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Edward's failings as King are hard to ignore, and one would find it hard to find positives. Yet do not forget that Edward had a father who was a warlord, a man constantly seeking conq
Edward II - Not The Complete Package
Granted, one would never associate these events within the stereotype of a successful Medieval monarch. In an age where Kings were all powerful, God-like beings, who inspired their subjects in government or on the battlefield, Edward II possessed little talent for either, and in a sense his contemporaries have rightly condemned his reign as a failure for the time, particularly after the heroic feats of his father Edward I. Yet is this criticism still valid today?
One must acknowledge that Edward II did have faults which counted against him as far as ruling the country was concerned. Royal favourites were never popular with the barons and nobles, and Edward's ignorance and failure to care about his relations with them was always going to lead to trouble. Secondly, whether you wish to be King or not [link widoczny dla zalogowanych], the hereditary system meant you were. Edward may have had little wish to rule England, but it was something he wasn't going to get away from. Preferring rural pastimes of his subjects, Edward should have cared more for his subjects themselves, and of the country at large, instead of indulging himself and favourites. It was unfortunate also that Edward's reign coincided with the glory years of Scotland's king Robert the Bruce. Edward would surely have been aware that after the damage inflicted on Scotland at the hands of his father, the Scots would seek retribution. As it happened, the Scots plundered the north of England for years, without Edward bothering to take action, and when he did, ineptness on the part of himself and his advisors meant Bruce totally defeated him at Bannockburn, effectively ensuring Scottish independence, and a rare Plantaganet defeat.
Is There Such A Thing As A Good Monarch?
Monarch's Crime Depends On The Monarch
In an age today when the monarch has nowhere near the power that the monarchs of old had, it is hard for the modern historians, professional or amateur, to contemplate life in a time when the King or Queen's word was absolute. Instead there is reliance on accounts of the time, which depending on the mood of the month and the opinion of the author, could warrant either exceptional praise or damning condemnation. King William II for example never got on well with the English Church, and as the priests and monks were the only authors of the age, William got a very bad press for his reign, and many historians must have relied on this evidence for centuries. As a result of this, is it really fair for a King such as Edward II to now come under such bad press for his reign?
After all [link widoczny dla zalogowanych], King Henry VIII is mainly remembered for his attempts at getting a son, but it is easy to forget the pace at which he killed off many men and women during his reign. He was very tyrannical, and rarely forgave, becoming increasingly unstable in later life. Some of the more modern dictators had the same 'qualities' and have rightly been vilified as a result, yet Henry has emerged unscathed. It seems acts of supreme cruelty can go uncondemned depending on who the monarch in question is.
Just about every biography or account one reads of King Edward II, it tells the same story; of a total failure as a monarch [link widoczny dla zalogowanych], totally unwilling to take on any of the responsibilities of a medieval King. Squeezed in between two of England's finest monarchs, Edward I and Edward III, King Edward II's reign has no glorious military campaignst to his name. Instead a humiliating 1314 defeat to Robert Bruce of Scotland at the Battle of Bannockburn, constant squabbles with leading magnates of the land, in particular his cousin Thomas of Lancaster, and collection of favourites who abused his trust, all ending in his sticky end at Berkeley Castle after being forced to renounce the throne.
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