The History of England From the Accession of Henry III. to the Death of Edward III. (1216-1377)
Edward II (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
Today marks the 697th anniversary of the birth of King Edward III at Windsor Castle on Monday 13 November 1312, or as his contemporaries would put it, 'on the feast of St Brice in the sixth year of the reign of our lord King Edward, second of that name after the Conquest', or 'on the Monday after St Martin in the sixth year of the reign of our lord King Edward, son of King Edward'....
The Foodie List (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Billingsgate is the UK’s largest and most famous inland fish market, offering buyers the opportunity to see the widest selection of fish in the United Kingdom. This London institution is steeped in history and tradition, and its origins can be traced back to 1327 when Edward III granted London’s citizens a charter concerning the market [...] a
Washminster (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
... The first parliamentary appointment of "Black Rod" came in the reign of King Henry VIII, but the post can be traced back to 1361 when the Order of the Garter was created by Edward III. The rod referred to in his title is the short ebony rod of office surmounted by a golden lion rampant which he carries. When first created the Gentleman Usher's job was to carry this stick and "...
Edward II (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
The third and final part of my biography of Henry of Grosmont, duke of Lancaster. Part one is here , and part two here . Oh, and you can see a manuscript illustration of Henry here . In December 1351, Henry requested permission from Edward III to go on crusade to Prussia, saying that he and his men were to go "mainly at their own expense, against the Prussians, enemies of the Christian...
Film Experience Blog (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
Today's Cinematic Birthdays 11/13 1312 Edward III (of Windsor), not the gay one who gets more cinematic treatment (including Derek Jarman's fascinating take ), but his son. This is the one Shakespeare wrote a play about and the one who Mel Gibson implied to be the bastard son of Braveheart William Wallace, thereby giving the finger to history unless Wallace's sperm could survive years past his...
Baxojayz - Centricity (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
... Birthdays St. Augustine (354-430): Church father who developed the doctrine of original sin Edward III (1312-1377): king of England Robert Louis Stevenson : author of Treasure Island (1850-1894) Gerard Butler (40): actor, 300 , The Ugly Truth ; also, actors Madeleine Sherwood (87), Joe Mantegna (62), Frances Conroy and Tracy Scoggins (both 56), Chris Noth (55), Whoopi Goldberg (54), Rex...
A Writer's Desk (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Intriguing magazine article title, isn't it? It's an intriguing magazine article in Time Magazine . From the piece... Sir Brian Vickers, a literature professor at the University of London, came to his conclusion after using plagiarism-detection software — as well as his own expertise — to compare writing patterns between Edward III and Shakespeare's body of work. Plagiarism software...
Zythophile (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
... blue and gold checks], the head of which had the privilege of licensing ale-houses in the reign of Edward IV, probably helped to popularise this sign.” Almost every writer has repeated this story without making any checks (pun intended). Brewer’s itself looks to have nicked the claim from the Gentleman’s Magazine , which printed the story of the FitzWarrens, their chequered arms, and alehouse...
Edward II (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
At long last, here's the second part of my article about the really very excellent and remarkably attractive Henry of Grosmont, first duke of Lancaster, Edward II's kinsman. The first part is here . Just a quick recap of who Henry was, as it's been so long since I wrote the first post: he was born in about 1310, only son and heir of Henry, earl of Lancaster - first cousin of Edward II...
Unusual Historicals (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
... in print today. It fictionalizes the love story of Katherine and John, who was a younger son of Edward III. (Now Katherine has finally gotten her due as two biographies have recently been published: Mistress of the Monarchy by Alison Wier, and Katherine Swynford: The History of a Medieval Mistress by Jeanne Lucraft.) Among the facts we know is that John and Katherine were lovers for many...
Scotsman.com Living - Books (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
... Pl@giarism has given us back a Shakespeare play.Brian Vickers put the anonymous play The Reign Of Edward III through the program, and it found 200 strings of three or more words identical with Shakespeare. There's even a whole line, "lilies that fester smell far worse than weeds", that also occurs in Sonnet 94.However, isn't it possible that what Vickers has proved is that someone else was...
News Scotsman (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
... Pl@giarism has given us back a Shakespeare play.Brian Vickers put the anonymous play The Reign Of Edward III through the program, and it found 200 strings of three or more words identical with Shakespeare. There's even a whole line, "lilies that fester smell far worse than weeds", that also occurs in Sonnet 94.However, isn't it possible that what Vickers has proved is that someone else was...
Scotsman.com Living - Books (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
... Pl@giarism has given us back a Shakespeare play.Brian Vickers put the anonymous play The Reign Of Edward III through the program, and it found 200 strings of three or more words identical with Shakespeare. There's even a whole line, "lilies that fester smell far worse than weeds", that also occurs in Sonnet 94.However, isn't it possible that what Vickers has proved is that someone else was...
News Scotsman (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
... Pl@giarism has given us back a Shakespeare play.Brian Vickers put the anonymous play The Reign Of Edward III through the program, and it found 200 strings of three or more words identical with Shakespeare. There's even a whole line, "lilies that fester smell far worse than weeds", that also occurs in Sonnet 94.However, isn't it possible that what Vickers has proved is that someone else was...
Venezuela News And Views (Free subscription) | 10/25/2009
... XIV. Also in the French psyche of the 100 Years War that I was taught, the battles of Crecy won by Edward III and Poitiers won by the Black Prince 50 years earlier are considered more fateful and more humiliating than Azincourt. This because in each one of the them the king was involved while Agincourt is looked more upon as a mad dash of unruly aristocrats as king Charles VI was sinking...
