Apologies to to
@TheButterflyComposer and
@DensleyBlair for not responding to their discussion on the last page - its given me food for thought though you be overestimating by historical nous for this period! I hope to make Yorkist England as flavourful and interesting as I can but ultimately the game events will guide my storytelling.
Hmm. Pretty good start. Except for the uprising, and even then fortuitous that it occurred before the invasion of Scotland. With the new expanded army bloodied, it should be more than capable of smashing the Scots and getting some dominance over them.
Arguably the success under Richard is a peace dividend, simply not facing a civil war does wonders. And fear not, Scotland (and Ireland) are still very much on the King's radar.
It will be interesting to see how Richard's successors navigate the Reformation--presumably without Henry VIII the evolution of English Christianity will be very different.
Indeed, we may have Catholicism or a more continental Protestantism take hold, but the unqiue events surrounding Henry VIII means the CofE (or CinE depending) will no doubt have a different history. Though its not a very successful revolt, Hood combined religious dissent with political dissent to great effect, which might colour how the Yorks and others look at the *Reformation.
There is a tragic story behind every rebellion.
Theres is. Originally the revolt was going to just be paragraph but it grew into half the chapter. I'm very interested in cults and charismatic leaders, so was happy to give Hood some background and how Lollardy -barely alive at the time- could evolve into a popular movement, coopting ex-Lancaster anger. Frankly, Hood was a bad Lollard (their pacificism got thrown out the window for a start) and the adulation he got as he became more political no doubt fed his ego.
It will indeed be interesting to see how the history of England will be in this timeline.
Richard's reforms will plant seeds for growing differences. Although not much of a thing in-game, the Yorks' victory means alot of people and families that rose to prominence in English history wont, either due to lack of connections or because their line is already dead. And vice-versa. I introduced Richard's inner circle because they and their children will be at the heart of the court and government well into the next century.
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Thank you for all the comments guys and girls, and for sticking with this through the 'drier' stuff. Next update will be more exciting. I'm debating whether to do one big update to wrap up Richard III or two.
I'm conscious three chapters in I'm about ten years into a multi-century story, a level of detail (or navel gazing, take your pick) that I don't think will be sustainable. So post-Richard III I think I'll be aiming more for one or two chunky chapters to cover a single reign. Obviously the details will dictate how much I focus on a particular time period but I'm leaning towards
@RossN 's highly entertaining, brisker model, even if my writing can't match.
If you've got any C&C (seriously, happy for negative criticism) please chip-in, I want to make this an entertaining read for you AARlanders.
EDIT: Oh and Chapter 4 by the end of the week!