Edward II

I'd like to thank my good friend Anerje for writing this really amazing blog post about me. Wow! I'm so honoured and flattered! N...

In this post and at least one other to follow, I'm taking a look at some of the men who ruled in Europe and further afield at the time o...

The Annales Paulini  (ed. Stubbs, p. 258), written in the 1330s, describe something which took place shortly after Edward II's wedding t...

I'm very pleased and proud to announce that my book Edward II: The Unconventional King will be published on 28 October!  It's with ...

The Quest for Bannockburn documentary is now available online on Vimeo, in its entirety! Part one is here Part two is here  (I'm bri...

If you're in England, Wales or Northern Ireland, you can see the second part of The Quest for Bannockburn on BBC2 this Sunday, 6 July, f...

It is often assumed and stated as fact that Edward II's queen Isabella of France hated and resented his 'favourite' Piers Gavest...

700 years ago yesterday and today, Edward II and his large army lost the battle of Bannockburn near Stirling to Robert Bruce, king of Scotla...

1 June 1300: Birth of Edward II's half-brother Thomas of Brotherton , earl of Norfolk and Earl Marshal, sixteen years younger than Edwar...

I appeared briefly in BBC2 Scotland's The Quest for Bannockburn on Monday 9 June at 9pm, talking about Edward II and Piers Gaveston. :-)...