A parody of a prince?
Had a marvellous weekend at the Battle of Evesham festival, which has grown to epic proportions in recent years - if this goes on, they will be able to re-enact the battle with actual troop numbers.
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My thoughts on medieval history, plus book reviews, Q&As and extracts from my historical fiction and nonfiction.
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Restoring the Queen of Cities
On 15 August 1261 Michael VIII Palaiologos entered Constantinople in triumph via the Golden Gate in a public procession of penance and thanksgiving.
The spring of envy
#OTD in 1298 Edward I defeated William Wallace at the Battle of Falkirk.
Sub-kings & things
#OTD in 927 Constantine II of Scotland supposedly accepted the overlordship of Aethelstan of Wessex, as did Hywel Dda of Deheubarth, Ealdred of Bamburgh and King Owain of the Cumbrians.
The Stirling melodrama
In July 1304 the Stirling garrison surrendered to Edward I.
The sack of Jerusalem
In July 1099 Jerusalem fell to the First Crusade.
On the outlaw trail again
In 1279 one Nicholas of Leicester came before the justices of common pleas at York, where he begged to be excused for his previous failure to appear.
A rout at Llandeilo
#OTD in 1282 the battle of Llandeilo Fawr was fought in West Wales.
Golden-horned kings
Gruffudd ab Yr Ynad Coch was a Welsh poet who composed the moving elegy for Prince Llywelyn the Last, killed in 1282.
New England
When the English exiles arrived in Constantinople, they were offered places in the Varangian Guard by the Emperor.