tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19545049.post774245758262250617..comments2024-03-14T05:56:44.390+00:00Comments on Edward II: Edward II, Piers Gaveston and Isabella's Jewels That Weren'tKathryn Warnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00397714441908100576noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19545049.post-70837082452202727282014-07-28T21:02:53.180+01:002014-07-28T21:02:53.180+01:00But I'm a horse girl and want to keep them. :-...But I'm a horse girl and want to keep them. :-)Gabriele Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17205770868139083575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19545049.post-76291741880735877082014-07-20T19:44:05.409+01:002014-07-20T19:44:05.409+01:00Lol Gabriele - I'm sure the bling would look m...Lol Gabriele - I'm sure the bling would look much better on Piers - but he would want the magnificent war horses as well!Anerjehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16305237339979790391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19545049.post-58990327624009612942014-07-20T19:42:04.537+01:002014-07-20T19:42:04.537+01:00Ah this old myth - it always makes for a dramatic ...Ah this old myth - it always makes for a dramatic scene in any Edward II novel, with Isabella horrified at seeing Piers decked out in her wedding jewels. Thanks for the detailed interpretation of the chronicle - and what you say makes sense. At worst Edward was being rude, but more than likely he sent them to his appointed regent - Piers.Anerjehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16305237339979790391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19545049.post-47943123575394418472014-07-20T07:04:56.913+01:002014-07-20T07:04:56.913+01:00The stories so often recounted would work wonderfu...The stories so often recounted would work wonderfully in a fantasy novel. We could make the Piers character a wicked magician, who steals jewels and warhorses from a 12-year old princess to to use in his deadly spells designed to turn her husband against her. Oh yeah! Bad history is full of inspiration to us high fantasy types. But at least I'd have the decency to change the names ...<br />Satima Flavellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17427849961195148899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19545049.post-61747843040119147862014-07-19T16:12:22.517+01:002014-07-19T16:12:22.517+01:00Once again: well done. Facts are facts. Period. Hi...Once again: well done. Facts are facts. Period. History is history. True and real. Devastating facts for those fairytales.<br /><br />You want to write a story of a king called Edward who steals his child wifes jewels and gives them to his gay lover? Fine, but call it what it is: fiction. Nothing but and only fiction. Not history.<br /><br />This, on the other hand, is history. Why? Because it is what really happened. King Edward received gifts from the king of France and sent them back to England where Piers Gaveston was the regent.Sami Parkkonennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19545049.post-6145159424966711912014-07-18T17:35:14.961+01:002014-07-18T17:35:14.961+01:00How often did twelve year old highborn girls recei...How often did twelve year old highborn girls receive a warhorse as a gift? Seriously ... I wonder why someone bothered to make up the story. It seems to be irrelevant to the eventual breakdown of Edward and Isabella's marriage, since that occurred long after Piers was dead, and in connection with a totally different favorite.<br /><br />EstherAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19545049.post-71704270360437269542014-07-18T15:03:33.006+01:002014-07-18T15:03:33.006+01:00I would have been a lot more peeved if my husband ...I would have been a lot more peeved if my husband gave my war horses to his boyfriend. The bling he's welcome to keep, it looks better on him anyway. :-)Gabriele Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17205770868139083575noreply@blogger.com