Despenser's Crusade
1383 · Event
Bishop Despenser leads an English 'crusade' into Flanders against supporters of the Avignon pope. It quickly bogs down at Ypres and ends in humiliation and impeachment.
On these timelines: The Hundred Years' War, The Low Countries, The Papacy, England, Master
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