
The Hundred Years War and Our Domestic Conflict
The Victor Davis Hanson Show
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The Tragedy of Henry VIII's Execution
There were 6,000 of them they had there were more people taken prisoner than surviving British so that was the tragedy of it he wasn't necessarily a barbaric king but he had them all executed and that was kind of a stain. He wanted to terrorize everybody said you know they couldn't go anywhere with all these men because there were too many prisonersThey didn't have food they didn't want to turn them loose as that they'd won the battle and they didn't wanting to come back and face these deadly lancers so they killed them it was logical according to Keegan.
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