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Author Chaplais, Pierre

Title Piers Gaveston : Edward II's adoptive brother / Pierre Chaplais
Published Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1994

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 150 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations
Series OUP E-Books
Contents Introduction: A reluctant king and his alter ego -- 1. Compact of Brotherhood -- 2. England's Second King? -- 3. Exile in Ireland and Rehabilitation -- 4. Last Exile and Death -- 5. The Newcastle Jewels and Gaveston's Chamberlainship -- Appendix I. Westminster Abbey and Gaveston in 1308 and 1309 -- Appendix II. The Newcastle Jewels
Summary This title provides a reappraisal of the role of Piers Gaveston in English history and of his personal relationship with Edward II. The author uses unpublished documentary evidence to challenge the accepted view that Gaveston had a homosexual relationship with Edward, and that he appropriated royal treasures
Analysis Royal families
England
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Gaveston, Piers, approximately 1284-1312.
Edward II, King of England, 1284-1327 -- Relations with courts and courtiers
SUBJECT Edward II, King of England, 1284-1327 fast
Gaveston, Piers, approximately 1284-1312 fast
Subject Favorites, Royal -- Great Britain -- Biography
Courts and courtiers
Favorites, Royal
Relations with courts and courtiers
SUBJECT Great Britain -- Court and courtiers -- Biography
Great Britain -- History -- Edward II, 1307-1327. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056759
Subject Great Britain
Genre/Form Electronic books
History
Biographies
Biographies.
Biographies.
Form Electronic book
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