Название: The Rise and Fall of a Medieval Family: The Despensers
Автор: Kathryn Warner
Издательство: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 1526744937
Год: 2021
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 272
Размер: 5,3 МБ
Язык: Английский
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.