1254 Before leaving, Henry appointed his wife Eleanor to rule in his stead with Richard serving as her adviser. Their […]
Tag: Gascony
The third Eleanor
1254 It had been Henry’s intention to come to Gascony and show that it could be ruled with peace and […]
Maker and lover of strife
1252 A humiliated and insulted Henry called his governor a “maker and lover of strife” and ordered him to observe […]
An absolute mess
1250 Henry’s policy in Gascony was an absolute mess. The province was nominally Richard’s, but now, at the queen’s insistence, […]
The rights of common people
1248 Meanwhile the real warfare was in the east. The Mongols had swept through Poland and Hungary before turning south […]