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   Lord Edward's youth was a period of civil war in England know as the Baron's Wars. Instability and rebellion was the lasting legacy of King John. Edward was captured by rebel Barons after losing a battle in 1264 but managed to escape in a few months. Edward then led a force against the Baron leader, winning the Battle of Evesham in 1265, finally pacifying the realm. From 1271 to 1272, Edward was leading the Ninth Crusade, known as Lord Edward's Crusade. The last successful campaign in the Holy Lands before the final fall of Acre in 1291 and Ruad in 1302. After winning several battles, Edward was attacked in the night by an Assassin. No ordinary killer, he was sent by the Order of Assassins based out of Alamut and Masyaf Castles in Persia and Syria. Edward fought and killed the Assassin but had a festering wound from the poison dagger. He decided to depart for home. On his way back he received word his father had died. Upon arrival in England, he was coronated in Westminster Abbey, November 1272.
   
   He began his reign with the total conquest of Wales and the suppression of two rebellions from 1277 to 1283. He further expanded English control into Ireland. King Alexander II of Scotland died in 1286, without an heir so King Edward was invited to arbitrate their succession but took it as an opportunity for his Kingdom to extend its control over all of Britannia. Using this as a casus belli, he began his conquest of Scotland. However, faced with the Scottish heroes John Balliol, William Wallace, and Robert the Bruce, the wars in Scotland would take another 2 generations of English Kings, only to be fought to a stand still. France seized this opportunity to capture English holdings on the continent in 1294. Edward now found himself in a two front war against Scotland and France. France was Edward's first priority so he sailed South to fight and eventually retook Gascony by 1303.
   
   On the 18th July 1290, a day jews commemorate the Destruction of Israel, King Edward issued the Edict of Expulsion. Edward told the sheriffs of every county, all Jews must be expelled by no later than All Saints' Day, November 1 that year. Jews were allowed to leave with personal possessions, but debts and properties were claimed by the Crown. Thanks to King Edward, jews would disappear from England for the next 300 years. A period known today as the English Renaissance.