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Piers Gaveston - Edward II's Adoptive Brother (Hardcover)
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Piers Gaveston - Edward II's Adoptive Brother (Hardcover)
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This is a highly original reappraisal of the role of Piers Gaveston
in English history and of his personal relationship with Edward II.
It challenges the accepted view that Gaveston had a homosexual
affair with Edward, and reassesses the main events of Gaveston's
career, including his exiles from England and the scandal over the
alleged theft of royal jewels. Pierre Chaplais draws his evidence
from documentary and narrative sources including unpublished record
evidence. The conclusions are fascinating and often surprising. The
unusual features of the famous royal charter of 6 August 1307,
which granted the earldom of Cornwall to Gaveston are discussed at
length for the first time. Special attention is also paid to the
king's personal intervention in the drafting and sealing of
documents relating to Gaveston, and to the history of the great
seal of absence used while Edward was in France in 1308. This
unique criticism of the documentary evidence by a leading
diplomatist and historian of the period reveals the reality behind
the myths surrounding Piers Gaveston, and makes fascinating
reading.
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