The Rise and Fall of a Medieval Family : The Despensers.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Warner, Kathryn.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nobility--England--Biography.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (284 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Rise and Fall of a Medieval Family

Place of Publication:

Havertown : Pen & Sword Books Limited, 2021.

Summary:

The great rise and great fall of the family offers plenty of drama and intrigue. Companion title to 'Hugh Despenser the Younger' (Pen & Sword, 2018).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 200 year span.

Contents:

Intro

Title

Copyright

Contents

Family Trees

Introduction

A Note on Names

A Note on Money

Part 1: Rising from the Ashes: Hugh the Elder, 1261-1306

Dramatis Personae

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Part 2: Bringing Down a King: Hugh the Younger, 1306-1326

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Chapter 12

Chapter 13

Chapter 14

Chapter 15

Part 3: Regaining Lost Ground: Huchon and Edward the Elder, 1326-1349

Chapter 16

Chapter 17

Chapter 18

Chapter 19

Chapter 20

Chapter 21

Chapter 22

Part 4: A Great and Worthy Knight: Edward the Younger, 1349-1375

Chapter 23

Chapter 24

Chapter 25

Chapter 26

Chapter 27

Chapter 28

Part 5: From Grace to Execution: Thomas, 1375-1400

Chapter 29

Chapter 30

Chapter 31

Chapter 32

Chapter 33

Chapter 34

Chapter 35

Chapter 36

Part 6: The Last Despenser: Isabelle, 1400-1439

Chapter 37

Chapter 38

Chapter 39

Chapter 40

Chapter 41

Chapter 42

Chapter 43

Chapter 44

Abbreviations

Endnotes

Select Bibliography

Plate section.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9781526744968

1526744961

9781526744944

1526744945

OCLC:

1314610645