Reply To: War of succession of England

[Mike Headden]

I’m pretty much with the “if he’s facing the same way as you he’s on your side” method of distinguishing friend from foe in those battles.

Hollywood likes to make the two sides in any conflict look different so audiences know who to cheer for but real life (military and otherwise) tends to be a little muddier!

National identity is a very modern construct and feudal loyalties often crossed cultural and national boundaries.

 

There are 100 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who can work from incomplete data