The king reasserted English authority over Scotland and vigorously pursued his predecessors' military campaigns in France. Edward's 50-year reign (1327-77) did much to establish Plantagenet power in the centuries that followed. This is certainly true of the deeds of Edward III, according to Richard Barber. Historical reality can evidently be as engaging as the melodramas it inspires. The violence of Plantagenet politics, which is apparently not that dissimilar to the cruelty and scheming in George RR Martin's fantasy world of Westeros, has been discussed with a vividness rarely encountered in journals. Medieval scholars have seized their moment, offering to disentangle the disputed facts from the over-dramatised fiction. T he exploits of England's Plantagenet rulers are in the spotlight, thanks not least to Philippa Gregory's The White Queen.
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