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9780300156577

Edward II

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  • ISBN13:

    9780300156577

  • ISBN10:

    030015657X

  • Format: Trade Book
  • Copyright: 2010-06-08
  • Publisher: Yale University Press
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Summary

Edward II (12841327), King of England, Lord of Ireland, and Duke of Aquitaine, was the object of ignominy during his lifetime and calumny since it. Conventionally viewed as worthless, incapable of sustained policy, and significant only for his sporadic displays of ill-directed energy or a stubborn adherence to greedy and ambitious favorites, he has been presented as fit only to be deposed and replaced by someone more worthy of the throne. This definitive biography, the fruit of a lifetime's study, does not present Edward II as a heroic or successful king: his deposition after a turbulent reign of nearly twenty years is proof enough that it went terribly wrong. But Seymour Phillips' scrutiny of the multitude of available sources shows that a richer picture emerges, in line with the complexity of events and of the man himself. If Edward II was not a successful king, he was not fundamentally different in many ways from most English monarchs. The biography strikes a deft balance, taking full account of the problems the king faced in England, Scotland, and Ireland and in his relations with France. It also tackles the contentious issue of whether Edward II did not die in 1327, murdered under barbaric circumstances, but lived on as a captive in England and then a wanderer on the Continent. Eight hundred years on, a king's life is properly examined.

Author Biography

Seymour Phillips is Emeritus Professor of Medieval History, University College, Dublin, and a Member of the Royal Irish Academy. He lives in Ireland.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrationsp. viii
Preface & Acknowledgementsp. x
Abbreviated Referencesp. xiii
Introductionp. 1
The Reputation of a Kingp. 5
The Nature of a Kingp. 33
Preparation for the Crown, 1297-1307p. 77
Conflict and Reform, 1307-1312p. 125
From Blacklow Hill to Bannockburn: June 1312 to June 1314p. 192
War, Politics, Money and Weather: June 1314 to August 1316p. 238
Peace by Ordeal, August 1316 to August 1318p. 280
From Settlement to Civil War, 1318-1322p. 328
Edward Victorious, 1322-1324p. 410
Edward Vanquished, 1324-1326p. 455
Deposition and Deathp. 520
Afterlivesp. 577
Conclusionp. 607
Bibliographyp. 614
Indexp. 643
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