Medieval History
Royal intrigues are by no means a modern phenomenon ? medieval monarchs were involved in conspiracies and cover-ups, according to best-selling author Ian Mortimer. Ian will be giving an open lecture on medieval conspiracies, in particular the impact of an allegation that Edward II was not murdered in 1327 but was still alive in 1330 and possibly even a decade after that.
A qualified archivist and a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, Ian has been called a Bill Bryson of the past. His work The Time Travellers Guide to Medieval England
appeared at number six in the Sunday Times bestselling paperback list in April 2010. He describes himself as ?emphatically not an academic but a writer whose prime historical interests are research methodologies, new literary forms, and relationships between the present and the past.?
Click here to read this article from Medievalists.net
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Medieval History
Rewriting history: royal conspiracies in late medieval England
Royal intrigues are by no means a modern phenomenon ? medieval monarchs were involved in conspiracies and cover-ups, according to best-selling author Ian Mortimer. Ian will be giving an open lecture on medieval conspiracies, in particular the impact of an allegation that Edward II was not murdered in 1327 but was still alive in 1330 and possibly even a decade after that.
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