tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44229776106220748.post1120751836542967462..comments2024-01-04T09:30:41.625-05:00Comments on All The Good Names Were Taken: Historical ciphersNanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18359007443116549436noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44229776106220748.post-84788281939024267552009-08-26T13:51:03.020-04:002009-08-26T13:51:03.020-04:00Ah yes... Edward, we hardly knew ye. Not, perhaps,...Ah yes... Edward, we hardly knew ye. Not, perhaps, that there was a lot to know, but nobody deserves such a horrible death.<br /><br />Given that diseases like his were rampant and pretty much unchecked at that time in medical history, I can't help but wonder if the children of royals may have been especially vulnerable as products of inbreeding. Henry VIII and Jane Seymour were something Derekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00354418525228720346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44229776106220748.post-57022609007970309192009-08-17T07:24:19.642-04:002009-08-17T07:24:19.642-04:00Sarge, there is a certain irony in the king dying ...Sarge, there is a certain irony in the king dying from a systemic TB infection, when scrofula is TB of the lymph nodes, but maybe the King's Touch only works if the king is an adult. I'm sure the Bible thumpers of the time would have had an explanation of some sort to give God an out. <br /><br />Based on the descriptions, I'd say poor Edward got hit hard, too, by some of the fungal Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18359007443116549436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44229776106220748.post-91166646501315563242009-08-17T05:38:21.962-04:002009-08-17T05:38:21.962-04:00Is that disease what is known as scrofula, "T...Is that disease what is known as scrofula, "The King's Evil"?<br /><br />If it was, and the king had The King's Evil" (which they were supposed to be able to cure with a touch) I guess the physician couldn't heal himself.Sargenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44229776106220748.post-65747199410706465342009-08-14T07:49:58.029-04:002009-08-14T07:49:58.029-04:00Weir describes an episode in Elizabeth's life ...Weir describes an episode in Elizabeth's life from when she was about 13 and fell hard for a manipulative sleaze who planned to use her to get the throne for himself. At that point she wasn't thinking about the throne for herself (Edward was still apparently healthy); she was just a naive teenager falling for an older man. She was lucky to survive (if her sister had been on the throne by Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18359007443116549436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44229776106220748.post-12225146719294822582009-08-13T23:42:55.400-04:002009-08-13T23:42:55.400-04:00but from even a very early age..elizabeth was a tr...but from even a very early age..elizabeth was a true leader..scared for her life most of it..but always smart and canny..knew when to kiss ass, when to lie, when to do what ever it took to keep her head, until it wore the crown..yellowdoggrannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14906624317290990109noreply@blogger.com