Edward II

Today is the 657th anniversary of the funeral of Edward II's widow Isabella of France, queen of England, on 27 November 1358.  Isabella ...

Part two of this series on the Yesterday channel in the UK was King Edward II: A Mysterious Death, shown on Tuesday 17 November at 9pm.  An...

First of all, I'd like to make a polite request that actually isn't a request and frankly isn't that polite either.   Damn well ...

Second part of a post; the first part is here , or directly below this one. Isabella and Edward II's son Edward of Windsor sailed from...

On 9 March 1325, Isabella of France, queen of England, left her husband's kingdom and travelled to her homeland of France, in order to n...

Part two of a series which began here , looking at some of the men who were knighted with Edward of Caernarfon at Westminster on 22 May 1306...

Yesterday evening, I watched part of the fourth episode of the historical drama series The Bastard Executioner (which presumably means an e...

On 19 October 1330, 685 years ago today, Edward III arrested Roger Mortimer, earl of March, at Nottingham Castle.  The young king was not qu...

While in Pavia recently, I had the pleasure of meeting the geneticists Enza Battaglia, Anna Olivieri and Antonio Torroni, who are an importa...

Edited to add: I'd also like to thank Kathleen Guler for this fab review of my book Edward II: The Unconventional King ! It's...