Being king in the medieval period was definitely not an easy ride of luxury, comfort, feasting, wine, women and song. Well, it was but it also had its drawbacks. Not only did one have to contend with foreign enemies (and enemies within your own ranks) but there were those pesky creatures called pretenders. Some of… Continue reading Pretenders: the plague of medieval kings….
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Perkin Warbeck made an ILLICIT play for power….?
“….Perkin Warbeck himself is a famed pretender to the throne, having made an illicit play for power in the 15th century by taking on the persona of a royal heir who had mysteriously disappeared….” So it is claimed on this site. Um, an illicit play for power? Come on, that throne was occupied by the… Continue reading Perkin Warbeck made an ILLICIT play for power….?
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