From: garym@mcgath.com   
      
   On 10/2/25 9:38 PM, Keith F. Lynch wrote:   
   > Paul Dormer  wrote:   
   >> I don't remember much of what was taught about the War of the Roses   
   >> and the Civil Wars.   
   >   
   > I've long thought it odd that in a UK context, "Civil Wars" refers   
   > only to the wars between the Cavaliers and the Rounheads, although   
   > England has had many others, including the aforementioned War of the   
   > Roses.  And the so-called Anarchy (Stephen vs. Matilda).  And the   
   > time a bastard successfully invaded.  And the Peasants' Revolt.  And   
   > Peterloo.  And Boudica vs. the Romans, though strictly speaking there   
   > was no England then.   
   >   
   > I also think it's odd that "Edwardian" refers only to the reign of   
   > Edward VII, so called because his name was Albert and there had been   
   > nine (!) previous kings named Edward.  (The first three Edwards   
   > weren't given numbers, but were called the Elder, the Martyr, and   
   > the Confessor.)   
   >   
      
   Another oddity is that the Regency, when George III was stripped of his   
   royal powers in favor of the later George IV, lasted only from 1811 to   
   1820, but the "regency period" is generally considered to have lasted   
   considerably longer on both sides.   
      
      
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