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Há 6 dias · Edward had a close and controversial relationship with Piers Gaveston, who had joined his household in 1300. The precise nature of Edward and Gaveston's relationship is uncertain; they may have been friends, lovers, or sworn brothers.
Há 5 dias · Piers Gaveston, primeiro conde da Cornualha, era um claro favorito de Eduardo II e de fato se tornou um homem poderoso na corte. Esta preferência, no entanto, tornou-o bastante impopular entre os nobres. Gaveston acabou sendo executado em 19 de junho de 1312. © Getty Images
8 de mai. de 2024 · Piers Gaveston, 1st Earl of Cornwall was a clear favorite of Edward II and indeed became a powerful man in the court. This, however, made him quite unpopular among noblemen. Gaveston ended up being executed on June 19, 1312.
Há 3 dias · Edward II is believed by many historians to have been gay. He certainly had favourites and this added to the resentment of men like Mortimer and others who were jealous of what they saw as undeserved honours and property rights granted to such men as Piers Gaveston and Hugh Dispenser.
Há 3 dias · The mid 13th-century north arcade is of five bays, on slender quatrefoil piers with moulded capitals, and has a hood-moulding with sawtooth ornament. The north doorway of the aisle matches the arcade, but must be re-set if, as seems likely, the aisle was widened in the late Middle Ages.
Há 5 dias · There are now three piers in the harbour. The New Pier, in process of construction in 1798 (ibid. 162–4), is the outer one, the Middle or Vincent's Pier has the lighthouse, and the third and oldest is used by the fishers.
Há 6 dias · In 1311 (Edward II.) five of the king's not very respectable or law-fearing household were arrested in Fleet Street for a burglary; and though the weak king demanded them (they were perhaps servants of his Gascon favourite, Piers Gaveston, whom the barons afterwards killed), the City refused to give them up, and they probably had ...
