Edward I

Michael Prestwich

Yale University Press, 1997 - Biography & Autobiography - 618 pages

Edward I -- one of the outstanding monarchs of the English Middle Ages -- pioneered legal and parliamentary change in England, conquered Wales, and came close to conquering Scotland. A major player in European diplomacy and war, he acted as peacemaker during the 1280s but became involved in a bitter war with Philip IV a decade later. This book is the definitive account of a remarkable king and his long and significant reign. Widely praised when it was first published in 1988, it is now reissued with a new introduction and updated bibliographic guide.

"A masterly achievement...a work of enduring value and one certain to remain the standard life for many years". -- Times Literary Supplement

"A fine book: learned, judicious, carefully thought out and skillfully presented. It is as near comprehensive as any single volume could be". -- History Today

"To have died more revered than any other English monarch was an outstanding achievement; and it is worthily commemorated by this outstanding addition to the ...corpus of royal biographies". -- Times Education Supplement

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User Review  - Jan-Maat - Goodreads

A wide-ranging study that is rich in details, the barrels of pennies transports to pay soldiers, Hugo FitzHey who owed the knight service of himself a bow and an arrow and the construction of castles ...

Review: Edward I (The English Monarchs)

User Review  - Jeremy Perron - Goodreads

Michael Preswich's Edward I is a great book with only one flaw. One the biggest questions, to me, about King Edward I is: exactly why is he called Edward 'the First' when there was not one, not two ...

Contents

• The Green Tree 123958: 5
• The Leopard 12587o: 24
• The Crusader: 66
• The King in his Prime: 87
• Coronation and Consolidation: 89
• The King and his family: 108
• The Royal Household: 134
• The Conquest of Wales: 170
• Settlement and Rebellion: 202
• The Government of England 127886: 233
• 1o The Statutes and the Law: 267
• The Duke of Aquitaine 127394: 298
• Diplomacy 127494: 312
• The Later Years: 337
• Before the Storm 128994: 339
• The Great Cause 12912: 356
• The War with France 12948: 376
• The Years of Crisis 12948: 405
• Council and Parliament: 436
• The Scottish Wars 129613o7: 469
• The Last Years 129813o7: 517
• 2o Epilogue: 556
• Financial Tables: 568
• INDEX: 597

Popular passages

Page 584 - Annals of Scotland from the Accession of Malcolm III. Surnamed Canmore, to the Accession of Robert I.‎

About the author

Michael Prestwich is Professor of History at the University of Durham.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Edward I; Yale english monarchs series
• Author: Michael Prestwich
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Yale University Press, 1997
• ISBN: 0300071574, 9780300071573
• Length: 618 pages
• Subjects: Biography & Autobiography / Royalty