Rate the Lancaster/York Monarchs

Which Lancaster and York monarchs were the best? Which were the worst?


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Stolengood

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A pity you can't reconsider your vote and vote again, then, Geordie.

How much research do you think you'd need to do on the Henrys before having enough knowledge to make a definite reconsideration?
 
A pity you can't reconsider your vote and vote again, then, Geordie.

How much research do you think you'd need to do on the Henrys before having enough knowledge to make a definite reconsideration?
Well, for study and pleasure, I've read fairly extensively about the Wars of the Roses, and therefore about the last Lancastrian, Edward and Richard. My knowledge on Henry's IV and V is more on the level of having attended lectures and light reading concerning the two.

The others, I've read well regarded scholarly books and articles on, so like to think I can make a decent judgment. I have a soft spot for the Yorkists, but neither of them were 'good kings', all things considered. It would take more than a Wikipedia article or two to convince me that Henry IV was more effective than his son. The victory of the latter is more down to the competition than his own prowess. If Agincourt offends your sensibilities, then I'm not sure how a usurper who lied his way to the throne is much better though. The Wars of the Roses also saw plenty of summary executions...

For the record, I haven't actually voted.
 
Apologies for the double post, especially when I'm quoting myself, but I thought I'd clear up that this sentence:
Plus, this is a period where Royal Dukes can be murdered by their cousins at official parleys.
is referring to the death of John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy. Not that he was any better than his enemies, as this assassination was to avenge his own assassination of Louis of Orleans. On the other side of the Channel, Henry V's own brother was dispatched in similarly dubious circumstances, just to show that all sides of these wars (Burgundian-Armagnac, Anglo-French, or York-Lancaster) were thoroughly bad eggs to modern sensibilities.
 
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