The perfect king: the life of Edward III, father of the English nation by Ian Mortimer

Author:Ian Mortimer
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Europe, History - General History, Kings and rulers, Edward III, England, Europe - Great Britain - General, Royalty, King of England, Biography: Royalty, 1312-1377, General, Biography & Autobiography, 1500, c 1000 CE to c 1500, Early history: c 500 to c 1450, 1327-1377, Great Britain, History, Edward, Non Fiction, British & Irish history
ISBN: 9780224073011
Publisher: Jonathan Cape
Published: 2006-09-15T07:56:38.290000+00:00

The events of the next three weeks were momentous for Flanders. To some men of Ghent, van Artevelde was pursuing the alliance with the English for his own personal gain. When van Artevelde returned from Sluys, he was seized and beaten to death by a mob. Edward shrewdly used the murder of his ally as an excuse more directly to intervene. To the count of Flanders he offered the chance of rehabilitation if the count would swear homage to him as the king of France. The count refused, and so Edward was free to neglect his interests and directly to negotiate with the merchant leaders of the three major towns, Bruges, Ypres and Ghent. The burghers of these places found themselves negotiating with a king who controlled the supply of wool to their weavers, and conveniently had an army of two thousand men-at-arms anchored off the coast. Edward made his case, the Flemings all agreed to continue to accept his kingship, and Edward agreed to rid the country of the count of Flanders' supporters. At the end of the month, Edward gave orders for his fleet to sail to a secret destination. Unfortunately his luck with storms once more proved decisive, and his ships found themselves sailing northwards for two days. The secret destination - wherever it was - remained secret. No sailors reached it. Edward realised he needed to regroup and returned to England.

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