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Edward II

Kathryn Warner
Edward II Book PDF

Author : Kathryn Warner
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2014-10-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9781445641324

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He is one of the most reviled English kings in history. He drove his kingdom to the brink of civil war a dozen times in less than twenty years. He allowed his male lovers to rule the kingdom. He led a great army to the most ignominious military defeat in English history. His wife took a lover and invaded his kingdom, and he ended his reign wandering around Wales with a handful of followers, pursued by an army. He was the first king of England forced to abdicate his throne. Popular legend has it that he died screaming impaled on a red-hot poker, but in fact the time and place of his death are shrouded in mystery. His life reads like an Elizabethan tragedy, full of passionate doomed love, bloody revenge, jealousy, hatred, vindictiveness and obsession. He was Edward II, and this book tells his story. The focus here is on his relationships with his male 'favourites' and his disaffected wife, on his unorthodox lifestyle and hobbies, and on the mystery surrounding his death. Using almost exclusively fourteenth-century sources and Edward s own letters and speeches wherever possible, Kathryn Warner strips away the myths which have been created about him over the centuries, and provides a far more accurate and vivid picture of him than has previously been seen.

Edward II the Man

Stephen Spinks
Edward II the Man Book PDF

Author : Stephen Spinks
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2019-10-15
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : 144569445X

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Edward II the Man by Stephen Spinks Pdf

New paperback - 'Where he saw virtue, his contemporaries saw betrayal...What could he possibly have done to make a success of his reign? He was, it seems, doomed by his inheritance.' Historian Ian Mortimer's description of Edward II is the starting point of Stephen Spinks' new analysis of this ultimately tragic story of sex, revenge and savagery.

Edward II the Man

Stephen Spinks
Edward II the Man Book PDF

Author : Stephen Spinks
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2017-11-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781445667676

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Edward II the Man by Stephen Spinks Pdf

'Where he saw virtue, his contemporaries saw betrayal...What could he possibly have done to make a success of his reign? He was, it seems, doomed by his inheritance.' Historian Ian Mortimer's description of Edward II is the starting point of Stephen Spinks' new analysis of this ultimately tragic story of sex, revenge and savagery.

Edward the Second

Christopher Marlowe
Edward the Second Book PDF

Author : Christopher Marlowe
Publisher : Broadview Press
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2010-10-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781551119106

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Edward the Second by Christopher Marlowe Pdf

Depicting with shocking openness the sexual and political violence of its central characters’ fates, Edward the Second broke new dramatic ground in English theatre. The play charts the tragic rise and fall of the medieval English monarch Edward the Second, his favourite Piers Gaveston, and their ambitious opponents Queen Isabella and Mortimer Jr., and is an important cultural, as well as dramatic, document of the early modern period. This modernized and fully annotated Broadview Edition is prefaced by a critical but student-oriented introduction and followed by ample appendix material, including extended selections from Marlowe’s historical sources, texts bearing on the play’s complex sexual and political dynamics, and excerpts from contemporary poet Michael Drayton’s epic rendition of Edward the Second’s reign.

Isabella and the Strange Death of Edward II

Paul Doherty
Isabella and the Strange Death of Edward II Book PDF

Author : Paul Doherty
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 117 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2013-08-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781472112408

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Isabella and the Strange Death of Edward II by Paul Doherty Pdf

In chess, from the time of Queen Isabella of England, the queen has been considered the most powerful and feared piece on the board. Known to chroniclers as the 'she-wolf', Isabella, daughter of Philip IV of France, married King Edward II of England in 1308 in a union intended to create a lasting peace between the two countries. But after 13 years of enduring her husband's unkind and dissolute nature she fled abroad. With her lover, the exiled Roger Mortimer, she raised an army of mercenaries and invaded England, successfully deposing Edward. Popular belief holds that Edward was murdered in an infamous manner at Berkeley Castle near Gloucester, at the order of his wife and her lover. But after Mortimer's execution a letter arrived at court that cast doubt over Edward's death and raised the possibility of his escape. The evidence remains controversial to this day, and here Paul Doherty examines it in his fascinating detective study, set in one of the most turbulent and exciting periods of English history.

