tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1885384407928289624.post5614202739384323053..comments2011-06-04T09:13:17.666-04:00Comments on The Unromantic Richard III: Richard the GuardianSusan Higginbothamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13517907583894026599noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1885384407928289624.post-58015625934422925752007-08-22T11:00:00.000-04:002007-08-22T11:00:00.000-04:00hi Susan,thanks for the welcome. Yes, I wrote my M...hi Susan,<BR/><BR/>thanks for the welcome. Yes, I wrote my Masters dissertation of John de Warenne, earl of Surrey (d. 1304) and my PhD is on Warenne and several other earls in Edward I's reign. <BR/><BR/>Not a very nice man it has to be said but having studied him for several years I have rather a soft spot for him and his eccentricities.Warenne1304https://www.blogger.com/profile/16901754496465939115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1885384407928289624.post-12253865651621647002007-08-21T12:54:00.000-04:002007-08-21T12:54:00.000-04:00Thanks, Alianore! Warenne, great to see a new "fac...Thanks, Alianore! Warenne, great to see a new "face" here! Your screen name makes me wonder if you have an interest in the Warenne who was Earl of Surrey?Susan Higginbothamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13517907583894026599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1885384407928289624.post-67035514267274668352007-08-20T10:09:00.000-04:002007-08-20T10:09:00.000-04:00have recently come across this blog, wonderful to ...have recently come across this blog, wonderful to find other people with 'unromantic' views about Richard III. <BR/><BR/>Richard's acts with regards to George Neville and Ann Beauchamp were understandable but little more than naked self-interest. This doesnt set him apart from his contemporaries but Ricardians have twisted it into portraying Richard as a jolly nice chap who was tiotally unconcerned with such trivial things as income.Warenne1304https://www.blogger.com/profile/16901754496465939115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1885384407928289624.post-84962803269068145142007-08-18T00:51:00.000-04:002007-08-18T00:51:00.000-04:00Great post! It's weird how some historians/noveli...Great post! It's weird how some historians/novelists have portrayed Richard as a kindly father figure because he took George into his household. Apparently they don't know much about the system of wardship in the Middle Ages!Kathryn Warnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00397714441908100576noreply@blogger.com