tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21031350.post3415808314256580584..comments2023-11-12T09:52:42.825-05:00Comments on Medieval Woman: Blogging with Historical Novelist Susan Higginbotham: Richard III and the Fates of ProtectorsSusan Higginbothamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13517907583894026599noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21031350.post-79065757783810169972009-11-16T12:15:31.410-05:002009-11-16T12:15:31.410-05:00Thanks, all! Trish, you'll have to clue me in ...Thanks, all! Trish, you'll have to clue me in about the Silver Blaze.Susan Higginbothamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13517907583894026599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21031350.post-12246419042185430452009-11-12T14:46:34.902-05:002009-11-12T14:46:34.902-05:00Much food for thought Susan, leaves little room fo...Much food for thought Susan, leaves little room for our/my own drawn conclusions. I feel that I have to agree with your argument. A great blog for discussion =) <br />~Bella4everQueenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18381384266269279356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21031350.post-83266549741204689642009-11-12T10:37:07.876-05:002009-11-12T10:37:07.876-05:00I don’t know whether the below-mentioned would hel...I don’t know whether the below-mentioned would help but they’re two questions amongst a number that led to a fresh reappraisal of 1483 about which I am still kicking myself in self-disgust for being so slow on the uptake.<br />1<br />Why did Edward IV allegedly only appoint his ‘trusted’ brother as Protector rather than Regent? Henry V had no qualms appointing his brother John of Bedford to that task and incidentally Humphrey only became Protector because John was away in France with the continuation of the Hundred Years’ War a position he misused and abused by bringing in an Act of Parliament to prevent their sister-in-law Catherine de Valois from marrying Edmund Beaufort. No way did the ambitious Humphrey albeit being unfit to be in charge of a castle never mind a kingdom want to see his half-brother become Henry VI’s stepfather. And he wasn’t very nice to the guy who did become that stepfather Owen Tudor either.<br /><br />2<br />Who on 9th April 1483 was ‘in loco parentis’ viz-a viz Edward V – Richard or Anthony? In this respect what did both Annette Carson – the apologist that renders even me apoplectic - and Arlene Okerlund apparently fail to realise? And what do I mean by the ‘Silver Blaze Syndrome’?trish wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01292123010612021866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21031350.post-21922344785346935902009-11-12T03:43:24.669-05:002009-11-12T03:43:24.669-05:00Great post! I agree completely.Great post! I agree completely.Kathryn Warnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00397714441908100576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21031350.post-11717564267230478262009-11-11T16:16:12.492-05:002009-11-11T16:16:12.492-05:00What a fabulous argument you make Susan! I thoroug...What a fabulous argument you make Susan! I thoroughly enjoyed this post and, from the details that you cited - I heartily agree with your summation !mzjohansenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09099656264060749484noreply@blogger.com