tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post7774613258218759820..comments2024-02-26T00:59:26.907-08:00Comments on Ana the Imp: The Ghosts of TowtonAnastasia F-Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-67767818753351883442011-01-13T15:40:20.529-08:002011-01-13T15:40:20.529-08:00NP, yes, I know; it's a sad truth.NP, yes, I know; it's a sad truth.Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-60403271140785767302011-01-13T15:39:24.357-08:002011-01-13T15:39:24.357-08:00Anthony, I invariably am!Anthony, I invariably am!Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-15786381477238771052011-01-13T15:38:48.468-08:002011-01-13T15:38:48.468-08:00Calvin, yes, absolutely. I did not mean to imply ...Calvin, yes, absolutely. I did not mean to imply that these changes were intended. My apologies if there was any confusion on the point.Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-9220478268421399102011-01-13T09:14:08.123-08:002011-01-13T09:14:08.123-08:00My hunch is the nightmares the Tony Blairs and G.W...My hunch is the nightmares the Tony Blairs and G.W. Bushes of the world create haunt others far more than them.nothing profoundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02538561601096574876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-21770618659999522552011-01-13T08:00:49.665-08:002011-01-13T08:00:49.665-08:00It may not be neccesary after all, soon enough the...It may not be neccesary after all, soon enough the world will be made anew as there are cosmic events in progress.The problem is most people do not see it coming and go about their lives as usual and will be taken unaware.anthonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02931330128135957439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-4838421476326805512011-01-13T02:10:52.315-08:002011-01-13T02:10:52.315-08:00I believe those social changes were unintended con...I believe those social changes were unintended consequences of generations of strife, rather than the object of conflict. The ruling families depleted their numbers fighting one another, and wasted their fortunes making them dependent on funds from "inferiors," who thereby gained influence over the ruling elite. Once the power monolith fragmented, opportunists were able to exploit that disunity: hence the rise of institutional power supplanting individual power.<br /><br />Some time I hope to have leisure to examine parallels in other parts of europe, and in different cultures.Calvinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10640148105202971907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-36327632606044134372011-01-13T00:31:28.653-08:002011-01-13T00:31:28.653-08:00Anthony, what, a new Civil War? :-)Anthony, what, a new Civil War? :-)Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-85191488001906239592011-01-13T00:30:18.187-08:002011-01-13T00:30:18.187-08:00Calvin, absolutely not, but history has a tendency...Calvin, absolutely not, but history has a tendency to work through people rather than with them, even bloody thugs! Taken together the Hundred Years War and the Wars of the Roses brought some fundamental changes to English society and politics. In battle the plebeian archer replaced the mouinted aristocrat as the decisive weapon. In politics parliament became ever more demanding in its scrutiny of royal finances. In the dynastic struggle itself the old ruling class was decimated, allowing for the steady rise of those with more modest backgrounds, people like the Pastons, more English, if you like, less French. Henry Tudor himself had relatively modest origins when set against the traditional great aristocratic houses. His claim to the throne was weak, obliging him to build up the state as a counterweight to the traditional modes of rule. So I think I am right to suggest that this whole time was one of transition, away from fragmented feudalism towards a more complete sense of a single nation.Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-10778074228559764232011-01-12T18:10:54.508-08:002011-01-12T18:10:54.508-08:00This would be a good remedy for a present day bun...This would be a good remedy for a present day bunch of imported ingrates.anthonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02931330128135957439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-37320735359196869682011-01-12T17:57:42.054-08:002011-01-12T17:57:42.054-08:00Hmm. Aren't we really eulogizing a gangland t...Hmm. Aren't we really eulogizing a gangland turf struggle, like Crips v. Bloods or Capone v. Nitty? I doubt any of the participants entertained modern notions of 'nation-building' or any such abstract conceit. I think the Wars of the Roses were fought by power-hungry thugs determined to exterminate their rivals. Supporters on each side may have been motivated by fealty or by the promise of preferment, but I see little evidence of virtue in these brutal encounters.Calvinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10640148105202971907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-22126673679244125062011-01-12T16:40:25.156-08:002011-01-12T16:40:25.156-08:00Beautifully put, Jeremy.Beautifully put, Jeremy.Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-50120448785422445082011-01-12T16:40:03.136-08:002011-01-12T16:40:03.136-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Fletch's Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16402507296202065300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-10707893086746807372011-01-12T16:36:15.181-08:002011-01-12T16:36:15.181-08:00There in Gods hands now, and nothing can be done t...There in Gods hands now, and nothing can be done to strip them of the identity they have in God.Jeremy Jansonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03218395232783877050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-54885942011914560392011-01-12T16:31:18.563-08:002011-01-12T16:31:18.563-08:00I should hope so!
Actually, I think that point ...I should hope so! <br /><br />Actually, I think that point is substantive rather than metaphysical. The dynastic wars, involving so many ordinary citizens, helped develop an idea of England as a nation (a continuation from the Hundred Years War), not simply defined by the royal house. The <i>Paston Letters</i> are a wonderful insight both into the period and to the rise of a new ‘middling’ sort.Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-77434029458552858772011-01-12T16:11:38.133-08:002011-01-12T16:11:38.133-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Fletch's Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16402507296202065300noreply@blogger.com