/lit/ - Literature

>>9846613
But there weren't "near constant wars of succession." In fact, ASOIAF is based precisely on the War of the Roses, of course, which all stems from the deposition of Richard II, the rightful king of England. This was HIGHLY UNUSUAL. The whole reason it's so dramatic and strange, and makes such great fodder for literature and television, is precisely because there's so little like it in European history. It was a bloody mess, but it wasn't typical. In fact, when Shakespeare chronicled the whole thing he went out of his way to highlight how freakish and unnatural it all was, which of course is why it ultimately culminates in Henry VIII, when everything is "back to normal," at least for a while.

Why was he such a fag, /lit/? How could he let himself get cucked out of the throne like that? Didn't even put up a fight.