Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1 Objectivity and information: a methodological introduction -- 2 Sermons of sodomy: a reconsideration of Edward II's sodomitical reputation -- 3 The death of Edward II in Berkeley Castle -- 4 Twelve angry scholars: reactions to 'The death of Edward II' -- 5 The plot of the earl of Kent, 1328-30 -- 6 Edward III, his father and the Fieschi -- 7 Edward III and the moneylenders -- 8 Richard II and the succession to the Crown -- 9 The rules governing succession to the Crown, 1199-1399 -- 10 Regnal legitimacy and the concept of the royal pretender -- 11 Concluding remarks -- Full titles of works cited in the notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
Ian Mortimer examines some of the most controversial questions in medieval history, outlining his ground-breaking approach to historical evidence. An important work from one of today's most original and popular medieval historians.
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