Edward II

Kathryn Warner
Edward II Book PDF

Author : Kathryn Warner
Publisher : Pen and Sword History
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2024-05-16
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781399098205

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Edward II by Kathryn Warner Pdf

Edward II is one of the most unsuccessful and unconventional kings in English history, and is well-known for having passionate and probably intimate relationships with men. In modern times, he has often been considered an LGBT+ icon of sorts. Edward II: His Sexuality and Relationships looks at the men in the king’s life and examines the relations he had with them in the context of medieval notions of sexuality and the famous, albeit almost certainly mythical, idea that he was murdered with a red-hot poker as punishment for having sex with men. It also investigates Edward’s associations with women. Though often thought of as a gay man, it is more likely that Edward was bisexual: he fathered an illegitimate son in his early twenties, at the age of forty had an intimate encounter with a woman in London which is recorded in his household account, and might even have had an incestuous relationship with his own niece. Edward’s marriage to the king of France’s daughter Isabella, arranged when they were children, has often been depicted as a tragic disaster from start to finish. Edward II: His Sexuality and Relationships takes a detailed look at the royal marriage and at all the evidence that it was in fact a happy and mutually supportive partnership for many years, and at Isabella’s important though over-romanticized association with the baron Roger Mortimer. Because Edward is often assumed to have been solely attracted to men, numerous modern authors have depicted him as a grotesque caricature of a camp, weak, foppish gay man. Edward II: His Sexuality and Relationships reveals him as he truly was: as a chronicler puts it, ‘one of the strongest men in his realm.'

Robert the Bruce

Stephen Spinks
Robert the Bruce Book PDF

Author : Stephen Spinks
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
Page : 437 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2019-12-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781445685083

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Robert the Bruce by Stephen Spinks Pdf

A new and revealing portrait of the king behind the legend during the turmoil of the First Scottish Wars of Independence, based on primary sources.

Edward II

Seymour Phillips
Edward II Book PDF

Author : Seymour Phillips
Publisher : English Monarchs Series
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : 0300178026

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Edward II by Seymour Phillips Pdf

This biography 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.

The Reign of Edward II

Gwilym Dodd,Anthony Musson
The Reign of Edward II Book PDF

Author : Gwilym Dodd,Anthony Musson
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : History
ISBN : 9781903153192

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The Reign of Edward II by Gwilym Dodd,Anthony Musson Pdf

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 II Revised

Christopher Marlowe
Edward II Revised Book PDF

Author : Christopher Marlowe
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2014-07-31
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9781472575395

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Edward II Revised by Christopher Marlowe Pdf

Dramatically compressing the reign of Edward II and enlivening the historical narrative with humour, romance, and horrific violence, Marlowe interrogates how the transgression of accepted codes of behaviour affects even those at the highest level of society. Kept off the stage for almost three hundred years because of its dramatization of explicit homosexual relationships, it has become increasingly popular with modern day readers and performed on stage and film to great acclaim. This student edition contains a completely new introduction by Stephen Guy-Bray, and offers students a useful and lively overview of recent criticism, an updated performance history paying greater attention to Derek Jarman's film, a background on the author and themes, as well as an updated bibliography and a fully annotated version of the playtext.

Long Live the King

Kathryn Warner
Long Live the King Book PDF

Author : Kathryn Warner
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2017-06-29
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780750983273

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Long Live the King by Kathryn Warner Pdf

Edward II's murder at Berkeley Castle in 1327 is one of the most famous and lurid tales in all of English history. But is it true? For over five centuries, few people questioned it, but with the discovery in a Montpellier archive of a remarkable document, an alternative narrative has presented itself: that Edward escaped from Berkeley Castle and made his way to an Italian hermitage. In Long Live the King, medieval historian Kathryn Warner explores in detail Edward's downfall and forced abdication in 1326/27, the role possibly played by his wife Isabella of France, the wide variation in chronicle accounts of his murder at Berkeley Castle and the fascinating possibility that Edward lived on in Italy for many years after his official funeral was held in Gloucester in December 1327.

Following in the Footsteps of Edward II

Kathryn Warner
Following in the Footsteps of Edward II Book PDF

Author : Kathryn Warner
Publisher : Pen and Sword
Page : 183 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2019-05-30
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781526732941

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Following in the Footsteps of Edward II by Kathryn Warner Pdf

“Informed and informative . . . a meticulous example of outstanding scholarship, and an inherently fascinating read.” —Midwest Book Review Edward II is famously one of England’s most unsuccessful kings, as utterly different from his warlike father Edward I as any man possibly could be, and the first English king to suffer the fate of deposition. Highly unconventional, even eccentric, he was an intriguing personality, and his reign of nineteen and a half years, from 1307 to 1327, was a turbulent period of endless conflict and the king’s infatuation with his male favorites, which ended when his own queen led an invasion of his kingdom. Following in the Footsteps of Edward II presents a new take on this most unconventional and puzzling of kings, from the magnificent Caernarfon Castle where he was born in 1284 shortly after his father conquered North Wales, to his favorite residences at King’s Langley in Hertfordshire and Westminster, to the castle of Berkeley in Gloucestershire where he supposedly met his brutal death in September 1327, to Gloucester Cathedral, where his tomb and alabaster effigy still exist and are among the greatest glories surviving from medieval England.

