King Edward II : Edward of Caernarfon, his life, his reign, and its aftermath, 1284-1330 / Roy Martin Haines.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Haines, Roy Martin.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Edward II, King of England, 1284-1327.

Edward.

Great Britain--Kings and rulers--Biography.

Great Britain.

Kings and rulers.

Great Britain--History--Edward II, 1307-1327.

History.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xviii, 604 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Montreal ; Ithaca : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2003]

Summary:

Edward of Caernarfon is best known today for his disastrous military defeat at Bannockburn in June 1314, where his English army was defeated by a vastly inferior Scottish force led by Robert the Bruce, leading to Scottish Independence. This catastrophe was only one event in a disastrous career marked by indolence, vengefulness, vacillation in relationships with France, deranged policies at home, and constitutional wrangling, which was ultimately ended by a minor insurgency led by his vindictive wife and her paramour, a disaffected baron. Roy Martin Haines examines Edward II's upbringing, character, and the salient periods of his reign, situating him in the much wider context of his times, the "empire" he inherited, and the aftermath of his unregretted death.

Contents:

Part 1 Edward of Caernarfon, His Kingship, and Its Denouement

1 Formative Years, 1284-1307 3

2 Royal Character: Prophesy and Retrospection 25

3 Faltering Steps, 1307-1308 49

4 The Last of the Gaveston Years: The Road to Bannockburn, 1308-1314 65

5 Descent into the Abyss: Civil Strife, 1314-1322 95

6 The Tyrannous Years: Baldock, Stapeldon, and the Despensers, 1322-1326 143

7 The Iron Lady: Isabella Triumphant, 1326-1330 177

8 Life after Death: Edward the Penitent Hermit 219

Part 2 The Colonial Empire

9 Scotland, 1290-1330 241

10 Ireland, 1295-1330 283

11 Gascony and England's Relations with France, 1259-1330 303

A Two Accounts of the Deposition of Edward II 343

B A Summary of the Charges against Mortimer 346

Scotland in the Fourteenth Century 351

Ireland in the Fourteenth Century 352

The Pursuit and Capture of Sir Thomas Gurney 353

The Supposed Journeyings of Edward of Caernarfon 354

England 355

France 356.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0773524320

OCLC:

50789777