The Balliol Dynasty
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The Balliol Dynasty

1210-1364

  1. 416 pages
  2. English
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eBook - ePub

The Balliol Dynasty

1210-1364

About this book

This study examines the political ambitions and influences of the Balliol dynasty in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries in Scotland, England and France. The generally accepted opinion in previous historiography was that John (II), king of Scots from 1292 to 1296, and Edward Balliol (d. 1364) were politically weak men and unsuccessful kings. In a reassessment of the patriarch of the family, John (I) (d.1268), the Balliols are revealed as committed English lords and loyal servants of the kings of England, underlining how the family has been unfairly judged for centuries by both chroniclers and historians, who have assessed them as Scottish kings rather than as English lords. Despite the forfeiture of the Balliol estates in England and Scotland in 1926, John (II) and Edward retained close relationships with the successive English kings and used these connections to fuel their political ambitions. Their kingships illustrate their desires to recover some influence in English politics which the family had enjoyed in the mid-thirteenth century. This re-evaluation of the Balliols highlights their relationship with the English crown.

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Information

Publisher
John Donald
Year
2008
Print ISBN
9781904607731
eBook ISBN
9781788854023
Topic
History
Subtopic
British History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. List of Plates
  6. List of Maps
  7. Acknowledgements
  8. Abbreviations
  9. Genealogical Tables
  10. Introduction: The Political Ambitions and Influences of the Balliol Dynasty, c. 1210–1364
  11. Chapter One The ‘Treasured Pile’
  12. Chapter Two ‘A Knight and Man of Great Power and Authority’
  13. Chapter Three ‘He who shall be king . . .’
  14. Chapter Four Loyalty, Opposition and Government, 1292–95
  15. Chapter Five ‘A Lamb among Wolves’
  16. Chapter Six ‘Tuyme Tabart he was callit eftirwart’
  17. Chapter Seven ‘Crounede Kyng of that Lande’
  18. Chapter Eight Loyalty, Opposition and Campaigns, 1332–40
  19. Chapter Nine The ‘Pseudo-king of Scotland’
  20. Conclusion The Legacy of the Balliol Dynasty
  21. Appendix A Selected Extensions of the Balliol/Bailleul Family
  22. Appendix B Selected Documents for John (I) Balliol
  23. Appendix C Selected Documents for John (II) Balliol
  24. Appendix D Selected Documents for Edward Balliol
  25. Appendix E Edward Balliol’s English Payments, 1296–1363
  26. Bibliography
  27. Index