[Ansteorra] period kings and gambling

[Randy Shipp]

In The Time Traveler's Guive to Medieval England, Ian Mortimer says that
Edward III was "prone to losing at dice, payout out nearly £4 on a single
day in 1333."  So, Edward at least was good for his gambling debts.

Randy...

On Sat, Jul 2, 2011 at 3:22 PM, Stefan li Rous <StefanliRous at austin.rr.com>
wrote:
> On Jul 1, 2011, at 11:08 PM, Tim McDaniel wrote:
>
>>  I dimly recall that there were major shockwaves when
>> Edward III defaulted to the Genoese.
>>
>> Danielis de Lindo
>
> That is exactly why I asked my original question.  Did kings simply say "I
> lost. I'm not paying. So deal with it."
>
> And in that case, what could the abused party do? And so, why if you
thought
> this was likely, would you even bet against the King?
>
> Stefan
>
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