A traitor's death? The identity of a drawn, hanged and quartered man from Hulton Abbey, Staffordshire

Antiquity

Volumn 82, Issue 315, 2008, Pages 113-124

  Lewis, Mary E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Edward II; Execution; Hugh Despenser the Younger; Hulton Abbey; Perimortem trauma; Quartering

Indexed keywords

EID: 40949132620     PISSN: 0003598X     EISSN: 0003598X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003598X00096484     Document Type: Article

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