Richard III’s alleged hypocrisy

Richard has been accused of hypocrisy because of his tendency to
feign.

1. He feigned friendship with Rivers & Grey only to have them
arrested and executed.
2. He did the same with Hastings, 13th June, 1483.
3. And he feigned a reluctance to take the crown, which he had every
intention of taking.

This nettled Thomas More who accused Richard of hypocrisy, but More
forgot that Richard had learnt this from life at Court. Hadn't More
feigned regard for Henry VIII to become his Chancellor?

Richard, as a Duke, and More as an aspiring legal/political leader
must've tolerated a lot from Edward IV and his grandson: Henry VIII.
Both were fat, wine guzzling womanisers (both could be vicious, i.e.
regarding Edward, Clarence's execution (1478) and the destruction of
the House of Lancaster (1471,) Henry's executions are too numerous to
count: Edward IV's invasion of France in 1475 was a fiasco. After
massive preparations, Edward was lazily bought off with a bribe.
Richard commented on his disapproval at the time. More kept quiet
about Henry VIII's rupture with Rome, but must've been fuming
inside. It was only Henry's vindictive nature over More's silence
that caused More to be martyred.

So, Richard was really no more hypocritical than the other pond life
at Court: flunkies who feigned respect, but were frustrated inside.
More's attack on Richard III in his history (wisely never published
during his lifetime) was probably an attack on the entire institution
of monarchy: frustrations which were to eventually burst out during
the English Civil war and the great revolutions of independence, e.g.
the American order of the boot to George III. Richard III's
frustration with Edward IV was apparent in Titulus Regius where he
describes Edward's government as corrupt and incompetent and his
family `evil' or bastards!

here's an interesting website produced by some ucla students for a role playing game regarding the end of the wars of the roses. it provides some insight as to how "one" gets into charactor for the medieval game of politics in high places.

lots of factoids at the site too...all to set the scene/mindset.

http://www.studentgroups.ucla.edu/enigma/games/princes/

enjoy
roslyn

richardrichardrobert <richardrichardrobert@...> wrote:


Richard has been accused of hypocrisy because of his tendency to
feign.

1. He feigned friendship with Rivers & Grey only to have them
arrested and executed.
2. He did the same with Hastings, 13th June, 1483.
3. And he feigned a reluctance to take the crown, which he had every
intention of taking.

This nettled Thomas More who accused Richard of hypocrisy, but More
forgot that Richard had learnt this from life at Court. Hadn't More
feigned regard for Henry VIII to become his Chancellor?

Richard, as a Duke, and More as an aspiring legal/political leader
must've tolerated a lot from Edward IV and his grandson: Henry VIII.
Both were fat, wine guzzling womanisers (both could be vicious, i.e.
regarding Edward, Clarence's execution (1478) and the destruction of
the House of Lancaster (1471,) Henry's executions are too numerous to
count: Edward IV's invasion of France in 1475 was a fiasco. After
massive preparations, Edward was lazily bought off with a bribe.
Richard commented on his disapproval at the time. More kept quiet
about Henry VIII's rupture with Rome, but must've been fuming
inside. It was only Henry's vindictive nature over More's silence
that caused More to be martyred.

So, Richard was really no more hypocritical than the other pond life
at Court: flunkies who feigned respect, but were frustrated inside.
More's attack on Richard III in his history (wisely never published
during his lifetime) was probably an attack on the entire institution
of monarchy: frustrations which were to eventually burst out during
the English Civil war and the great revolutions of independence, e.g.
the American order of the boot to George III. Richard III's
frustration with Edward IV was apparent in Titulus Regius where he
describes Edward's government as corrupt and incompetent and his
family `evil' or bastards!







SPONSORED LINKS
United kingdom calling card United kingdom flower delivery Call united kingdom United kingdom phone card United kingdom hotel United kingdom vacation

---------------------------------
YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS


Visit your group "" on the web.

To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:
[email protected]

Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.


---------------------------------