Edward II

In 1321, Edward II was forced by their baronial enemies, whom Edward shortly afterwards took to calling the Contrariants, to send his 'f...

Today I'm delighted to welcome author Gareth Russell to the blog, as part of his tour for his book A History of the English Monarchy: Fr...

Today is the 657th anniversary of the death of Isabella of France, dowager queen of England, widow of Edward II and mother of Edward III, at...

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After Edward III's palace revolution of 19 October 1330, which removed his mother Isabella of France and her ally Roger Mortimer, earl o...

Today, I'm delighted to welcome the lovely Kasia Ogrodnik, who runs a fab site about Edward II's great-great-uncle Henry the Young ...

Edward II's queen Isabella of France, then eighteen years old, visited her homeland in March/April 1314 to petition her father Philip IV...

Although I have to exercise caution when using Edward II's extant correspondence to gauge his personality and feelings - Edward couldn...

The Confession of Piers Gaveston , Brandy Purdy's first novel, was self-published with iUniverse in 2007 and is 181 pages long.  The ori...

There are some rather fascinating details in Edward II's last chamber account, which covers the period from late May 1325 until 31 Octob...