Vita Edwardi condemns Gaveston
November 1310
English barons led by Thomas of Lancaster drew up the Ordinances, a sweeping reform program aimed at curbing Edward II's favorite Piers Gaveston and requiring parliamentary consent for royal expenditures and appointments. The document listed forty-one specific grievances against royal misgovernment. It was an early written attempt to constitutionalize the English monarchy, though the king would resist its terms fiercely.
In context
Also in 1310 (3 other events on record)
- Giotto paints the Scrovegni Chapel frescoes · Europe · Culture
- Hospitallers seize Rhodes from Byzantium · Europe · War
- Mansa Sakura restores Mali's fortunes · Africa · Politics
Before and after in Europe
Before and after in Politics
Era
Late Middle Ages (1301–1500), one of 874 events from that era on Saeculum.