Hugh Despenser The Younger And Edward Ii

Author : Kathryn Warner
Publisher : Pen and Sword
ISBN 13 : 1526715635
Total Pages : 301 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hugh Despenser the Younger and Edward II written by Kathryn Warner and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2018-10-30 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hugh Despenser the Younger and Edward II tells the story of the greatest villain of the fourteenth century, his dazzling rise as favorite to the king and his disastrous fall.Born in the late 1280s, Hugh married King Edward I of Englands eldest granddaughter when he was a teenager. Ambitious and greedy to an astonishing degree, Hugh chose a startling route to power: he seduced his wifes 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 kings 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 Edwards queen Isabella of France, who loathed him, and who had him slowly and grotesquely executed in her presence in November 1326.

Author : Kathryn Warner
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 1445641321
Total Pages : 517 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Edward II written by Kathryn Warner and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2014-10-15 with total page 517 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The dramatic life and mysterious death of the reviled Edward II, focusing on the vivid personality of the erratic and contradictory king, his unorthodox lifestyle and his passionate relationships with his male favourites, including Piers Gaveston

Author : Christopher Marlowe
Publisher : [London, Printed for the Malone Society by J. Johnson at the Oxford University Press] 1925 [i. e. 1926]
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 140 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Edward the Second written by Christopher Marlowe and published by [London, Printed for the Malone Society by J. Johnson at the Oxford University Press] 1925 [i. e. 1926]. This book was released on 1925 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Kathryn Warner
Publisher : Pen and Sword History
ISBN 13 : 9781399016032
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Rise and Fall of a Medieval Family written by Kathryn Warner and published by Pen and Sword History. This book was released on 2021-12-30 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Author : Stephen R. Kuta
Publisher : Blurb
ISBN 13 : 9780954989972
Total Pages : 398 pages
Book Rating : 4.7X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Stephen and Yhana written by Stephen R. Kuta and published by Blurb. This book was released on 2021-08-04 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What did you do during lockdown and the Covid19 pandemic? For many, it changed their lives forever - This book covers one year during that period but is a positive look at the way people can become creative during those darker times in our modern history. It was also a time that saw huge increases on Social Media - and YouTube saw the biggest increases, whether people started channels of their own or wanted to learn new skills. It was 3 August 2020 and Stephen and Yhana went out and filmed their very first video. They had a rough idea of what kind of content they wanted to create and as a historian Stephen looked at the channel as a way to record at least one year of their lives, not just any year either, but life during the Covid-19 Pandemic. It was also a great way to record a piece of social history. This book in front of you developed from that period of their lives, and is a showcase / diary / almanac of all the videos they created, many of the photographs they took, the treasure hunts they went on and some of the incredible finds they discovered just a short walk from where they lived. In truth, those finds would never have been discovered if it was not for lockdown. So for prosperity, social history, a window into Stephen and Yhana's life during the Covid-19 pandemic and a transparent visual look at what its like to create a YouTube channel in that first year including channelytics, descriptions of videos, thumbnail artwork, viewer comments and more. They bring you this full guide, their first joint book - Stephen and Yhana - history and adventure hunters almanac.

Author : Kathryn Warner
Publisher : Pen and Sword History
ISBN 13 : 1526715597
Total Pages : 301 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Edward II's Nieces, The Clare Sisters written by Kathryn Warner and published by Pen and Sword History. This book was released on 2020-03-20 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A great book to introduce you to three fascinating sisters whose marriages during the reign of the infamous Edward II transformed England.” —Adventures of a Tudor Nerd The de Clare sisters Eleanor, Margaret and Elizabeth were born in the 1290s as the eldest granddaughters of King Edward I of England and his Spanish queen Eleanor of Castile, and were the daughters of the greatest nobleman in England, Gilbert “the Red” de Clare, Earl of Gloucester. They grew to adulthood during the turbulent reign of their uncle Edward II, and all three of them were married to men involved in intense, probably romantic or sexual, relationships with their uncle. When their elder brother Gilbert de Clare, Earl of Gloucester, was killed during their uncle’s catastrophic defeat at the battle of Bannockburn in June 1314, the three sisters inherited and shared his vast wealth and lands in three countries, but their inheritance proved a poisoned chalice. Eleanor and Elizabeth, and Margaret’s daughter and heir, were all abducted and forcibly married by men desperate for a share of their riches, and all three sisters were imprisoned at some point either by their uncle Edward II or his queen Isabella of France during the tumultuous decade of the 1320s. Elizabeth was widowed for the third time at twenty-six, lived as a widow for just under forty years, and founded Clare College at the University of Cambridge. “Another enjoyable read on women in history that don’t always get the limelight that they deserve. Kathryn Warner has done it once again by providing a well-written, well-researched, informative and engaging read.” —Where There’s Ink There’s Paper

Author : Kathryn Warner
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 1445647419
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Isabella of France written by Kathryn Warner and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2016-03-15 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fascinating story of the exceptional woman who wrested power from Edward II and changed the course of English history

Author : Thomas Gray
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 456 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Scalacronica written by Thomas Gray and published by . This book was released on 1836 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Susan Higginbotham
Publisher : Sourcebooks, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1402227299
Total Pages : 518 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Traitor's Wife written by Susan Higginbotham and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2009-04-01 with total page 518 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the bedchamber to the battlefield, through treachery and fidelity, one woman is imprisoned by the secrets of the crown. It is an age where passion reigns and treachery runs as thick as blood. Young Eleanor has two men in her life: her uncle King Edward II, and her husband Hugh le Despenser, a mere knight but the newfound favorite of the king. She has no desire to meddle in royal affairs—she wishes for a serene, simple life with her family. But as political unrest sweeps the land, Eleanor, sharply intelligent yet blindly naïve, becomes the only woman each man can trust. Fiercely devoted to both her husband and her king, Eleanor holds the secret that could destroy all of England—and discovers the choices no woman should have to make. At its heart, The Traitor's Wife is a unique love story that every reader will connect with. Gold Medalist, historical / military fiction, 2008 Independent Publisher Book Awards * Includes bonus reading group guide PRAISE FOR THE TRAITOR'S WIFE: "Conveys emotions and relationships quite poignantly... entertaining historical fiction." — Kirkus Discoveries "Higginbotham's talents lie not only in her capacity for detailed genealogical research of the period, but also in her skill in bringing these historical figures to life with passion, a wonderful sense of humor, honor, and love." — Historical Novels Review Online

Author : Paul Doherty
Publisher : Hachette UK
ISBN 13 : 1472112407
Total Pages : 155 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Isabella and the Strange Death of Edward II written by Paul Doherty and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2013-08-15 with total page 155 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In chess, from the time of Queen Isabella of England, the queen has been considered the most powerful and feared piece on the board. Known to chroniclers as the 'she-wolf', Isabella, daughter of Philip IV of France, married King Edward II of England in 1308 in a union intended to create a lasting peace between the two countries. But after 13 years of enduring her husband's unkind and dissolute nature she fled abroad. With her lover, the exiled Roger Mortimer, she raised an army of mercenaries and invaded England, successfully deposing Edward. Popular belief holds that Edward was murdered in an infamous manner at Berkeley Castle near Gloucester, at the order of his wife and her lover. But after Mortimer's execution a letter arrived at court that cast doubt over Edward's death and raised the possibility of his escape. The evidence remains controversial to this day, and here Paul Doherty examines it in his fascinating detective study, set in one of the most turbulent and exciting periods of English history.