Poll
Question:
Who is the good guy?
Option 1: Richard III
votes: 7
Option 2: Henry Tudor (VII)
votes: 7
Option 3: I know nothing of this event and can't be arsed to research
votes: 1
I just watched this documentary
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvBIkhxDMEc
towards the end they're talking about the long standing Richard III society, keen to rehabilitate his image. And a new upstart Henry Tudor society who say no, that this revisionism is nonsense, Henry is the hero.
So.
Yes, yes, history is complicated and not black and white.
But if you have to support one, and assuming that if you choose Richard he will win, so don't let the actual outcome sway you.... Who is the good guy at the close of the Wars of the Roses?
Both kind of suck. But Richard III sucks more. The Yorkists had won and he fucked it up.
So I vote for the Welshman.
The trouble here is deciding based on limited information about Richard. We have a good snapshot of his brief reign and, with the Princes controversy set aside (I'm not sure where I stand on it, even after reading 3 books on the subject), he seems to have been a good ruler, fair minded, but with some nepotism given to the northerners.
In comparison, we have plenty of information about Henry VII's reign, and can make a far more informed up or down assessment of him.
I would have sided with Richard as the rightful ruler in such a situation, especially knowing the chaos that comes with Henry VIII's reign, but it's not an easy choice.
Yorkist to the bone. Richard III.
Knock knock.
Richard III. But just because I didn't want to look like an idiot and vote #3.
:P
I don't know much, not enough about Britannia to have an informed opinion on the matter, sadly.
Quote from: Tyr on February 28, 2017, 12:37:22 PM
I just watched this documentary
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvBIkhxDMEc
:lol: The presenter's accent is adorable.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPGb4STRfKw
Richard IV is the rightful King. :contract:
(https://ayearofcelebration.files.wordpress.com/2013/09/richard-iv.jpg)
At least the battle gave us a nice mnemonic. :bowler: