Isabella of France was the highest-born queen that England had ever had, but her King was hardly the success that her pedigree deserved.

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Shownotes

For more information on the topics discussed in the show, click on these links!

Christopher Marlowe's Edward II (wikipedia)

Braveheart (wikipedia)

Ending of Love Actually (youtube)

The Ordinances of 1311 (englandscalling.wordpress.com)

Execution of Piers Gaveston (History Today)

Vita Edwardi Secundi (wikipedia)

The Tour de Nesle Scandal (History of Royal Women)

Battle of Bannockburn (wikipedia)

Treaty of Leake (wikipedia)

Battle of Boroughbridge (wikipedia)

 

 

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