Froissart's Chronicles
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Froissart's Chronicles are a prose history of the Hundred Years' War written in the 14th century by Jean Froissart. The Chronicles open with the events leading up to the deposition of King Edward II o
The execution of Hugh the younger Despenser, a miniature from the Gruuthuse manuscript of the Chronicles.
King Charles VI of France attacks his companions in a fit of insanity.
The Bal des Ardents in the Gruuthuse MS: Charles VI huddling under the Duchess of Berry's skirt at middle left, and burning dancers in the centre
The Dukes of Berry and Burgundy leaving Paris to meet with the Duke of Brittany, miniature of 1480-83
Hugh Despenser the Younger
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Hugh le Despenser, 1st Baron le Despenser was an English nobleman and royal favourite. He was the son and heir of Hugh Despenser, Earl of Winchester and his wife Isabel Beauchamp, daughter of William
Froissart's Chronicles
…Book I 1322–1377 Execution of Hugh the younger Despenser (1326) Edward II deposed and accession of Edward III (1327…
Despenser in the Founders and Benefactors Book of Tewkesbury Abbey, c. 1525; his family arms of Quarterly 1st & 4th: Argent; 2nd & 3rd: Gules fretty or, over all a ribbon sable are at the bottom left