King Edward II: His Life, His Reign, and Its Aftermath, 1284-1330.(Book Review)

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King Edward II: His Life, His Reign, and Its Aftermath, 1284-1330, by Roy Martin Haines. Montreal and Kingston, McGill-Queen's University Press, 2003. xviik 604 pp. $65.00 US (cloth).

In the introduction to his study of Edward II, Roy Haines sets himself the task of weaving a coherent narrative from the many threads of hypothesis and interpretation created by the even more numerous historians and contemporary observers who have commented on the events of the reign of this most unfortunate monarch. To attempt to create such a political history is no mean undertaking. The result ...

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