York vs Lancaster: The Gruesome Truth Behind The Wars Of The Roses | Warfare | Chronicle
Published 2023-06-03
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All Comments (21)
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Imagine the political leaders of today actually taking up arms and fighting thier own battles.....Inconceivable!
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Truth? A lot of poor people dying for the sake of wealthy peoples egos. Like all wars.
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This must be an old production. Richard III was found in a car park in 2012. As for the York claim simply dying out, more like Henry VII and Henry VIII eventually murdered them all. And Lady Margaret was not the daughter of Edward IV but of George Plantagenet.
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The Bosworth battle re-enactment scenes look like a Sunday tea garden party at the vicarage.
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Richard III is no longer the last British monarch to die in battle. Liz II went out running an FN Minimi in Sudan trying to save her squad in a desperate last stand. The slow progressing age related illnesses were a cover story, she was too modest to admit she was still doing covert missions with MI5.
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BTW… Richard III was planning to usurp the throne from Edward V all along. Imprisoning Antony Rivers, Edward’s favorite uncle, speaks volumes about Richard’s true intentions when he forcibly took custody of Edward V.
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C. 1994 so this is pre Richard lll having his bones dug up in Leicester.. Great narration from the wonderful Brian Blessed. A most engaging film. 🌟👍
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Thank you for making these videos. I enjoy and learn too.
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Very old production … used to have this on VHS when I was a kid … called Blood and treason if I remember
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some of my ancestors on my mother’s side of the family
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Margaret Pole was the daughter of George, Duke of Clarence, not of King Edward IV.
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I could be wrong, but the narrator sounds like Sir Patrick Stewart from Star Trek
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An excellent presentation - most engaging.
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This was great
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Richard III was NOT thrown into a river because a few years back his body was found when a parking lot was dug up. Otherwise I enjoyed the documentary. I could listen to Patrick Stewart read a phone book. I do enjoy docs about the Wars of the Roses though; a fascinating period in English history and no doubt the inspiration for GAME OF THRONES! Update… after watching this a second time I noticed another GLARING inaccuracy. This could have been recorded before R3 was found but the old woman H8 put to death was Margaret Pol, George Duke of Clarance daughter, so Edward VI’s NIECE. H8’s beloved MOTHER Elizabeth of York was E4’s daughter. This is a pretty GLARING mistake for a serious historical documentary. Not that H8 was above murdering his aunt by the 1540’s, he was a full on psychopath by then. Whoever the narrator is, he sounds EXACTLY like Patrick Stewart, which made me enjoy it more, in spite of that HO-HORRENDOUS background music!
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Wasn’t Richard found under a carpark recently?If so, who’s bones were dug up & spread about in the Civil War?
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What is that awful racket in the background?
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Brian Blessed...? It sounds like him. Such a fantastic voice.
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I would really love you would include the original documentary titles or creation date etc. I know the titles have to be weird as hell for the algorithm but it's a pain to track down the original creators
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I tried to watch it but couldn't get through it due to the music going along with the narrator. It seemed interesting but I couldn't get past 8 minutes.
