Edward II

I'm on holiday as of this afternoon, so this will be the last post until early September.  And you're going to have to wait till 28 ...

Happy Birthday today to Edward II and Isabella of France's second son John of Eltham, who was born on 15 August 1316 at the palace of El...

I was watching Helen Castor's BBC4 documentary She-Wolves on Youtube recently (again), the episode about Isabella of France and Henry VI...

A continuation of this post , taking a look at rulers in Europe and a little farther afield in Edward II's era.  Today, I'm writing ...

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...