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PAGEI.BIRTH AND EARLY YEARS1II.ACCESSION TO THE THRONE—EDWARD’S EARLIEST PROCEEDINGS17III.THE FIRST SEVEN YEARS36IV.MIDDLE PERIOD OF EDWARD’S LIFE, A.D. 1279–129050V.RETROSPECTIVE VIEW87VI.SCOTTISH AFFAIRS—THE ARBITRATION—THE WAR A.D. 1291–1296101VII.TROUBLES WITH FRANCE—WAR IN SCOTLAND128VIII.THE WAR WITH FRANCE, AND VARIOUS TROUBLES AT HOME, A.D. 1297157IX.WILLIAM WALAYS, A.D. 1297, 1298176X.PROLONGATION OF TROUBLES IN SCOTLAND—PARLIAMENTARY DISCUSSIONS IN ENGLAND, A.D. 1299–1302203XI.THE DISAFFORESTING QUESTION—THE COMMISSION OF TRAILBASTON, ETC., ETC., A.D. 1299–1305226XII.THE SETTLEMENT OF SCOTLAND, A.D. 1303–1305265XIII.BRUCE’S REBELLION: THE WAR WHICH FOLLOWED.—THE DEATH OF EDWARD: HIS CHARACTER290APPENDIX347
BIRTH AND EARLY YEARS
ACCESSION TO THE THRONE—EDWARD’S EARLIEST PROCEEDINGS
THE FIRST SEVEN YEARS
MIDDLE PERIOD OF EDWARD’S LIFE, A.D. 1279–1290
RETROSPECTIVE VIEW
SCOTTISH AFFAIRS—THE ARBITRATION—THE WAR A.D. 1291–1296
TROUBLES WITH FRANCE—WAR IN SCOTLAND
THE WAR WITH FRANCE, AND VARIOUS TROUBLES AT HOME, A.D. 1297
WILLIAM WALAYS, A.D. 1297, 1298
PROLONGATION OF TROUBLES IN SCOTLAND—PARLIAMENTARY DISCUSSIONS IN ENGLAND, A.D. 1299–1302
THE DISAFFORESTING QUESTION—THE COMMISSION OF TRAILBASTON, ETC., ETC., A.D. 1299–1305
THE SETTLEMENT OF SCOTLAND, A.D. 1303–1305
BRUCE’S REBELLION: THE WAR WHICH FOLLOWED.—THE DEATH OF EDWARD: HIS CHARACTER