The Troublesome Reign and Lamentable Death of King Edward II, King of England, with the Tragical Fall of Proud MortimerContent DefaultBest of Chicago
As the sources make clear, Edward II's reign was a disaster from beginning to end. Marlowe found all he really needed for his imagination to take wing in the early description of Edward and Gaveston in Holinshed (vol. iii, p. 318): But now concerning the demeanour of this new king, ...
Edward’s father was theYorkistleader during theWars of the Rosesuntil his death in battle. In 1399,Henry of Bolingbroke, the eldest son ofJohn of Gauntwho was the third surviving son of King Edward III, overthrew his cousinKing Richard IIand assumed the throne as King Henry IV. Henry IV...
when Prince Edward fell out with his father over his alleged trespass against Walter Langton, bishop of Chester and treasurer of England. The Prince was banished from his father’s presence and cut off from financial support. More importantly for the young man, the...
Dubbed “The Most Haunted House in England”, Borley Rectory has captivated the popular imagination since it rose to fame in the 1920s, at the heyday of ghost hunting. Edward Parnell, the author ofGhostland, journeys to the place where it once stood, remembering tales of ghostly nuns, phant...
Dr Caroline Leaf is no stranger to ignorance and controversy – she thinks that our minds can create matter, that our thoughts can control our genetic expression, and that psychiatric medications are a leading cause of death. So it should come as no surprise when she proves the Dunning-Kruger...
King Edward IV's cause of death is not known. He may have died of an illness, though historians are not sure which one. He may have been poisoned, though this seems unlikely. He might also have had a stroke or cerebral hemorrhage. ...
and the borough of Wiltonin lieuof the £200, but only for as long as she remained in England. Given that a proposed move to Fontevrault had been dropped shortly after the death of Eleanor of Provence, the likelihood of Mary leaving England seems to have been only a remote possibility...
By this time his half-brother, now King of England invited Edward to England, knowing that he would be the next in line to the throne. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle subsequently records Edward’s swearing in as king upon the death of his brother. With the support of the powerful Earl of Wes...
As it would turn out, Queen Isabella had become just as disillusioned with the Despenser regime as most of the other magnates, prelates and citizens of England. While Edward II seemed to be completely unaware of his wife’s disgruntlement when he sent her to France in the first place, it...