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The Crusade of the Bishop of Norwich in 1383 In this section, we give some selected sources of the Crusade led by Henry Despenser, Bishop of Norwich, in 1383. Under his guidance, an English army crossed the channel and invaded Flanders. After capturing several towns and defeating French forces in battle, the English and their allies from Ghent undertook a siege of Ypres. After several weeks, the crusaders gave up the siege, and soon after were forced to return to England. |
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Primary Sources The Crusade of the Bishop of Norwich (1383), according to the Chronicle of Henry Knighton The Crusade of the Bishop of Norwich (1383), according to the Westminster Chronicle The Crusade of the Bishop of Norwich (1383), according to the Chronica maiora of Thomas Walsingham The Battle of Dunkirk (1383), according to Jean Froissart The End of the Bishop of Norwich's Crusade, according to Jean Froissart Secondary Sources Herwaarden, Jan van, The War in the Low Countries - from Froissart: Historian (1981) Other Literature on the topic DeVries, Kelly, "The Reasons for the Bishop of Norwich's Attack of Flanders in 1381", Fourteenth Century England v.3 (2004) Housley, Norman, "The Bishop of Norwich's Crusade, May 1383", History Today v.33 n.5 (1983) Paine, Colin K., The bishop of Norwich's crusade, 1383: its origins and participants (Oxford University, MLitt, 1997) |