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

• Autore: Haines Roy Martin
• Pubblicazione: Montreal ; ; Ithaca, : McGill-Queen's Univ. Press, c2003
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (625 p.)
• Disciplina: 942.03/6/092; B
• Soggetto topico: BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Royalty
• Soggetto geografico: Great Britain History Edward II, 1307-1327; Great Britain History Edward III, 1327-1377; Great Britain Kings and rulers Biography
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [517]-566) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Matter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Edward of Caernarfon, His Kingship, and Its Denouement -- Formative Years, 1284–1307 -- Royal Character: Prophesy and Retrospection -- Faltering Steps, 1307–1308 -- The Last of the Gaveston years: The Road to Bannockburn, 1308–1314 -- Descent Into the Abyss: Civil Strife, 1314–1322 -- The Tyrannous years: Baldock Stapeldon and the Despensers, 1322–1326 -- The Iron Lady: Isabella Triumphant, 1326–1330 -- Life After Death: Edward the Penitent Hermit -- The Colonial Empire -- Scotland, 1290–1330 -- Ireland, 1295–1330 -- Gascony and England’s Relations with France, 1259–1330 -- Summing Up -- Appendices -- Two Recounts of the Deposition of Edward II -- A Summary of the Charges Against Mortimer Incorporated in the Rolls of Parliament -- Maps and Genealogical Tables -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Edward of Caernarfon is best known today for his disastrous military defeat in 1314 at Bannockburn, where his English army was defeated by a vastly inferior Scottish force led by Robert the Bruce, leading to Scottish Independence. This catastrophe was one of many in a disastrous career marked by indolence, vengefulness, vacillation in relationships with France, deranged policies at home, and constitutional wrangling, ultimately brought to an end by a minor insurgency led by his vindictive wife and her paramour, a disaffected baron.
• Altri titoli varianti: King Edward the Second
• Titolo autorizzato: King Edward II
• ISBN: 1-282-86072-0; 9786612860720; 0-7735-7056-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910782080803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II