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[burntcopper]

I spent at least half the evening writing a short history of England, kings and queens based, as your average person would describe it. Occasional referring to the BBC for kings I wasn't sure on (and found out that there's a reason you don't know much about Stephen or Henry III). Ran into trouble once I finished James II, since I know bugger all beyond then, and even less about the Georges. (though what's interesting is that around then it suddenly gets littered with stuff about Prime Ministers and political parties and Cabinet ministers. Hmm. Were our history teachers trying to keep us from this pre-GCSE?)

Most entries are two lines max. For your perusal :

Henry III : Um. Does anyone know anything about this one?

Edward I, Hammer of the Scots, Longshanks : Hammer of the Scots. And the Welsh. And pretty much everyone.

Ignore *everything* Braveheart says. No, really. There isn't a single historically accurate fact in that thing. Well, except the torture scene, and now we've had Passion of the Christ, we now know far more about Mel Gibson's fixations than we ever wanted to.

Edward II : Gay. Murdered by his wife's boyfriend by the means of a red hot poker up his arse in some castle that wasn't his. (no really, what more do you need to know about a monarch?)

Edward III : Fought the French. Father of the Black Prince. Who was bloody scary in battle. Other son, John of Gaunt.

Richard II : Got on the throne as a kid - son of the Black Prince. Fell asleep during his coronation. Got deposed as an adult.

Henry VIII : Wives. Six of 'em. Founded the Church of England to get a divorce. Three legitimate kids that survived, a few illegitimate ones. (not exactly news when it comes to the British Monarchy) Apparently died of a syphilitic heart condition.

This is because I decided to add more to Oi Yanks No. Also being worked on are a brief description of attitude to religion and racial distribution, aka 'no we aren't religious' and 'what time is the next wave of immigration due?'

Oh, and I missed Holby City. :pout: Peter Wingfield, that's all I'm saying...

Also for those willing to squint please note what the sign says behind Ianto.

Comments

[delle.livejournal.com]

Stephen: King's nephew, invited over by the nobles because the rightful heir Matilda was basically a bitch on wheels. Extremely handsome; also extremely stupid and over-trusting.

Henry III: Son of John, inherited the throne very young and swore to uphold the Magna Carta as part of his inheritance (John had already tried to get it overthrown because it was forced out of him). Reigned a long time, built lots of churches. (Wasn't he married to Eleanor, who died young and he built all the Eleanor crosses where her body rested on its final journey?)

Are you going to do the later Plantagenets too? :bounces:

(am HUGE history geek)

Holby City

[miniosiris.livejournal.com]

Guessed he was on last nights ep from the blurb in the TV guide so sky + recorded it. Havn't seen it yet though.

Henry III

[bathtubracer.livejournal.com]

He was the first child king in England since the Norman Conquest. He spent much of his reign fighting the barons over the Magna Carta and the royal rights, and was eventually forced to call the first "parliament" in 1264.

[ladydchaos.livejournal.com]

i wondered who you were for a sec, cos your LJ name is different and i was wondering 'who the fuck' how did you do that without me adding you back? and why the change

[mingmerciless.livejournal.com]

You going to do an entry on Cromwell? After all, he was King in all but name!

[mrslant]

Also for those willing to squint please note what the sign says behind Ianto.

Blind as a bat here. What's it say?