The Rise and Fall of a Medieval Family: The Despensers by Kathryn Warner

The Rise and Fall of a Medieval Family: The Despensers

Kathryn Warner

264 pages 2021

2 editions

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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, favourite and perhaps lover. He and his father Hugh the Elder wielded gre...

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