#Edward the black prince

[illustratus]

The Black Prince at the Battle of Crécy

by Julian Russell Story

[medievalandfantasymelee]

THE HOT MEDIEVAL & FANTASY MEN MELEE

SECOND ROUND: 34th Tilt

Edward the Black Prince, A Knight's Tale (2001) VS. Sir Guy of Gisborne, BBC’s Robin Hood (2006-2009)

Propaganda

Edward the Black Prince, A Knight's Tale (2001) Portrayed by: James Purefoy Defeated Opponents: - King Henry VII Tudor [Luke Treadaway], The Hollow Crown (2012-2016) - Gendry [Joe Dempsie], Game of Thrones (2011-2019)

“The medieval romantic disguised royalty trope, the ridiculous but very sexy long leather coat, the cheeky sense of humour...”

Sir Guy of Gisborne, BBC’s Robin Hood (2006-2009) Portrayed by: Richard Armitage Defeated Opponents: - Prince Dastan [Jake Gyllenhaal], Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (2010) - The Kurgan [Clancy Brown], Highlander (1986)

“I'm submitting him so that I can emphasize just how incredibly hot he is. Armitage's Guy of Gisborne would be a top-tier hottie based on looks alone, but it's the characterization and performance that really put him over the top for me. He constantly radiates scorn and coiled rage, but he's also heart-breakingly sincere and vulnerable when it comes to Marian, who of course doesn't return his feelings, and Armitage manages to make him deeply sympathetic in his pain and betrayal even when he's lashing out in anger. This character is all about the PINING, and there's nothing hotter than that.”

Additional Propaganda Under the Cut

Additional Propaganda

For Prince Edward:

For Sir Guy:

“Tall, dark, brooding… and utterly pathetic. I love him.”

[une-sanz-pluis]

Historians have suggested that some of the "love matches" in the Plantagenet family (e.g. Joan of Kent and Edward of Woodstock, Katherine Swynford and John of Gaunt, Joan of Navarre and Henry IV) may have been had more pragmatic reasoning behind them.What is the reason?

In brief:

Joan of Kent and Edward of Woodstock

Edward had money problems, Joan of Kent was a rich heiress. Marrying her gave him access to her fortune and alleviated some of his money problems.

Although a misogynistic trope, it has sometimes been suggested that Joan married Edward out of ambition, i.e. she wanted to be the Queen of England.

Katherine Swynford and John of Gaunt:

The legitimisation of their children. Gaunt could not legitimise the Beauforts without marrying their mother.

Some historians see this as Gaunt creating another line to inherit the duchy of Lancaster who were free of the taint his only legitimate son, Henry Bolingbroke, possessed in Richard II's eyes. I have talked about my thoughts on this theory here.

Mark Arvanigian, however, suggested that the legitimisation of the Beauforts was part of Gaunt's plan to build a strong Lancastrian faction that could act independently and in favour of its own interests rather that of the crown.

After years of being the subject of scandal, Katherine may well have liked the security and social status of becoming the Duchess of Lancaster.

Joan of Navarre and Henry IV

Legitimisation of Henry's kingship. Paul Strohm argues that Henry's marriage, as well as that of his daughters, served to have a legitimising effect on his kingship as it showed he was recognised as king by royal and noble houses outside of England.

Control over the duchy of Brittany. Joan was regent of Brittany for the first years of her son, Jean's minority and it has been suggested that by marrying her, Henry hoped to gain control over the duchy which was strategically important against France. However, Joan was made to give up the regency and if Henry entertained such hopes, they never came to fruition.

It has been suggested that Joan of Navarre was both ambitious and avaricious, wanting a promotion from duchess and regent to queen. She also added her dower as queen of England (10,000 marks p.a. - the first time a queen had been granted such a large dower) to her dower as duchess of Brittany (though she struggled to receive all she was entitled to), making her one of the richest women alive at the time. Like Joan of Kent's ambition, this is likely a misogynistic construction rather than a fair assessment of her goals.

The actual evidence for pre-existing affection or love between Joan and Henry before their marriage is lacking. The letter often said to written from Joan to Henry was actually written by Joan to Richard II, after John of Gaunt had ruffled Richard's feathers by seeking to arrange a marriage between the future Henry V and Joan's daughter, Marie. The oft-repeated claim that Henry visited Joan in Brittany while in exile is not impossible but not well-evidenced.

I hope that was helpful.

