Article: Death on Blacklow Hill; COVENTRY: THE MAKING OF A CITY.(Features)

Article: MENAGE A ROI EDWARD II & PIERS GAVESTON.
History Today;  June 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... homosexual lovers, and that Edward's passion for Gaveston drove a wedge, ultimately ... has suggested, in Piers Gaveston: Edward II's Adoptive Brother ... separated from the Prince was Gaveston. Edward wrote to his sister Elizabeth ...

Article: Piers Gaveston
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition;      450 words ...Piers Gaveston , d. 1312, favorite of Edward II of England. Son of a ... new king's niece. When Edward was absent in France (1308), Gaveston was regent. His greed and ... barons, who forced (1308) Edward to banish him. He was made ...

Gaveston, Piers.
The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.;  January 1, 2000 ;     408 words ...Gaveston, Piers , d. 1312, favorite of Edward II of England. Son of ... new king's niece. When Edward was absent in France (1308), Gaveston was regent. His greed ... barons, who forced (1308) Edward to banish him. He was ...

Gaveston, Piers.(Reference Source)
The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.;  January 1, 1993 ;     460 words ... ... the new king's niece. When Edward was absent in France (1308), Gaveston was regent. His greed and ... barons, who forced (1308) Edward to banish him. He was made ... controlled the government, exiled Gaveston again. When he returned within ...

Dictionary definition: Gaveston, Piers
A Dictionary of World History;      291 words ...Gaveston, Piers ( c. 1284 ... brother of the future EDWARD II , he exploited the ... infatuation for him. Edward gave him the earldom ... for his banishment; Edward twice complied (1308, 1311), but Gaveston returned and in 1312 ...

Article: THE MONDAY BOOK: More of a damp squib than a red-hot poker ...
The Independent - London;  June 17, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... death by hot poker. Gaveston's story has been often ... Christopher Marlowe's play Edward II and a 1991 film by ... sorry menage. The modern Gaveston is set in an "ancient ... which the bullying Edward is seeking, insidiously, to add to his empire. Gaveston's royal favour is an ...

Article: Gaveston Diverse Attractions Theatre ***Until 28 August
The Scotsman;  August 25, 1999 ;     312 words ...Trouble in the court of the auld enemy. Edward II of England has a Gascon favourite, Piers Gaveston, and the earls do not like it so they dispose of him. Three talented young actors of the Old Cold Wharf Company tell the story ...