Comentarii la: Regele Edward al VII-lea – profesorul Vernon Bogdanor

De: Gwendolyn Stancell

Gwendolyn Stancell — Sun, 15 Nov 2020 13:00:51 +0000

Pledge on a Matter of Public Policy, sounds like something tantamount, to our unreasonable recent governmental actions and inactions. Lord, have Mercy.

De: viviane beget

viviane beget — Mon, 25 May 2020 21:50:36 +0000

King Edward 7 was good King. was bully by his Parent

De: Clive Cowlard

Clive Cowlard — Wed, 04 Mar 2020 05:14:35 +0000

The Entente Cordiale was the greatest blunder in history… It upset the balance of power in Europe , and led directly to the First World War… Given Britain's alignment with France (and Russia) a huge German war was fairly inevitable… Without that alignment , the First World War would never have happened… Britain had the option of a deal with Germany , which we turned down in favour of a deal with France… Why?!!? It benefited America , but it was a disaster for Britain and Europe… It was a blunder , Prof Bogdanor… largely of Edward VII making… British foreign policy was the preserve of the king , the prime minister and the foreign secretary… Edward VII , Balfour and Lansdowne… Nobody else !
Britain was responsible for the whole sorry mess of the Twentieth Century

De: Caroline Hyndes

Caroline Hyndes — Thu, 30 Jan 2020 09:59:33 +0000

Such a shame Bertie was only King for such a short time. The Peacemaker.

De: Katheryne Koelker

Katheryne Koelker — Sun, 25 Aug 2019 22:06:42 +0000

If Victoria thought Bertie was unfit as an heir, she had only herself to blame. She did very little to help him.

De: Michael Gask

Michael Gask — Sun, 25 Aug 2019 06:15:30 +0000

Thank you for posting this series. I'm really interested to find out more about King Edward. I had the understanding that he was a philandering playboy, a la George IV. This is really unfair. He seems a very interesting man, and great King. He had a rubbish childhood, thanks to the misguided attitudes of his parents, and was deliberately excluded from any kind of meaningful public role thanks to his mother's need to cling to power. The icing on the cake is that he was able to be a much better parent to his children than his father had been to him. Despite Victoria and Albert thinking him unintelligent, he appears to have a very high EQ and if only he had lived a little longer, who knows if WW1 could have been prevented (although maybe not: the Kaiser was always going to outlive him and then his paranoias would run unchecked). A really interesting lecture, and I'm keen to find out more.

De: 984francis

984francis — Tue, 21 May 2019 23:20:52 +0000

Raprochement and entente cordiale, I'd forgotten such language existed given the way things are going.

De: Laurel Shimer

Laurel Shimer — Tue, 21 May 2019 14:29:03 +0000

Recommend reading Jane Ridley biography "Bertie"

De: Marianne Von Trapp

Marianne Von Trapp — Mon, 11 Mar 2019 14:01:29 +0000

I like Edward !!! Also thanks Prof Bogdanor, pleasure to listing to you.

De: Rabecca K

Rabecca K — Sun, 16 Dec 2018 15:06:54 +0000

Love listening to Prof. Bogdanor!