Edward I

Edward I, who reigned between 1272 and 1307, is a controversial monarch who has provoked considerable debate among scholars working on the British Isles at the turn of the fourteenth century. Generally considered a successful king, his reputation has nevertheless waxed and waned as successive generations of historians have reassessed his life and kingship. Among the many contrasting interpretations presented in this earlier scholarship are, for instance, the autocrat versus the reformer, the warrior versus the statesman and the imperialist versus the continentalist. Edward’s reign, which witnessed wars of conquest, parliamentary expansion and the expulsion of the Jews, was also transformative, its impact extending to the farthest corners of the British Isles. A new generation of scholars has recently emerged offering fresh new insights on Edward himself and his reign, the deliberations of whom constitute the basis of this well-produced volume. After a brief but useful introduction by the editors

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