Edward Longshanks - Great King or Tyrant?

Edward Longshanks - Great King or Tyrant?

  • Great King

    Votes: 23 34.8%
  • Tyrant

    Votes: 5 7.6%
  • Both

    Votes: 38 57.6%

  • Total voters
    66
Sure...if you call constantly humiliating King John Balliol in front of his subjects, including summoning him to the English Court to stand trial, breaking his own treaty commitments to the Scots etc 'standing by his side of the treaty'.

My answer is both. Generally speaking the two go together and from an English PoV, no doubt Edward I would be viewed generally as a pretty damn good King, especially compared to his son, and, to a lesser extent, his father and grandfather.
 
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