Edward II's Reign For Dummies
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My Favourite Edward II Quotes
Edward II (Free subscription) | 11/25/2008
A collection of quotes about or by or otherwise related to Edward II and his era, from fourteenth-century letters and chronicles, or in secondary sources, that I like! 1) "Edward II sat down to the game of kingship with a remarkably poor hand, and he played it very badly." [Noel Denholm-Young, from the introduction to his translation of the Vita Edwardi Secundi , 1957, p. ix] 2)...
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Edward II's Daughters Eleanor and Joan
Edward II (Free subscription) | 11/09/2008
Edward II and Queen Isabella's elder daughter was born at Woodstock near Oxford on 18 June 1318, having been conceived the previous autumn when Edward and Isabella were together at York, and named after her paternal grandmother Eleanor of Castile. Edward had been on pilgrimage in Canterbury, but managed to arrive at Woodstock on the day of his daughter's birth, and paid 500 marks...
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Edward II, For Once, Is Competent
Edward II (Free subscription) | 10/21/2008
In 1320, Edward II, thirteen years after his accession and at the age of thirty-six, finally learned how to be a king - which, not surprisingly, amazed his contemporaries. In June 1320, Edward travelled to France to perform homage for his French lands in Gascony and Ponthieu to his overlord and brother-in-law, Philip V. Some of Philip’s councillors demanded that he take an oath of fealty...
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Brief Biographies (2): Robert Lewer
Edward II (Free subscription) | 11/29/2008
Today, a post on one of the baddest of all fourteenth-century bad boys, Robert Lewer (or le Ewer), who murdered his mistress's husband, threatened to kill and dismember Edward II's sergeants-at-arms in front of the king, and was condemned to be crushed to death with a great weight of iron. The Vita Edwardi Secundi has quite a lot of info on Robert. According to the author, he grew up...
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XXL Cauldrons, or How to Feed 600 People
The Lost Fort (Free subscription) | 11/23/2008
Lady Despenser has some interesting posts about the offices in the king's household at the time of Edward II ( here and here ). A good number of those jobs were somehow involved with feeding the king and the royal household, and that reminded me I have some pics of what remains of the kitchens in Caernarfon Castle. The kitchen was situated between King's Gate and Well Tower, using the curtain...
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Brief Biographies (1): Giles Argentein
Edward II (Free subscription) | 11/20/2008
Starting a feature where I turn the spotlight on some of the more obscure men and women of Edward II's era. Today, Sir Giles Argentein, who is not well-known today, but in his day was considered one of the greatest knights in Europe. John Barbour, a Scottish poet of the later fourteenth century, called Giles Argentein the third greatest knight and crusader of his era, behind the Holy Roman Emperor...
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Does it work if you hit the deer with a car?
Wigderson Library & Pub (Free subscription) | 11/19/2008
Owen Robinson has found a new tool to field dress a deer . Edward II's contemporaries could have used one of these instead of the hot poker. I'm thinking about using it to remove spam comments.
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700-year-old coins found in field
Archaeology in Europe (Free subscription) | 11/11/2008
Three 700-year-old coins which were found in a field have been declared treasure by a coroner at Flint. The silver pennies date back to between 1307 and 1314, to the reigns of both Edward I and his son Edward II. Archaeology enthusiast Peter Jones, from Holywell, found a coin in 2006, then returned to the same spot a year later, when the other two were found. Read the rest of this article...
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700-year-old coins found in field
Archaeonews (Free subscription) | 11/11/2008
Three 700-year-old coins which were found in a field have been declared treasure by a coroner at Flint. The silver pennies date back to between 1307 and 1314, to the reigns of both Edward I and his son Edward II. Archaeology enthusiast Peter Jones, from Holywell, found a coin in 2006, then returned to the same spot a year later, when the other two were found.[...] Source
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Prince Charles 'longest-waiting heir' in UK
IOL (Free subscription) | 11/13/2008
London - Talk about an apprentice. By the time he turns 60 on Friday, Prince Charles will have spent 56 years waiting to become king.That's put him in quite a bind. The longest-waiting heir in British history only ascends to the throne when his beloved mother dies or decides to step down.Queen Elizabeth II has indicated informally that she plans to keep the job for life and some people think the 82-year-old...
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From Narnia's White Witch to president of Berlin festival jury
Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 11/13/2008
... went on to appear in all of Jarman's films until his death in 1994, including The Last of England, Edward II and Wittgenstein.In 1992 she gained international recognition in Orlando, and has since become one of the most sought-after actors, playing a wide range of roles and switching effortlessly between large Hollywood productions, such as The Chronicles of Narnia, and European art-house...
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From Narnia's White Witch to president of Berlin festival jury
News Scotsman (Free subscription) | 11/13/2008
... went on to appear in all of Jarman's films until his death in 1994, including The Last of England, Edward II and Wittgenstein.In 1992 she gained international recognition in Orlando, and has since become one of the most sought-after actors, playing a wide range of roles and switching effortlessly between large Hollywood productions, such as The Chronicles of Narnia, and European art-house...
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From Favourite To Rebel: The Career of Hugh Audley
Edward II (Free subscription) | 11/04/2008
A post on Edward II's great favourite and later enemy, Hugh Audley. Hugh was born around 1291 as the second son of Hugh Audley and Isolde (or Iseult) Mortimer, widow of Walter Balun. Hugh Audley Senior was born around 1267, the fifth but second surviving son of James Audley, justiciar of Ireland, who died after breaking his neck in 1272. Isolde's parentage is uncertain, but she might have been...
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Just When You Thought It Was Safe........
Musings from Middle England (Free subscription) | 11/02/2008
... of A Book at Bedtime.Someone called Piers was on his knees simulating fellatio on a chap called Edward. What's more, he was doing this in front of an Archbishop. Happily, this wasn't our own Beardy Williams who has suffered quite enough gay-related trauma of late. It was a 14th century prelate and this was the story of Edward II and his lover Piers Gaveston, as fictionalised in a...
