Cultural depictions of Edward I of England

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Edward I of England has been portrayed in popular culture a number of times.

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Literature

Edward's life was dramatised in the Famous Chronicle of King Edward the First , a Renaissance theatrical play by George Peele.

Edward I was often featured in historical fictions written in the Victorian and Edwardian Eras. Novels featuring Edward from this period include Truths and Fictions of the Middle Ages (1837) by Francis Palgrave, G. P. R. James's Robin Hood novel Forest Days; or Robin Hood (1843), The Lord of Dynevor: A Tale of the Times of Edward the First (1892) by Evelyn Everett-Green, Simon de Montfort; or, The third siege of Rochester Castle by Edwin Harris (1902), and De Montfort's squire. A story of the battle of Lewes by the Reverend Frederick Harrison (1909) [1] The Prince and the Page: A Story of the Last Crusade (1866) by Charlotte Mary Yonge, is about Edward's involvement in the Ninth Crusade, and depicts Edward as chivalrous and brave. [1] [2]

The play The King's Jewery (1927) by Halcott Glover deals with Edward's relationship with England's Jewish community. [3] The Baron's Hostage (1952) by Geoffrey Trease depicts Edward as a young man, and features Edward taking part in the Battle of Evesham. [4]

Edward is unflatteringly depicted in several novels with a contemporary setting, including the Brothers of Gwynedd quartet by Edith Pargeter, where Edward is depicted as the antagonist of the novel's Welsh heroes. [5] Edward I also appears in The Reckoning and Falls the Shadow by Sharon Penman, The Wallace and The Bruce Trilogy by Nigel Tranter, and the Brethren trilogy by Robyn Young, a fictional account of Edward and his involvement with a secret organisation within the Knights Templar. [6] In the Hugh Corbett historical mystery novels by Paul C. Doherty, the titular hero is employed by Edward I to solve crimes. [7]

Hungarian poet Janos Arany's ballad The Bards of Wales retells the legend of the 500 Welsh bards, who were burned at the stake by King Edward I of England for refusing to sing his praises during a banquet at Montgomery Castle, following the Plantagenet conquest of Wales. [8]

The poem was meant as a veiled attack against Emperor Franz Joseph and Tsar Nicholas I of Russia for their roles in the defeat of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848 and for the repressive policies in the Kingdom of Hungary that followed the end of the uprising. [9]

Film and television

Radio

Video games

Edward is featured as the main antagonist in the cutscenes of the tutorial campaign of the 1999 video game Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings . He is featured as the protagonist of his own campaign in the Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition expansion Lords of the West. [13]

Citations

  1. 1 2 Ernest A. Baker, A Guide to Historical Fiction. London : G. Routledge and Sons, 1914.(pp. 22-3)
  2. Mike Horswell, The Rise and Fall of British Crusader Medievalism, c.1825–1945 .Abingdon-on-Thames, Oxford; Routledge. ISBN   9781351584258 (pp. 68-70).
  3. "Mr. Glover is a modernist both in form and in feeling. Consequently when he treats...race prejudice in England at the time of Edward I in "The King's Jewery," he does so with a radiant straightforwardness..." "The New Books: Drama". The Saturday Review , July 23, 1927, (p. 997)
  4. Myron J. Smith, War Story Guide: an annotated bibliography of military fiction. Scarecrow Press, 1980. ISBN   978-0810812819 (p. 41)
  5. Janet Husband, Jonathan F. Husband Sequels: An Annotated Guide to Novels in Series. American Library Association, 2009. ISBN   0838909671 (p. 528).
  6. ""The Brethern Trilogy: The Fall of the Templars" by Robyn Young. Reviewed by Phyllis T. Smith. Historical Novel Society. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
  7. Anne McKendry, Medieval Crime Fiction: A Critical Overview. McFarland, 2019 ISBN   1476666717 (pp. 53-55).
  8. "kfg moore | Poet | A Walesi Bárdok / The Welsh Bards". kevin-moore.co.uk.
  9. "Tale of Welsh bards' massacre taught to generations... in Hungary". 2013.
  10. Traquair, Peter. Freedom's Sword: Scotland's Wars of Independence. HarperCollins, 1998, ISBN   9780004720807 (p. 147)
  11. Children's Hour:The Baron's Hostage" BBC Home Service Basic, 17 September 1958. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
  12. "Classic Serial:Plantagenet" Mahoney, Elisabeth. The Guardian ,30 May 2011. 2 June 2021.
  13. "Pre-Order Age of Empires II: DE – Lords of the West, coming January 26th! – Age of Empires". www.ageofempires.com.

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