Louis the Lion

Started by Last Hussar, 20 January 2025, 03:53:56 PM

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Last Hussar

20 January 2025, 03:53:56 PM
I only find out about "Louis the Lion" last year, and wondered if it might be a Wiki mischief edit. Had a quick search today, and found a number of sites about him - He besieged Berkhamsted castle - just down the road from me!

Why isn't he more prominent in teaching etc about John/Baron's War?
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Raider4

20 January 2025, 05:06:07 PM #1 Last Edit: 20 January 2025, 05:47:15 PM by Raider4
QuoteWhy isn't he more prominent in teaching etc about John/Baron's War?
Because the English would just rather pretend they hadn't been invaded & taken over by a French king for several months?

Raider4

20 January 2025, 05:49:49 PM #2
Likewise, I doubt that Henry V and Agincourt are mentioned much in France.

Last Hussar

21 January 2025, 12:17:16 AM #3
Quote from: Raider4 on 20 January 2025, 05:49:49 PMLikewise, I doubt that Henry V and Agincourt are mentioned much in France.

Yes, but they're French. We don't care about what they think...
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DHautpol

21 January 2025, 04:23:19 PM #4
I'm afraid the name Louis the Lion makes me think of a TV character from the early 1960s called Lenny the Lion; he was a ventriloquist's dummy.
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Gwydion

21 January 2025, 05:09:47 PM #5
I thought of Lenny too!
Waddya mean 'dummy'!?

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22 January 2025, 01:17:58 AM #6
Louis the Lion

I feel a force for Lion Rampant coming on
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22 January 2025, 07:45:44 AM #7
Quote from: Last Hussar on 20 January 2025, 03:53:56 PMI only find out about "Louis the Lion" last year, and wondered if it might be a Wiki mischief edit. Had a quick search today, and found a number of sites about him - He besieged Berkhamsted castle - just down the road from me!

Why isn't he more prominent in teaching etc about John/Baron's War?

Probably because nothing between 1066 and the industrial revolution is taught in schools?

Last Hussar

22 January 2025, 09:40:21 AM #8
Was when I was at school in the 1980s
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paulr

25 January 2025, 11:51:46 PM #9
QuoteWas when I was at school in the 1980s
You meant the late 1900s :d
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Yesterday at 10:20:38 AM #10
Quote from: Last Hussar on 22 January 2025, 09:40:21 AMWas when I was at school in the 1980s
Alright then, since the National Curriculum was introduced in 1988!
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