Edward II: Edward II's Reign For Dummies

02 December, 2008

Courtesy of this site, via Susan Higginbotham and Gabriele Campbell, Edward II's reign for dummies...

8 comments:

Ceirseach said...: Oh, poor Thomas. You're right, compared to some later Lancasters that IS pretty incompetent...; Tuesday, 2 December 2008 09:45:00 o'clock CET
Lady Despenser's Scribery said...: Love these lol! Looks like Susan might have started something with these.; Tuesday, 2 December 2008 11:13:00 o'clock CET
Susan Higginbotham said...: Love 'em! Especially the Despenser and Mortimer ones.; Tuesday, 2 December 2008 15:01:00 o'clock CET
Gabriele C. said...: *grins*

Those dummy guides are way too much fun.

Poor Edward; he'd thrived better as Roman legionary - getting told whom to fight and digging a lot of ditches would have made life so much easier. ;); Tuesday, 2 December 2008 18:36:00 o'clock CET
Anerje said...: LOL! yes, Gabriele - and Piers would love to have seen him in a toga:)

Great fun Alianore!; Thursday, 4 December 2008 21:18:00 o'clock CET
Gabriele C. said...: Or the Roman uniform with the leather kilt, Anerje. :); Thursday, 4 December 2008 22:25:00 o'clock CET
Alianore said...: Thanks, all!; Friday, 5 December 2008 12:42:00 o'clock CET
Caitlin O. said...: These are epic. Loved the Piers one especially.; Monday, 16 March 2009 03:31:00 o'clock CET

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Edward II's coronation oath, 25 February 1308

Sire, volez vous graunter, è garder, &, par vostre serment, confermer au poeple d’Engleterre les leys, & les custumes, à eux grauntees par les auntiens Rois d’Engleterre, voz predecessours droitures & devotz a DIEU; & nomement les lois, les custumes, & les fraunchises, grantez au clerge, è au poeple par le glorieus Roi seint Edward, vostre predecessour? Jeo les grante & promette. Sire, garderez vous à DIEU, & seinte eglise, & au clerge, & au poeple paes, & acord en DIEU entierment, solonc vostre poer? Jeo les garderai. Sire, freez vous faire, en touz voz jugementz, ovele & droit justice & discretion, en misericorde & verite, à vostre poer? Jeo le frai. Sire, graunte vous à tenir & garder les loys & les custumes droitureles, les quiels la communaute de vostre roiaume aura esleu, & les defendrez & afforcerez, al honour de DIEU, à vostre poer? Jeo les graunte & promette.

Edward II's coronation oath: translation

Sire, will you grant and keep and by your oath confirm to the people of England the laws and customs given to them by the previous just and god-fearing kings, your ancestors, and especially the laws, customs, and liberties granted to the clergy and people by the glorious king, the sainted Edward, your predecessor? I grant and promise them. Sire, will you in all your judgments, so far as in you lies, preserve to God and Holy Church, and to the people and clergy, entire peace and concord before God? I will preserve them. Sire, will you, so far as in you lies, cause justice to be rendered rightly, impartially, and wisely, in compassion and in truth? I will do so. Sire, do you grant to be held and observed the just laws and customs that the community of your realm shall determine, and will you, so far as in you lies, defend and strengthen them to the honour of God? I grant and promise them.

Edward II is forced to banish Piers Gaveston, 1308

Le Roi a touz ceaus, qi cestes lettres verront ou orront, salutz. Nous vous feisoms savoir que, entre ci, & le jour, que monsire Pieres de Gavaston doit vueder nostre roiaume, cest assavoir lendemaine de la feste de la Nativite Seint Johan le Baptistre, precheinement avenir; Nous ne feroms nule maniere de chose, ne ne souffroms estre fait, tant come en nous est, par quei la vuedance de meisme celi Pieres soit desturbee, ou delaee en nul point, q’elle ne soit parfaite selonc ce, que par prelatz, contes & barons de nostre dit roiaume, nous est conseillez, & par nous acordetz. En tesmoignance de queu chose, nous avoms fait faire cestes nos lettres overtes. Donees a Westmostier, le xviii. jour du moys de May.

Letter of Queen Isabella to Edward II, 1314

My very dear and dread Lord, I commend myself to you as humbly as I can. My dear Lord, you have heard how our seneschal and our controller of Ponthieu have come from Ponthieu concerning our affairs; ...I beg you, my gentle Lord, that by this message it may please you to request your chancellor by letter that he may summon those of your council to him and take steps speedily in this matter, according to what he and your council see what is best to do for your honour and profit....May the Holy Spirit keep you, my very dear and dread Lord.

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Edward II's Reign For Dummies

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