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28 September, 2014

Guest Post: Eleanor of Castile and her Relationship with her Children, by Sara Cockerill

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I'm delighted to welcome Sara Cockerill , who's written a great guest post for us today about Edward II's mother Eleanor of Cast...
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21 September, 2014

Was There A Far-Reaching Plot To Deprive Edward II Of His Throne In The 1320s?

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There is a great conspiracy theory sometimes advanced in modern times about Edward II's downfall, that it was planned as much as four ye...
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12 September, 2014

'Being promiscuous with low-born men': erm no

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I've mentioned this in a previous post , but have decided to write an entire post about it. Alison Weir's Isabella, She-Wolf of Fr...
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04 September, 2014

"Our very sweet heart": two letters of Queen Isabella

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On 9 March 1325, Queen Isabella departed from England for France to negotiate between her husband Edward II and her brother Charles IV, then...
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21 August, 2014

Blog Break

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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 ...
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15 August, 2014

John of Eltham, Edward II's Son

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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...
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08 August, 2014

Isabella, the She-Wo...no, I refuse to use that damn word again

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