The history of England, from the accession of Henry III. to the death of Edward…
1339. Edward's invasion of France
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Oct. Campaign of the Thiérache
23 Oct. The failure at Buironfosse
Alliance between Edward and the Flemish cities
James van Artevelde
Jan., 1340. Edward III. at Ghent
His proclamation as King of France
20 Feb. His return to England
22 June. His re-embarkation for Flanders
Parallel naval development of England and France
The Norman navy and the projected invasion of
England
24 June. Battle of Sluys
Ineffective campaigns in Artois and the Tournaisis
25 Sept. Truce of Esplechin
30 Nov. Edward's return to London
The ministers displaced and a special commission
appointed to try them
30 Nov. Controversy between Edward and Archbishop Stratford.
23 April, 1341. Parliament at London supporting Stratford and forcing
Edward to choose ministers after consulting it.
1 Oct. Edward's repudiation of his concessions.
April, 1343. Repeal of the statutes of 1341.
John of Montfort and Charles of Blois claim the
duchy of Brittany.
War of the Breton succession.
June, 1342. The siege of Hennebont raised.
Chapters
1. Chapter 1
2. CHAPTER I.
3. 1217. Rising of Wilkin of the Weald
4. CHAPTER II.
5. 1219. Pandulf the real successor of William Marshal
6. 1225. Expedition of Richard of Cornwall and William
7. 1228. The Kerry campaign
8. 1231. Henry III.'s second Welsh campaign
9. 1232. Riots of Robert Twenge
10. CHAPTER III.
11. 1234. Richard Marshal in Ireland
12. 1235. Robert Grosseteste, Bishop of Lincoln
13. 1243. Truce with France
14. CHAPTER IV.
15. 1254. Marriage and establishment of Edward the king's son
16. 1254. Llewelyn ap Griffith sole Prince of North Wales
17. 1257. Welsh campaign of Henry and Edward
18. 1257. Richard of Cornwall elected and crowned King of the Romans
19. 1224. Arrival of Agnellus of Pisa and the first Franciscans
20. CHAPTER V.
21. 1263. Reconstitution of parties
22. CHAPTER VI.
23. 1266. The revolt of the Disinherited
24. 1267. Statute of Marlborough
25. CHAPTER VII.
26. 1285. Deaths of Philip III., Charles of Anjou, Peter of
27. 1278. Statute of Gloucester
28. CHAPTER VIII.
29. 1277. Treaty of Aberconway
30. 1282. Edward's second Welsh campaign
31. 1283. Parliaments and financial expedients
32. CHAPTER IX.
33. 1291. Treaty of Tarascon
34. 1290. Statute of Westminster, the third (_Quia emptores_)
35. 1291. The courts at Ystradvellte and Abergavenny
36. 1290. Expulsion of the Jews
37. 1286. Death of Alexander III. of Scotland
38. 1290. Treaty of Brigham
39. 1290. Death of Eleanor of Castile
40. CHAPTER X.
41. 1294. Edmund of Lancaster's failure to procure a settlement
42. 1294. Revolts of Madog, Maelgwn, and Morgan
43. 1295. Failure of the Gascon campaign
44. 1296. Gascon expedition and death of Edmund of Lancaster
45. CHAPTER XI.
46. 1297. Edward's unsuccessful campaign in Flanders
47. 1302. Philip IV.'s troubles with the Flemings and Boniface VIII
48. 1303. Conquest of Scotland seriously undertaken
49. 1305. Disgrace of Winchelsea and Bek
50. 1305. Ordinance of Trailbaston
51. CHAPTER XII.
52. 1307. Peter Gaveston Earl of Cornwall
53. 1310. Renewal of the opposition of the barons to Gaveston
54. 1311. The ordinances
55. 1312. Fall of the Templars
56. 1314. The siege of Stirling
57. CHAPTER XIII.
58. 1318. Death of Edward Bruce at Dundalk.
59. 1319. Renewed attack on Scotland.
60. 1320. War between the husbands of the Gloucester heiresses
61. CHAPTER XIV.
62. 1324. Their breach with Queen Isabella.
63. 1324. Affair of Saint-Sardos.
64. 1325. Treachery of Charles IV. and second sequestration of
65. 1326. Relations of Mortimer and Isabella
66. 1327. Abortive Scottish campaign
67. CHAPTER XV.
68. 1337. The new earldoms
69. 1333. Attempt to procure his restoration
70. 1341. Return of David Bruce from France
71. 1328. Accession of Philip of Valois in France
72. 1328. The legal and political aspects of the succession
73. 1336. Abandonment of the crusade by Benedict XII
74. 1337. Mission of the Cardinals Peter and Bertrand
75. 1337. Breach between France and England
76. CHAPTER XVI.
77. 1339. Edward's invasion of France
78. 1343. Battle of Morlaix.
79. 1346. Siege of Aiguillon and raid in Poitou.
80. CHAPTER XVII.
81. 1351. Statute of labourers.
82. 1353. First statute of _præmunire_.
83. 1349. Foundation of the Order of the Garter.
84. 1352. Battle of Mauron
85. 1352. Capture of Guînes
86. 1355. Failure of the negotiations and renewal of the war
87. 1356. Operations of John of Gaunt in Normandy in alliance
88. 1358. Preliminaries of peace signed between Edward III.
89. CHAPTER XVIII.
90. 1365. Treaty of Guérande
91. 1366. Expulsion of Peter the Cruel from Castile by Du
92. 1371. Battle in Bourgneuf Bay.
93. 1371. The Black Prince's return to England with shattered
94. 1370. Futile expeditions of Lancaster and Knowles.
95. 1372. Edward III.'s last military expedition.
96. 1374. Ruin of the English power in France.
97. CHAPTER XIX.
98. 2. Map of Southern Scotland and Northern England in the XIIIth and
99. CHAPTER I.
100. CHAPTER II.
101. CHAPTER III.
102. CHAPTER IV.
103. introduction to his translation of _Chronicles of the Mayors
104. CHAPTER V.
105. CHAPTER VI.
106. 1263. And the dissolution of the dominant faction once more gave Edward
107. CHAPTER VII.
108. CHAPTER VIII.
109. 1265. The alarm created by this shows that Edward perceived the danger
110. CHAPTER IX.
111. CHAPTER X.
112. CHAPTER XI.
113. 1296. It was Wallace's glory that he fought his fight and paid the
114. 1306. Scotland was obedient; the French alliance was firmly cemented;
115. CHAPTER XII.
116. 1309. It was simply that popular co-operation was regarded as
117. 1313. He left behind him the reputation of a saint and a hero, and a
118. CHAPTER XIII.
119. 1318. Twice Edward himself went to the north, and on one occasion
120. CHAPTER XIV.
121. CHAPTER XV.
122. 16. There, on July 22, Edward revoked all commissions addressed to the
123. CHAPTER XVI.
124. 1312. Edward was not the sort of man to endure the thraldom that his
125. CHAPTER XVII.
126. CHAPTER XVIII.
127. CHAPTER XIX.
128. 1330. Lionel's death added to the vast inheritance of the Mortimers and
129. 1371. The old king was a mere pawn in the game. His health had been
130. 1200. Fragments of Pipe Rolls for our period can be seen in print in
131. Chapter X, Paragraph 4, for Earl of Cornwall read Earl of Lancaster.
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