Policy for the Masses - A legal history podcast
An analysis of some of the oldest laws in the UK, why were they made, what is their history and what can we learn.
Policy for the Masses - A legal history podcast
A Statute forbidding Bearing of Armour - 1313
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Season 1
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Episode 10
The year is 1313 your Edward the second, your best friend (Piers Gaveston) has just been murdered by your barons in 1312 and the country is slipping towards civil war. So as a show of strength (I say sarcastically) you pass a law to stop people wearing armour and bringing arms to parliament and other assemblies.
Links
A Statute forbidding Bearing of Armour - Link
The Last English Civil War - Link
The Eccentricities of Edward II - Link
Edward II and Military Obligation - Link
Piers Gaveston and the Royal Treasure - Link
An Anglo-Norman Poem by Edward II, King of England - Link
Special thanks to Purple Planet for the intro and outro track which was An Angel will Rise - Link