Edward II

Edward III and Philippa of Hainault's third, but second eldest surviving, son Lionel of Antwerp married the heiress Elizabeth de Burgh i...

There's a tendency among a few modern writers of history to describe medieval women, or at least certain medieval women, as 'pawns...

My new book, London: A Fourteenth-Century City and Its People , is out now! It's a social history of the city and its inhabitants from 1...

A few years ago, I wrote a blog post about my frustration at being unable to find any information about Hugh Chastilon or Chastilloun, tuto...

This is a continuation of my post yesterday, which is directly below this one, or can be found  here . I've just noticed that E 101/379/...

Hugh 'Huchon' Despenser , born in 1308 or 1309, went hunting between July and October 1322, and a large roll of his expenses survive...

I'm grateful to the Tudors Dynasty podcast for inviting me on to talk about Edward II recently! Steph Stohrer did a great interview with...

Richard Councedieu was a sailor active between 1310 and 1339 who knew Edward II personally. His unusual last name is French: dieu means God...

The eighth and final episode of Secrets of the Royal Palaces was shown on Channel 5 in the UK in the evening of Saturday 26 February, and fe...

I wrote a post on this topic all the way back in June 2007 (yowza, that's close to a decade and a half ago now!), and it's had an a...