[thetudorslovers]

In such wise did the Prince make stay in Gascony, and abode there the space of eight months or more. Very great was his valour. When it came towards summer then he assembled his forces, and rode again into Saintonge, Périgord and Quercy, and came as far as Romorantin. There he took the tower by assault, and the Lord Bouciquaut also, and the great Lord of Craon and a goodly number of others; more than two hundred were taken there, all men-at-arms of high renown, fifteen days before the battle of Poitiers. Thereafter he rode into Berry, and through Gascony also, and up to Tours in Tourayne. Then the tidings came to King John, whereat he made great lamentation, and said that he would lightly esteem himself if he did not take great vengeance.

[britneyshakespeare]

never read shakespeare’s english history plays. seems like a harmless venture at first but eventually you will end up thinking to yourself, at random times throughout your day, “hm, i wonder, if edward the black prince...” when no sensible person should ever be wondering about edward the black prince

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[bispectral-poltergayst]

Historical Royalty: Smash or Pass [Part One]

(Note: As I am a minor at the time of this writing, the smashing is purely hypothetical.)

MATTHIAS CORVINUS OF HUNGARY AND CROATIA: Smash. 100#.

EMPRESS MATILDA: Smash even harder. She’s literally the IRL source for Rhaenyra Targaryen.

AETHELRED THE UNREADY: Pass. Holy fuck, pass. What the hell was this artist doing.

EDWARD THE BLACK PRINCE: … Maybe? Man, I don’t know. If I was an English aristocrat in the 1300s, yeah, I guess.

THIS SPECIFIC ART OF WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR: Smash immediately. I don’t even care what war crimes bro did, imagine the sheer clout.

MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS: Girl, I’m so sorry, but no. What the hell is that style.

EDMUND IRONSIDE: On the one hand, not my type. On the other hand, probably one of my favorite epithets and absolutely kickass reason for how he got it. Inconclusive.

SEAXBURH: We’re already married with 2.5 kids and a white picket fence.

[voldiebuns]

Rating: General Audiences Characters: Edward the Black Prince Additional Tags: Poetry, blackout poetry

[liberty1776]

Edward the Black Prince

[pengold]

Weston College but what if it was like Ouran highschool host club

[reine-du-sourire]

Kuroshitsuji 4 as Onion Headlines, Episode 4

Episode 1, Episode 2, Episode 3, Episode 4, Episode 5, Episode 6, Episode 7, Episode 8, Episode 9, Episode 10, Episode 11

[zetsubo-bani]

Scenes/characters I expect to see after blue revenge arc

Just to clarify, with blue revenge arc I'm referring to this mission arc we currently have. I doubt r!ciel will be defeated after the missions are over so I will probably give it a different name whatever follows after we've seen o!ciel and sebastian at the hotel.

For obvious reasons I will exclude o!ciel and sebastian, they are literally the protagonists, ofc we will see them again. Undertaker and r!ciel will also be excluded since they are the major antagonists right now and will also definitely appear again.

So let's begin:

1. An interrogation scene between layla and the reapers

Remember that layla got captured by ronald and william? I definitely expect layla to make a return once she arrived in the shinigami corp. I'm not sure if I expect ronald to be there but william definitely will be and I can also see grell and othello watching since we haven't seen the two in quite a while

2. Another interrogation scene in scotland yard headquarters

Blavat got arrested and was supposed to be put into prison and later appear in court alongsides o!ciel but since he and sebastian already escaped, blavat is the only one in prison. Considering scotland yard just freshly captured blavat, an interrogation about his motives is to be expected

3. Some focus on the midfords

Lizzy is included as well (but that was the best picture I found). They obviously need to deal with the whole drama themselves and I definitely expect them to reappear and talk to each other about what they think about the twins drama and lizzys depression

4. Sieglinde and wolfram with their research and planning

Sieglinde still has the blood samples from the sphere music hall and surely must have read what happened in the newspaper. I don't think she will just sit by and do nothing for the rest of the manga, I'm certain they will appear again somehow

5. A reunion between the servants, lau and ran mao

Sebastian and o!ciel will probably be there too (or not depending on their mission) but I do expect those 5 to see each other again and exchange how their missions went. I think that's where they will find out that snake died

6. The queen and her servants

Girlie has been awfully quiet since the twin reveal and I wonder when she will appear again. R!ciel mentioned needing to hold a audience with her but being too weak right now so who knows when she will appear again. I do think it will happen somehow

7. The p4 reuniting

I don't think we will get something too big but I definitely think they will appear again. They were part of the sphere music hall so the police was on the lookout for them anyways. I do expect them to appear again and talk to violet since we haven't seen them reunite after blavat nearly killed violet

