31 January 1308: Sealing of the Boulogne Agreement by a group of - TopicsExpress



          

31 January 1308: Sealing of the Boulogne Agreement by a group of English noblemen in France attending Edward IIs wedding, including the earls of Pembroke, Lincoln, Surrey and Hereford (but not Warwick, interestingly enough). This document attempted to separate the two sides of kingship: the king as a person, and the Crown, and stated that the barons loyalty was due less to the current king than to the Crown itself. This theory, the doctrine of capacities, was to rear its head again during Edwards reign. The Agreement probably demonstrates the enormous concern over Edwards reliance on Piers Gaveston, though it also reflects the conflicts which arose between the king and the barons at the end of Edward Is reign, and Piers was not in fact mentioned.
Posted on: Fri, 31 Jan 2014 06:00:56 +0000

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