1315 - 17 or 22: This disaster, occurring from Russia to England to Italy was marked by crime, disease, mass death, cannibalism and infanticide.
Edward's court was an itinerant court consisting of two parts; the central part of his court was called this, and numbered about 500, including knights, squires, kitchen and transport staff; it was also surrounded by a wider group of courtiers, and also attracted prostitutes and criminal elements.
1316 - 18: Lancaster became head of the royal council, and defacto ruler of England; after a failed attempt to have these re-implemented, he refuses to meet with Edward in parliament for two years, bringing government to a halt, stymieing any hope of a fresh Scottish campaign, and raising fears of civil war; Treaty of Leake pardons Lancaster and establishes a new royal council.
1317: King Edward II was the first monarch to establish a college, this college, at Cambridge University.
1319: This Scottish king continues to push south into Lancashire and Yorkshire, even threatening York; Edward mounts an unsuccessful campaign, finding it difficult to feed the troops.
1320: Lord de Braose of Gower sold his Lordship to his son-in-law; the King, against the law, confiscated Gower and gave it to this favorite.
1321: With discontent over Edward II's new favorites, this Civil war named after one of them, breaks out; the family is banished.
Some of the rebel Lord's switch to the King's side, hoping to obtain offices left vacant by this family.
1322: Lancaster's forces are defeated at this battle, and he is found guilty of treason and beheaded.
1322: Rebel lords, called this, were not allowed to speak at their trials, many were executed.
1322: Fines and confiscations made Edward rich; a parliament at York formally revoked these through the Statute of York; taxes are levied for a new Scottish campaign, which ended up in failure.
As Edward II had ruled through Gaveston earlier, he now rules through Hugh Despenser the Younger; as the Despensers were enriching themselves, miracles were reported at the tomb of this executed rebel, and Roger Mortimer escaped from the Tower and flees to France, chaos was reigning.
1324: Disagreements with this new French King over Gascony lead to the War of Saint-Sardos.
1324: Edward II orders the arrest of any French person in England, seizes the land of this, his wife, and sends troops under the command of the Earl of Surrey; he then sends his wife to negotiate with the French.
1325: Edward gives his son this region and sends him to the French king to do homage; his wife and son do not return; his wife unites with exiled Roger Mortimer, Edward's opponents gather around them in Paris.
1326: Edward II becomes the first King to establish a college at Oxford University, giving this college its royal charter.
The Queen proposes a marriage between Prince Edward and this daughter of William, the Count of Hainaut, who supplies her with ships for an invasion.
The Queen, Mortimer, and twelve-year-old Prince Edward meet virtually no resistance as they march towards London; Edward II flees with these hated supporters of his; London descends into anarchy.
1326: Edward II is captured; many of his supporters are executed; there is no mechanism to remove a king, the next year Parliament summons him to discuss the matter, he refuses to attend; Londoners cry for this person to be made king.
1327: A delegation informs Edward that if he were to do this, his son Prince Edward would succeed him; if he failed to so do, an alternative candidate might be chosen, presumably Roger Mortimer; in tears he accepts the suggestion; William Trussell, representing the kingdom as a whole, withdraws his homage formally ending Edward's reign; his son is crowned at Westminster, though his mother and Mortimer rule in his name.
1327: Edward II is held prisoner, it is unclear how well he was treated; after repeated attempts by his supporters to do this, he is moved from castle to castle, and eventually reported to have died; debate continues as to whether he was killed.
1327: Edward II was interred here, because other abbeys had refused to take the King's body; his heart was later removed to London and buried with his Queen.
1327: On the basis of this, some theorize that Edward II did not die, but escaped and became a hermit in the Holy Roman Empire.
1330: Edward III arrests and executes this person; one of the charges is for the murder of Edward II.
1330's: Lacking a local pilgrimage attraction, local monks encourage the veneration of Edward II; miracles are reputed to have occurred at his tomb; in 1395 this King sponsors an unsuccessful attempt to have him canonized.
1592: The play Edward II by this famous English playwrite, focuses on Edward's relationship with Piers Gaveston, mimicking concerns of the English about the relationships between monarchs and their favorites; his death is portrayed as a martydom.; in 1991 Derek Jarman adapted it to a film; 1995 David Bintley adapted it as a ballet, which in turn was adapted as a symphony by John McCabe.
1995: In this Mel Gibson film he is portrayed as a weak effeminate leader.
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