Edward II the man : a doomed inheritance
Spinks, Stephen2017
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Edward II is one of the most controversial kings of English history. He and the murdered Piers Gaveston were lovers, not merely 'brothers-in-arms'. Influenced by royal favourites, Edward on numerous occasions brought England to the brink of civil war. His own wife took a lover and invaded his kingdom resulting in his forced abdication; the first in British history. The widely held tradition that the king was foully murdered with a red hot poker is a story of old but in fact untrue. Edward's prevailing legacy is the understanding that all kings can fall. And yet war, debt and baronial oppression before 1307 ensured that Edward II inherited a toxic legacy that any successor would have found almost impossible to wrestle with. Stephen Spinks explores that legacy using a wide breadth of contemporary and later sources.
Main title:
Edward II the man : a doomed inheritance / Stephen Spinks.
Author:
Spinks, Stephen, author
Imprint:
Stroud, Gloucestershire : Amberley, 2017.
Collation:
287 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white) ; 24 cm
Notes:
Includes QR code.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781445667669 (hbk. :)
Language:
English
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BRN:
594054
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