tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-858388442726519896.post6335169152198637014..comments2024-02-03T06:48:02.019-08:00Comments on Royal Descent: {11} John Plantagenet (1266-1271), Firstborn Son of Edward IBrad Verityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12625952433525136026noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-858388442726519896.post-33350741745205695272010-03-11T13:57:57.513-08:002010-03-11T13:57:57.513-08:00This was a great post Brad. So sad. I wonder if ...This was a great post Brad. So sad. I wonder if the parents ever 'got used' to losing their children. Some writers have pointed out that because of the higher infant mortality rates throughout history, parents didn't feel the same way as we would today at the death of a child. I think that is a load of rubbish, as a death of a child would be devastating at any time. The fact that these royal babies were buried near the tomb of the confessor surely shows the love of their parents who wished them to be placed near a saint. And the handmade mosaic sounds like a beautiful tribute. <br /><br />I too shall look forward to your novel about Edward and Piers! Kathryn wishes it was finished already! YAY!Kate Plantagenethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15241511561334259406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-858388442726519896.post-26963888377314526252010-03-11T06:38:18.713-08:002010-03-11T06:38:18.713-08:00A novel about Edward and Piers?? *Faints with joy...A novel about Edward and Piers?? *Faints with joy*.Kathryn Warnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00397714441908100576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-858388442726519896.post-72428782280868196612010-03-10T11:18:36.616-08:002010-03-10T11:18:36.616-08:00Oh, that's some dashing escape. :)
Reminds me...Oh, that's some dashing escape. :)<br /><br />Reminds me of the German Emperor Otto II who after the lost battle of Cape Colonna in southern Italy escaped from Byzantine captivity by jumping off their ship and swimming ashore.<br /><br />And Heinrich IV escaped from the besieged Harzburg Castle through the well and some mines in the mountain (the Harzburg is one of those German hilltop castles).Gabriele Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17205770868139083575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-858388442726519896.post-35869614105025582692010-03-10T09:40:07.452-08:002010-03-10T09:40:07.452-08:00Thank you, Kathryn. I like to look at the overall...Thank you, Kathryn. I like to look at the overall picture - Edward of Caernarvon was meant to become king. At least that's how he and his father would've seen it. I think that true reform in administration wouldn't have occurred if Edward had been a strong military and chivalric leader like his father and his son were, as those reigns masked the horrific factional politics the feudal system created, which were played out in the open in Edward II's reign.<br /><br />I had a nice few hours wandering around Wallingford on a summer day in 2004. I walked the full perimeter of the castle ruins. In its heyday, it was huge and imposing - a true fortress! Yes, Cromwell basically had it shelled to rubble. He couldn't allow Royalists to use it against him.<br /><br />Blacklow Hill is a screenplay I wrote some years back about Edward, Gaveston, Elizabeth and Bohun, that I hope to turn into a novel.<br /><br />Gabriele, Edward I had a full life for sure. He's usually viewed now as a tyrant thanks to Braveheart (though no doubt the Scots saw him as such in his own time), but he was much more cultured than his image today, and I get the impression he didn't much like England. I think he preferred Aquitaine and the continent, being raised as he was by his mother's highly cultured relatives.<br /><br />He escaped from captivity at Hereford, by going out riding with a small band of knights, and suddenly taking off with a couple esquires and out-riding his pursuers. One of the knights was Thomas de Clare, younger brother of the earl of Gloucester, who had suddenly switched sides against Montfort a month beforehand, so its thought that Gloucester helped Edward plan his escape.Brad Verityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12625952433525136026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-858388442726519896.post-73532846834606221522010-03-09T09:45:32.873-08:002010-03-09T09:45:32.873-08:00Lol, Edward's life sure wasn't boring. Cap...Lol, Edward's life sure wasn't boring. Captivity, escapes, battles, sieges, crusades, and a few parties in between ... :)<br /><br />How did he escape from Hereford?Gabriele Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17205770868139083575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-858388442726519896.post-72063373316262269582010-03-08T22:46:06.908-08:002010-03-08T22:46:06.908-08:00Great post, Brad - I love to see Eleanor's dom...Great post, Brad - I love to see Eleanor's domestic situations put into the context of what was happening in the kingdom at the time. I sometimes ponder how different history would be if one of Edward II's elder brothers had lived to become king!<br /><br />I really wish that more remained of Wallingford Castle, given that it later belonged to my great hero ;) Piers Gaveston - wasn't it Oliver Cromwell who slighted it? Talking of Piers, I saw in another comment here that you're writing something called Blacklow Hill, Brad?Kathryn Warnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00397714441908100576noreply@blogger.com