Sherwood, Mary Martha, and Henry Sherwood. The Life of Mrs. Sherwood. Editor Kelly, Sophia, Darton.
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King Edward I
Standard Name: Edward I, King
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Literary Setting | Mary Martha Sherwood | Set in the reign of Edward I
and having for religion a sort of modification of Popery, and nothing more or less, |
| Residence | Elizabeth Smith | Even before the Smith family lost their money they were far less rooted than most people of the gentry class. In 1782 they moved from the family home at Burnhall or Burn Hall near Durham... |
| Textual Features | Margaret Holford | The main poem (in five cantos) begins by turning aside from the Greek Muses associated with softness, pleasure, and love (Wake not for me, ye Maids of Helicon!), and invoking instead the Dark... |
| Textual Features | Anna Maria Mackenzie | Her dedication to the Princess of Wales mentions, in capitals, the late HAPPY EVENT of her marriage (ill-starred, as it turned out) to the future George IV
, which had taken place earlier in the... |
| Textual Features | Adelaide O'Keeffe | The narrator for most of the story is Alfred Gaveston, son of the actual Piers Gaveston
who is notorious in history as the favourite of Edward II
. (Piers Gaveston in fact had one or... |
| Textual Production | Jean Plaidy | In this extremely well-populated series, this first Plantagenet led a long procession. Its followers were two novels in 1977, The Revolt of the Eaglets, and The Heart of the Lion (about Richard Coeur de Lion |
| Theme or Topic Treated in Text | Jane Brereton | JB
's true attitude to her own poetic vocation is hard to fathom. In An Expostulatory Epistle to Sir Richard Steele
upon the Death of Mr. Addison she calls herself the meanest of the tuneful... |
Timeline
1270: Eleanor of Castile followed her husband,...
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1270
Eleanor of Castile
followed her husband, the future Edward I
of England, on crusade.
Late 1272: Edward I heard of his succession to the English...
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Late 1272
Edward I
heard of his succession to the English throne (on the death of Henry III
on 16 November) while travelling home from the final crusade.
11 December 1282: The victory of Edward I over Llywelyn ap...
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11 December 1282
The victory of Edward I
over Llywelyn ap Gruffudd
, and Llywelyn's death on this day, brought Wales under English rule in what today would be called a colonial situation.
1290: King Edward I expelled all remaining Jews...
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1290
King Edward I
expelled all remaining Jews from England. According to Michelene Wandor
's The Music of the Prophets, they were to be gone by All Saints' Day, November the first.
1296: Edward I signalled the presumed success of...
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1296
Edward I
signalled the presumed success of his invasion and subjugation of Scotland (of which he claimed feudal overlordship) by removing to Westminster Abbey the Stone of Scone, which was linked to the crowning...
22 July 1298: The English-Welsh army of Edward I, having...
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22 July 1298
The English-Welsh army of Edward I
, having been lured dangerously deep into an already devastated Scottish countryside offering no sustenance, attacked the Scots under William Wallace
at Falkirk.
11 September 1298: William Wallace, fighter for the independence...
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11 September 1298
William Wallace
, fighter for the independence from England of Scotland (invaded in 1296 by Edward I
), won the victory of Stirling Bridge on the edge of Stirling, the narrow wooden structure giving...
7 July 1307: Edward I died, and on the 20th of July his...
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7 July 1307
Edward I
died, and on the 20th of July his son and heir received the homage of the English magnates as King Edward II
.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
23-24 June 1314: The English attempt to conquer Scotland was...
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23-24 June 1314
The English attempt to conquer Scotland was fought off by Scottish forces under Robert Bruce
at the Battle of Bannockburn near Stirling.
Christmas Day 1950: Four Scottish Nationalist students removed...
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Christmas Day 1950
Four Scottish Nationalist
students removed from Westminster Abbey in London the Stone of Scone, on which Scottish kings had been crowned until Edward I
seized it in 1296.
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