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Hugh Despenser the Younger and Edward II : downfall of a king's favourite / Kathryn Warner.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Warner, Kathryn, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Edward II, King of England, 1284-1327.
- Favorites, Royal.
- Nobility.
- Relations with men.
- Great Britain--Court and courtiers--Biography.
- Great Britain.
- Courts and courtiers.
- England.
- Great Britain--History--14th century.
- History.
- Le Despenser, Hugh, Baron, -1326.
- Le Despenser, Hugh.
- Edward II, King of England, 1284-1327--Relations with men.
- Edward.
- Nobility--England--Biography.
- Favorites, Royal--England--Biography.
- Fourteenth century.
- Man-woman relationships.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 218 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations, genealogical tables ; 24 cm
- Other Title:
- Downfall of a king's favourite
- Place of Publication:
- Barnsley, South Yorkshire : Pen & Sword History, 2018.
- Summary:
- "Hugh Despenser the Younger and Edward II tells the story of 'the greatest villain of the fourteenth century', his dazzling rise as favourite to the king and his disastrous fall. Born in the late 1280s, Hugh married King Edward I of England's eldest granddaughter when he was a teenager. Ambitious and greedy to an astonishing degree, Hugh chose a startling route to power: he seduced his wife's uncle, the young King Edward II, and became the richest and most powerful man in the country in the 1320s. For years he dominated the English government and foreign policy, and took whatever lands he felt like by both quasi-legal and illegal methods, with the king's connivance. His actions were to bring both himself and Edward II down, and Hugh was directly responsible for the first forced abdication of a king in English history; he had made the horrible mistake of alienating and insulting Edward's queen Isabella of France, who loathed him, and who had him slowly and grotesquely executed in her presence in November 1326"--Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 A Plethora of Hugh Despensers p. 1
- Chapter 2 Early Life p. 9
- Chapter 3 Knighthood and Wedding p. 18
- Chapter 4 The New King p. 28
- Chapter 5 Assaulted and Powerless p. 36
- Chapter 6 A Death is an Opportunity p. 44
- Chapter 7 A Three-Year Pregnancy p. 52
- Chapter 8 Power at Last p. 63
- Chapter 9 War, Exile and Piracy p. 73
- Chapter 10 Executions and Extortion p. 85
- Chapter 11 Magical and Secret Dealings p. 94
- Chapter 12 Directing the War p. 111
- Chapter 13 The Queen's Hatred p. 124
- Chapter 14 The Last Summer p. 135.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Albert C. Baugh Book Fund.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Warner, Kathryn. Hugh Despenser the Younger and Edward II.
- ISBN:
- 1526715619
- 9781526715616
- 1526751755
- 9781526751751
- OCLC:
- 1041538603
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