Edward II

Yesterday evening, I watched part of the fourth episode of the historical drama series The Bastard Executioner (which presumably means an e...

On 19 October 1330, 685 years ago today, Edward III arrested Roger Mortimer, earl of March, at Nottingham Castle.  The young king was not qu...

While in Pavia recently, I had the pleasure of meeting the geneticists Enza Battaglia, Anna Olivieri and Antonio Torroni, who are an importa...

Edited to add: I'd also like to thank Kathleen Guler for this fab review of my book Edward II: The Unconventional King ! It's...

Today, a brilliant guest post by my friend Ulrik Kristiansen! Thank you, Ulrik! * How To Avoid Maligning Historical Persons Some th...

I had the most amazing time in Vercelli and Pavia! Thank you so, so much to everyone I met there, especially to Gianna Baucero, Clau...

Tomorrow I'm flying to Milan, and will stay in northern Italy for a week.  On Saturday 19 September at 4pm, I'm giving a talk about ...

One of the most fascinating aspects of Edward II's life, for me, is the way he became infatuated in the late 1310s with a man he had nev...

Margaret Audley was the only child of Edward II's niece Margaret de Clare  (1293/94-1342) and her second husband Sir Hugh Audley  (c. 12...

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