tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19545049.post8599951050564115399..comments2024-03-14T05:56:44.390+00:00Comments on Edward II: Edward II's Journey Along the Thames, Late July 1326Kathryn Warnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00397714441908100576noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19545049.post-17896999936089114882018-10-19T15:04:31.738+01:002018-10-19T15:04:31.738+01:00Thank, John! So glad to hear you're a Thames f...Thank, John! So glad to hear you're a Thames fisherman...I feel I know a lot about them in the 132os :-)Kathryn Warnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00397714441908100576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19545049.post-71049937529594369712018-10-18T21:35:41.504+01:002018-10-18T21:35:41.504+01:00Really enjoyed this post Kathryn xx I will always ...Really enjoyed this post Kathryn xx I will always think about this now when I go fishing on the Thames<br /><br />JohnAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00740023792116413786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19545049.post-62910001245175144542018-10-12T06:25:48.128+01:002018-10-12T06:25:48.128+01:00That will be a Must-book for all of us medieval hi...That will be a Must-book for all of us medieval history enthusiasts. sami parkkonennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19545049.post-76518519931672033922018-10-11T17:29:31.681+01:002018-10-11T17:29:31.681+01:00Thanks! I've long that Edward II's chamber...Thanks! I've long that Edward II's chamber account of that year opens a window into England in 1326, so have decided to use it as such in a book, with a few other contemporary sources! It was such a momentous year, but yes, it was also the year when Robin atte Hethe was ill and Edward the parker was repairing his house and so on.Kathryn Warnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00397714441908100576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19545049.post-80230658910835404122018-10-11T17:25:30.176+01:002018-10-11T17:25:30.176+01:00That sounds like a great concept for a book; I'...That sounds like a great concept for a book; I'm already looking forward to reading it! Yes, I have a particular fondness for history's overlooked, yet illuminating details.Undinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16214242522330278662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19545049.post-88582677305161452752018-10-11T17:05:55.893+01:002018-10-11T17:05:55.893+01:00Thanks, both! There is something filmic about it a...Thanks, both! There is something filmic about it all!<br /><br />Undine, you might be interested to hear that I have a contract for a book provisionally titled '1326: A Year in the Life of England', which is full of this kind of detail! Should be out early 2020 or so.Kathryn Warnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00397714441908100576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19545049.post-53786519334975073592018-10-11T16:23:17.865+01:002018-10-11T16:23:17.865+01:00I had the very same thought: this reads like a mov...I had the very same thought: this reads like a movie script; one of those "quiet interludes" in a historical film put in between scenes of battles and political intrigue. The King chatting with the widow of an old servant, clumsy cooks, singing fishermen...it's a wonderfully intimate look at a long, long ago summer.Undinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16214242522330278662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19545049.post-61873561158569921372018-10-11T15:49:47.116+01:002018-10-11T15:49:47.116+01:00This is brilliant!
I insist that who ever makes t...This is brilliant!<br /><br />I insist that who ever makes the movie Edward II takes account of these. I mean, a medieval king rowing with his men, then stopping the whole process because he sees a familiar fisher woman to whom he hands out a huge sum of cash. And the singing fisher man, too! What a movie scenes!<br /><br />But I feel a bit sorry for the cook Moryz. I mean, the guy was most likely a great cook but really bad rider and Edward being himself laughed his pants off watching this poor culinarist falling from the saddle again and again. Yes, he gave him 20 shillings, a whopping amount of cash, but still: king laughing at his cook who can not stay up in the saddle. You can not make up this stuff. And yes, this must be in that movie too!sami parkkonennoreply@blogger.com