{"id":27522,"date":"2023-08-09T08:25:16","date_gmt":"2023-08-09T06:25:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.historyextra.com\/?p=238747"},"modified":"2023-08-09T20:11:36","modified_gmt":"2023-08-09T18:11:36","slug":"roger-mortimer-medieval-rebel","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistory\/rss_feed\/roger-mortimer-medieval-rebel\/","title":{"rendered":"Roger Mortimer: medieval rebel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"> Paul Dryburgh tells the story of the man who broke out of the Tower of London, and masterminded Edward II\u2019s downfall <\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Spencer Mizen\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Wednesday, 09 August 2023 at 06:25 AM<\/p><hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body> <p>Seven hundred years ago this August, Roger Mortimer broke out of the Tower of London and went on to mastermind the deposition of his captor and arch-enemy, Edward II. In conversation with Spencer Mizen, Paul Dryburgh explains why he believes the hugely talented baron was one of the most remarkable characters in medieval history \u2013 and could have cemented his status as the most powerful man in England, if only he hadn\u2019t let that power go to his head.<\/p>\n<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-238747-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.immediate.co.uk\/volatile\/sites\/7\/2023\/08\/rogermortimermedievalrebel-92c1a57.mp3?_=1\"\/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.immediate.co.uk\/volatile\/sites\/7\/2023\/08\/rogermortimermedievalrebel-92c1a57.mp3\">https:\/\/media.immediate.co.uk\/volatile\/sites\/7\/2023\/08\/rogermortimermedievalrebel-92c1a57.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p><strong>Paul Dryburgh is the author of <em>The Mortimers of Wigmore, 1066-1485: Dynasty of Destiny<\/em> (Logaston Press, 2023)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Mortimers-Wigmore-1066-1485-Dynasty-Destiny\/dp\/191083965\/?tag=bbchistory045-21&amp;ascsubtag=historyextra-0\" rel=\"sponsored noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Buy now on Amazon<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.waterstones.com\/book\/the-mortimers-of-wigmore-1066-1485\/paul-dryburgh\/philip-hume\/9781910839652?awc=3787_1691401742_ae6a05f5830627eafa648976ae7478e6&amp;utm_source=259955&amp;utm_medium=affiliate&amp;utm_campaign=Genie+Shopping+CSS\">Buy now on Waterstones<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul> <\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Paul Dryburgh tells the story of the man who broke out of the Tower of London, and masterminded Edward II\u2019s downfall <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":27523,"template":"","categories":[1],"acf":{"readingTimeMinutes":"< 1"},"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2023\/08\/roger-mortimer-medieval-rebel.jpg",620,413,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2023\/08\/roger-mortimer-medieval-rebel-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2023\/08\/roger-mortimer-medieval-rebel-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2023\/08\/roger-mortimer-medieval-rebel.jpg",620,413,false],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2023\/08\/roger-mortimer-medieval-rebel.jpg",620,413,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2023\/08\/roger-mortimer-medieval-rebel.jpg",620,413,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2023\/08\/roger-mortimer-medieval-rebel.jpg",620,413,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistory\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Paul Dryburgh tells the story of the man who broke out of the Tower of London, and masterminded Edward II\u2019s downfall","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/27522"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27523"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27522"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27522"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}