Posted on 01/28/2018 9:43:51 AM PST by beaversmom
His daughter turned out to be almost as bad as him!
Which one - had two
Mary (Bloody Mary) a Catholic fanatic
or
Elizabeth a protestant fanatic
Elizabeth I wasn’t much better than Mary. Her target was priests and Catholic worshippers.
Thanks. I’ve read that account. Very gross.
Bloody Mary. She was portrayed in a very sympathetic light in Tudors, so it’s a bit of a shock then how she turned out.
If I recall, Tudors set some records for programming. And for good reason, it’s was excellent.
ROFL!
How funny! lol
At least Liz the First wasn’t paranoid. The Catholics really were out to get her.
Did either of Tudor women have children?
Killing Margaret de la Pole was his biggest atrocity
She was old and then last Plantagenet
Plus his dad had unjustly held and executed her touched little brother
Henry was not his dad who I think was a better king
Actually Parliament petitioned the Duke of Gloucester to become King rather than have them go through another child king which had led to disaster in the past. Also, the Bishop, Robert Stillington, showed up on the doorstep to reveal that Edward was not married to Elizabeth Woodville since he had married another lady years before. This, actually, was a common ploy of Edward’s. He was known to have slept with half the women of England. In fact, he bears an uncommon resemblance to Mr. Bill Clinton who also used ruses to get his BJs. Lastly, who says the kids were murdered? No evidence. The German diplomat, Von Poppelau said they were alive as late as 1485 - several months before Richard 3 himself died.
Anyone who thinks The Duke, appointed by his brother as Protector of the Realm in case of his death, had an easy or happy time of it in the spring of 1483, does not know the full story. I recommend historians John Ashdown-Hill and my pal, Stephen Lark, for the full story.
C, C++, C#, Java, or FORTRAN?
These old dead white guys remind me of the Clintons.
Your summary is quite enough. Thank you for putting in the work for us. [;^)
THAT... almost made me throw up.
You need to recommend a good history of all that stuff.
Yup! By executing anyone with brains and the ability to lead (not just royalty) they insured that France would go from the most powerful force in Europe, both militarily and scientifically, to a bunch of cheese eating surrender monkeys who could only win when led/rescued by foreigners...
Except these days they can't wait to surrender to the caliphate.
I am SO clicking on that link. Gross!
And the Tudors destroyed the evidence that supported Parliament’s move to make Richard king.
I have to admit a certain fascination with Richard III - he may be the most maligned monarch in British history.
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