Edward the Confessor

Tom Licence
Edward the Confessor Book PDF

Author : Tom Licence
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 363 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2020-09-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9780300255584

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Edward the Confessor by Tom Licence Pdf

An authoritative life of Edward the Confessor, the monarch whose death sparked the invasion of 1066 One of the last kings of Anglo-Saxon England, Edward the Confessor regained the throne for the House of Wessex and is the only English monarch to have been canonized. Often cast as a reluctant ruler, easily manipulated by his in-laws, he has been blamed for causing the invasion of 1066—the last successful conquest of England by a foreign power. Tom Licence navigates the contemporary webs of political deceit to present a strikingly different Edward. He was a compassionate man and conscientious ruler, whose reign marked an interval of peace and prosperity between periods of strife. More than any monarch before, he exploited the mystique of royalty to capture the hearts of his subjects. This compelling biography provides a much-needed reassessment of Edward’s reign—calling into doubt the legitimacy of his successors and rewriting the ending of Anglo-Saxon England.

Edward II's Nieces, The Clare Sisters

Kathryn Warner
Edward II s Nieces The Clare Sisters Book PDF

Author : Kathryn Warner
Publisher : Pen and Sword History
Page : 301 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2020-03-20
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781526715593

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Edward II's Nieces, The Clare Sisters by Kathryn Warner Pdf

“A great book to introduce you to three fascinating sisters whose marriages during the reign of the infamous Edward II transformed England.” —Adventures of a Tudor Nerd The de Clare sisters Eleanor, Margaret and Elizabeth were born in the 1290s as the eldest granddaughters of King Edward I of England and his Spanish queen Eleanor of Castile, and were the daughters of the greatest nobleman in England, Gilbert “the Red” de Clare, Earl of Gloucester. They grew to adulthood during the turbulent reign of their uncle Edward II, and all three of them were married to men involved in intense, probably romantic or sexual, relationships with their uncle. When their elder brother Gilbert de Clare, Earl of Gloucester, was killed during their uncle’s catastrophic defeat at the battle of Bannockburn in June 1314, the three sisters inherited and shared his vast wealth and lands in three countries, but their inheritance proved a poisoned chalice. Eleanor and Elizabeth, and Margaret’s daughter and heir, were all abducted and forcibly married by men desperate for a share of their riches, and all three sisters were imprisoned at some point either by their uncle Edward II or his queen Isabella of France during the tumultuous decade of the 1320s. Elizabeth was widowed for the third time at twenty-six, lived as a widow for just under forty years, and founded Clare College at the University of Cambridge. “Another enjoyable read on women in history that don’t always get the limelight that they deserve. Kathryn Warner has done it once again by providing a well-written, well-researched, informative and engaging read.” —Where There’s Ink There’s Paper

Hugh Despenser the Younger and Edward II

Kathryn Warner
Hugh Despenser the Younger and Edward II Book PDF

Author : Kathryn Warner
Publisher : Pen and Sword
Page : 301 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2018-10-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781526715630

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Hugh Despenser the Younger and Edward II by Kathryn Warner Pdf

Hugh Despenser the Younger and Edward II tells the story of the greatest villain of the fourteenth century, his dazzling rise as favorite to the king and his disastrous fall.Born in the late 1280s, Hugh married King Edward I of Englands eldest granddaughter when he was a teenager. Ambitious and greedy to an astonishing degree, Hugh chose a startling route to power: he seduced his wifes uncle, the young King Edward II, and became the richest and most powerful man in the country in the 1320s. For years he dominated the English government and foreign policy, and took whatever lands he felt like by both quasi-legal and illegal methods, with the kings connivance. His actions were to bring both himself and Edward II down, and Hugh was directly responsible for the first forced abdication of a king in English history; he had made the horrible mistake of alienating and insulting Edwards queen Isabella of France, who loathed him, and who had him slowly and grotesquely executed in her presence in November 1326.