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Who's Who in Late Medieval England: 1272-1485

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Among the 200 or so biographies in this volume are those of the intriguingly named Edmund Crouchback, younger son of Henry III and Eleanor of Provence; the notorious Piers Gaveston, Edward II's favorite, about whose death "the country rejoiced and all its inhabitants were glad"; the father of English literature, Geoffrey Chaucer; and Walter Stapledon, the learned Bishop of Exeter who was murdered by the mob in London in 1326.

Language: English

Pages: 448

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Stackpole Books

Release: September 01, 2001

ISBN: 0811716384

ISBN 13: 9780811716383

Who's Who in Late Medieval England: 1272-1485

4.2/5 ( ratings)

Among the 200 or so biographies in this volume are those of the intriguingly named Edmund Crouchback, younger son of Henry III and Eleanor of Provence; the notorious Piers Gaveston, Edward II's favorite, about whose death "the country rejoiced and all its inhabitants were glad"; the father of English literature, Geoffrey Chaucer; and Walter Stapledon, the learned Bishop of Exeter who was murdered by the mob in London in 1326.

Language: English

Pages: 448

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Stackpole Books

Release: September 01, 2001

ISBN: 0811716384

ISBN 13: 9780811716383

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