Don't Mention the Mortimers
Medieval • 1h 2m
Professor Chris Given Wilson provides a fascinating lecture about the Mortimer Family in the late 14th and early 15th centuries, a time when the Mortimers suffered a succession of early deaths and had to rely on others to maintain the validity of their claim to the English Throne. Recorded at the Joint Mortimer History Society and Richard III Society in July 2019.
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