tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19545049.post7229701824280183242..comments2024-03-14T05:56:44.390+00:00Comments on Edward II: The Parliament of January 1327Kathryn Warnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00397714441908100576noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19545049.post-85401326046955553692016-01-12T16:13:27.661+00:002016-01-12T16:13:27.661+00:00Happy New Year, Sami and Carla!Happy New Year, Sami and Carla!Kathryn Warnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00397714441908100576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19545049.post-86095677937830921172016-01-10T19:27:28.531+00:002016-01-10T19:27:28.531+00:00Happy New Year, Kathryn!
I agree with you about Ed...Happy New Year, Kathryn!<br />I agree with you about Edward's dignified and moving remark "I greatly lament that I have so utterly failed my people, but I could not be other than I am". If it's an accurate reflection of his attitude, and if he really did escape to Italy, maybe he was heartily glad to be out of a job that he was so unsuited for. Carlahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11901028520813891575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19545049.post-46452908602419402152016-01-08T12:47:22.792+00:002016-01-08T12:47:22.792+00:00Wintery greetings from Finland! Just broke -40C in...Wintery greetings from Finland! Just broke -40C in the north couple days ago and down south here it is only -29C. <br /><br />I wonder if Edward II personally cared much about ay parliamentary formalities at this time. I would assume that he would see all this as a farce, a mockery of everything, a play in which his role was that of a fool. And I wonder would he really have attented a parlament like this. Who knows? We have only the official version to wonder about.sami parkkonennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19545049.post-50774729068875673672016-01-07T19:10:51.768+00:002016-01-07T19:10:51.768+00:00It's a shame we don't know Edward's re...It's a shame we don't know Edward's real reaction. I can't see him swooning, but I can see him making that remark - 'I cannot be' etc.Anerjehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16305237339979790391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19545049.post-3938882832941120052016-01-07T17:07:56.681+00:002016-01-07T17:07:56.681+00:00Thanks, Esther! Happy New Year and all the best to...Thanks, Esther! Happy New Year and all the best to you too.<br /><br />That story was only recorded by Thomas Walsingham a few decades later. It might be true, but he's hardly the most reliable source for the 1320s, unfortunately. Personally, I like to think it is true!Kathryn Warnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00397714441908100576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19545049.post-65976942933152165282016-01-07T17:01:16.257+00:002016-01-07T17:01:16.257+00:00Hope that you had a great holiday season ... and t...Hope that you had a great holiday season ... and that you have a great year. Also, is there any evidence to support the story that Edward III refused the throne unless his father consented to it?<br /><br />EstherAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com