posthumous daughter Isabella, a countess twice over and the grandmother of Richard III’s queen. From the medieval version of Prime Ministers to the (possible) lovers of monarchs, the aristocratic Despenser family wielded great power in medieval England. Drawing on the popular intrigue and infamy of the Despenser clan, Kathryn Warner’s book traces the lives of the most notorious, powerful, and influential members of this patrician family over a two-hundred-year span.
The Economic And Political Preliminaries Of The Crusade Of Henry Despenser Bishop Of Norwich In 1383
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1931
The Economic And Political Preliminaries Of The Crusade Of Henry Despenser Bishop Of Norwich In 1383 written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1931 with categories.
Henry Iv
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Author : Chris Given-Wilson
language : en
Publisher: Yale University Press
Release Date : 2016-04-26
Henry Iv written by Chris Given-Wilson and has been published by Yale University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-04-26 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Henry IV (1399–1413), the son of John of Gaunt, duke of Lancaster, seized the English throne at the age of thirty-two from his cousin Richard II and held it until his death, aged forty-five, when he was succeeded by his son, Henry V. This comprehensive and nuanced biography restores to his rightful place a king often overlooked in favor of his illustrious progeny. Henry faced the usual problems of usurpers: foreign wars, rebellions, and plots, as well as the ambitions and demands of the Lancastrian retainers who had helped him win the throne. By 1406 his rule was broadly established, and although he became ill shortly after this and never fully recovered, he retained ultimate power until his death. Using a wide variety of previously untapped archival materials, Chris Given-Wilson reveals a cultured, extravagant, and skeptical monarch who crushed opposition ruthlessly but never quite succeeded in satisfying the expectations of his own supporters.
Crusading Against Christians In The Middle Ages
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Author : Mike Carr
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
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Crusading Against Christians In The Middle Ages written by Mike Carr and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with categories.
Prophecy And Public Affairs In Later Medieval England
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Author : Lesley Ann Coote
language : en
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
Release Date : 2000
Prophecy And Public Affairs In Later Medieval England written by Lesley Ann Coote and has been published by Boydell & Brewer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with History categories.
The nature of political prophecy in the middle ages analysed, confirming its importance in the discussion of public affairs.
Richard Ii
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Author : Nigel Saul
language : en
Publisher: Yale University Press
Release Date : 2008-10-01
Richard Ii written by Nigel Saul and has been published by Yale University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-10-01 with History categories.
Richard II is one of the most enigmatic of English kings. Shakespeare depicted him as a tragic figure, an irresponsible, cruel monarch who nevertheless rose in stature as the substance of power slipped from him. By later writers he has been variously portrayed as a half-crazed autocrat or a conventional ruler whose principal errors were the mismanagement of his nobility and disregard for the political conventions of his age. This book—the first full-length biography of Richard in more than fifty years—offers a radical reinterpretation of the king. Nigel Saul paints a picture of Richard as a highly assertive and determined ruler, one whose key aim was to exalt and dignify the crown. In Richard's view, the crown was threatened by the factiousness of the nobility and the assertiveness of the common people. The king met these challenges by exacting obedience, encouraging lofty new forms of address, and constructing an elaborate system of rule by bonds and oaths. Saul traces the sources of Richard's political ideas and finds that he was influenced by a deeply felt orthodox piety and by the ideas of the civil lawyers. He shows that, although Richard's kingship resembled that of other rulers of the period, unlike theirs, his reign ended in failure because of tactical errors and contradictions in his policies. For all that he promoted the image of a distant, all-powerful monarch, Richard II's rule was in practice characterized by faction and feud. The king was obsessed by the search for personal security: in his subjects, however, he bred only insecurity and fear. A revealing portrait of a complex and fascinating figure, the book is essential reading for anyone with an interest in the politics and culture of the English middle ages.