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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TheRed, post: 3049594, member: 87080&quot;]Very nice coin [USER=81808]@Aethelred[/USER] I really like it.&nbsp;&nbsp; Edward II also had the temerity to lose to the Scots at Bannokburn in 1314.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]762755[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>A reluctant, indecisive, cruel, and fickle king cannot survive military failures.&nbsp; He was constantly in debt, some of which was from his father, and had to request money from parliament regularly.&nbsp; His dependence on parliament enable it to strengthen its hold on the power of taxation and become an ever more important body.&nbsp; His nobles were in constant conflict with him, and even in open revolt for a time. </p><p><br /></p><p>Interestingly, there is a claim that Edward wasnt murdered, but instead escaped&nbsp; and spent the rest of his years in Italy as a hermit. A Genoese priest wrote to Edward III making said claim. The letter is authentic, but the veracity is hotly debated.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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