tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5552020989914140175.post1638753021455849559..comments2023-10-29T12:03:02.806-04:00Comments on Passages to the Past: new book on King Henry VPassages to the Pasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16357366263195042306noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5552020989914140175.post-12647891827932204182009-03-21T15:47:00.000-04:002009-03-21T15:47:00.000-04:00I agree .. great conversation here.. Soft Kings wo...I agree .. great conversation here.. <BR/><BR/>Soft Kings wouldn't cut it back then. A healthy amount of fear and murder needed to be in the picture to last on the thrown..<BR/>Henry VIII had many people killed to advance himself.<BR/><BR/>It is all so very fascinating.. and I am glad it is HISTORY and not my NOW. :)<BR/><BR/>Great thoughts everyone.Tonihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09583701020058927481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5552020989914140175.post-2551163950139883302009-03-20T16:00:00.000-04:002009-03-20T16:00:00.000-04:00There is just so much I don't know about English h...There is just so much I don't know about English history! Fascinating conversation ladies.Jenny Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04077659644092707107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5552020989914140175.post-25995141146048340082009-03-19T21:07:00.000-04:002009-03-19T21:07:00.000-04:00Hi Amy. I've given you an award! come and pick it ...Hi Amy. I've given you an award! come and pick it up.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07127042690689033583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5552020989914140175.post-54388166036980765502009-03-19T11:04:00.000-04:002009-03-19T11:04:00.000-04:00Love your conversation!Love your conversation!Beth Fhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08627666337961326265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5552020989914140175.post-88596642370669544722009-03-19T07:51:00.000-04:002009-03-19T07:51:00.000-04:00Meghan...don't apologize...I loved hearing you...Meghan...don't apologize...I loved hearing your take on it. And I totally agree with your insights...soft kings don't make good kings (as we've seen with Henry III & Edward II). <BR/><BR/>Fighting for greed disguised as fighting for God...there's a lot of examples of that throughout history. Maybe that's why I'm turned off of religion?! I don't understand how you can kill other people just for what they believe it or don't believe in and then says it's for the glory of God...not the God that I know.Passages to the Pasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16357366263195042306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5552020989914140175.post-52489517924433954902009-03-19T07:44:00.000-04:002009-03-19T07:44:00.000-04:00Hm. That actually sounds quite biased in itself. ...Hm. That actually sounds quite biased in itself. I think Mr. Mortimer has been reading Henry's propaganda and going the complete opposite way. Has Mortimer stepped outside of the medieval world here? Henry pitched his conquests to what the world wanted at the time and for that can be accounted a great king. That doesn't make him a wonderful person. Sympathetic and compassionate men don't make great kings, at least not in the Middle Ages. And in all honesty his conquest was probably about his right to the throne of France rather than demonstrating God's approval, which was just a handy way of justifying it afterwards. I'm not sure I'd like this, but I'll probably read it just to see how wrong it is.<BR/><BR/>Sorry, Amy, too much medievalist in me here. ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com