Abstract | Keywords | Export | Availability | Bookmark

Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

A new review of the most significant issues of Edward II's reign. Edward II presided over a turbulent and politically charged period of English history, but to date he has been relatively neglected in comparison to other fourteenth and fifteenth-century kings. This book offers a significant re-appraisal of a much maligned monarch and his historical importance, making use of the latest empirical research and revisionist theories, and concentrating on people and personalities, perceptions and expectations, rather than dry constitutional analysis. Papers consider both the institutional and the personal facets of Edward II's life and rule: his sexual reputation, the royal court, the role of the king's household knights, the nature of law and parliament in the reign, and England's relations with Ireland and Europe. Contributors: J. S. HAMILTON, W. M. ORMROD, IAN MORTIMER, MICHAEL PRESTWICH, ALISTAIR TEBBIT, W. R. CHILDS, PAUL DRYBURGH, ANTHONY MUSSON, GWILYM DODD, ALISON MARSHALL, MARTYN LAWRENCE, SEYMOUR PHILLIPS.

Edward --- Great Britain --- Grande-Bretagne --- Kings and rulers --- Biography. --- History --- Rois et souverains --- Biographies --- Histoire --- Kings and rulers. --- Eduard (Grossbritannien, König, --- Eduard, --- 1307-1327. --- Geschichte 1307-1327. --- Great Britain. --- England. --- Nottingham <2004>. --- Edward of Carnarvon --- Edward II --- Biography --- Edward II, 1307-1327 --- HISTORY / Medieval. --- Edward II's reign. --- Edward II. --- Europe. --- Ireland. --- class relations. --- economic change. --- monarchy. --- society.