8. Soma focus (?)

Now I wasn't sure if I should include him since I'm pretty certain he will be in the hotel that o!ciel and sebastian will visit next. But if he isn't in the hotel then he will definitely still appear afterwards. That man can not completely dip after agni died and he still falsely believes it was o!ciel

9. Tanaka (maybe with the servants?)

Tanaka is still with r!ciel and undertaker but we haven't seen him in a good while. I do think we will see him again once yana finally shows r!ciel again. I theorize that maybe we will see some reunion between the servants and tanaka but that's probably something I just really want to see. I doubt tanaka will leave r!ciels side since he did say that he's forever serving the head/heir of phantomhive and o!ciel wasn't supposed to be

10. Some flashback with vincent

That smug bastard will appear, I know it. I'm pretty sure he must have done something to end up dead so I think we will get a focus on him in a potential flashback from r!ciel. Afterall since r! ciel was raised to be the heir, I'm certain he spent more time with vincent than o!ciel did and probably did catch a few things here and there. Maybe that would explain why r!ciel caught onto the fact that something was off much quicker than o!ciel did

That was my little theory on who/what I think will appear/happen in the next arc after the missions. Hope you liked it!

If you have any corrections, additional thoughts or agree with anything, please let me know!

[medievalandfantasymelee]

THE HOT MEDIEVAL & FANTASY MEN MELEE

QUALIFYING ROUND: 5th Tilt

Edward the Black Prince, A Knight's Tale (2001) VS. King Henry VII Tudor, The Hollow Crown (2012-2016)

Propaganda

Edward the Black Prince, A Knight's Tale (2001) Portrayed by: James Purefoy

“The medieval romantic disguised royalty trope, the ridiculous but very sexy long leather coat, the cheeky sense of humour...”

King Henry VII Tudor, The Hollow Crown (2012-2016) Portrayed by: Luke Treadaway

“He makes his first appearance about an hour and twenty minutes into the two hour program, and he exists basically for the sole purpose of looking youthful and righteous, marching slowly - upright and princely on horseback - along the coastline. He looks very pretty bathed in the rosy glow of the sunset the night before battle, gets in a nice kingly speech in the morning and then, drenched and covered in mud, he wins the day. Perfection. 10/10 no notes.”

Additional Propaganda Under the Cut

Additional Propaganda

For Prince Edward:

For King Henry VII

[une-sanz-pluis]

Yet the Vie du Prince Noir was in other respects also a poem for its time, ‘very much a political work, designed to encourage his son Richard II to live up to a romanticized ideal of his father’. The early 1380s, after all, was a time when almost every aspect of England’s military policy was being bitterly fought over in a succession of angry parliaments, while nobles and knights eager for the chance to emulate their forefathers waited to see which way the impressionable young king would turn. In the event, while Richard undoubtedly understood the need, and had the desire, to project an image of chivalric ardour, he showed little inclination to pursue an aggressive foreign policy in Continental Europe. As Nigel Saul and others have shown, Richard disliked war. He had ‘a genuine abhorrence of the shedding of blood between Christians’; he also understood that for as long as the war lasted, he would forever be having to ask his parliaments for subsidies, affording them the opportunity to criticise and bargain for concessions. And once this disinclination began to reveal itself, around 1383–84, it set him on a collision course with some of England’s greatest men, including the prince’s brothers, the royal uncles John of Gaunt and Thomas of Woodstock. For Gaunt and Woodstock, as for other leading aristocrats such as the earls of Arundel and Warwick, men who were descended from the Black Prince’s comrades-in-arms, the dream of foreign glory and the example of the prince, burnished by the Herald, remained a lodestar. Whoever commissioned the Vie, and whether or not they had a specific purpose in doing so, it was clearly conceived within an aristocratic milieu that advocated the belligerent pursuit of England’s rights abroad under the leadership of kings and princes of prowess and renown. To be portrayed as the heir to a heroic tradition was something that another king, another person, might have turned to advantage, but in Richard’s case the exemplary knight of the Vie du Prince Noir was simply not an image he could live up to.

Chris Given-Wilson, "Edward, the Black Prince, and Bertrand du Guesclin, Constable of France: Chivalry and Rivalry in Life and Death" in Creativity, Contradictions and Commemoration in the Reign of Richard II (ed. Jessica A. Lutkin and J. S. Hamilton, The Boydell Press, 2022).

[pxndragvns]

⋅ • ⋅ ⊰ ∙ ∘ ☽ "his butler, ༓ colluding" ☾ ∘ ∙ ⊱ ⋅ • ⋅

[filosof-art]

Edward’s pixel in the opening

Eddy is so tinny, I’m so happy just to see 2 pixels of him in the opening