No one will be surprised by my results.
William Wallace
A valiant freedom fighter, you are the Scotsman William Wallace! You strongly believe in the individual freedoms of every man and woman, regardless of background - and are willing to fight 'til the end for it. Close-minded individuals are perhaps your biggest pet-peeve. "This great warrior was a fiercely loyal Scottish landowner who willingly defied the bullying of the English nobles on behalf of his countrymen. He later led a wildly outnumbered and unprofessional army against well-trained advancing English forces in the Battle of Stirling Bridge, turning contemporary rules of engagement on their heads and earning a Scottish knighthood in the process."
Leonidas for me. Maybe because I have no empathy, or at least none for my enemies.
ReplyDeleteNow, how does that square with Henry VI in an earlier quiz?
Eric Hines
Well, Henry VI was brought to the field once in a while. He just wasn't as successful at dying in action for what he believed -- leading us to question, I suppose, how much he really believed it.
ReplyDeleteHe just wasn't as successful at dying in action for what he believed -- leading us to question, I suppose, how much he really believed it.
ReplyDeleteOr perhaps the competence of his enemies at trying to get him to die in action. I doubt you would question the tenacity of General Anthony McAuliffe for failing to die in action at the Siege of Bastogne, or George Washington for his remarkable failure to die in action during the Revolutionary War.
Well, his enemies went just the other way -- they sought to preserve his life, so that they could claim to be his real friends and the truly loyal subjects (rescuing him from wicked and deceitful advisers, favored by his French wife, who were leading him astray).
ReplyDeleteHenry proved to be willing to be taken alive and used in this way, rather than dying on the field beside his comrades. His willingness to be a kept king is what I mean: Leonidas died with his boots on, but Henry let himself be led away, and let the victors speak in his name.
Leonidas. Must have been the cape. I thought I'd be closer to Hawkwood, the condottieri for Florence.
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