The Reputation of Edward II, 1305-1697 : : A Literary Transformation of History / / Kit Heyam.
During his lifetime and the four centuries following his death, King Edward II (1307-1327) acquired a reputation for having engaged in sexual and romantic relationships with his male favourites, and having been murdered by penetration with a red-hot spit. This book provides the first account of how...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Amsterdam : : Amsterdam University Press, , [2020] ©2020 |
| Year of Publication: | 2020 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Gendering the Late Medieval and Early Modern World ;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (348 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Table of Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1. Riot, Sodomy, and Minions
- 2. From Goats to Ganymedes
- 3. Edward II and Piers Gaveston
- 4. ‘Is it not strange that he is thus bewitch’d?’
- 5. Edward II as Political Exemplum
- 6. ‘No escape now from a life full of suffering’
- 7. Beyond Sexual Mimesis
- Conclusion: The Literary Transformation of History
- Appendix: Accounts of and allusions to Edward II’s reign , composed 1305–1697
- Index