The War of the bucket

[Imperial Dave]

https://theconversation.com/the-war-of-the-bucket-what-one-medieval-battle-tells-us-about-history-and-myth-264751

New one on me...

[Jim Webster]

Nice one 

[Mick Hession]

I enjoyed that. Thanks for posting it

[Nick Harbud]

Indeed, the Guelph/Ghibbeline conflict is a fascinating one.  Runciman's book on the Sicilian Vespers deals with quite a lot of it.  The other book I found interesting on struggles between the Church and various temporal distractions is E.R. Chamberlin The Bad Popes.

 

[stevenneate]

What are the wargaming stats for a bucket? Reg Bk(O)?

I can sense a Nick Harbud article coming....

[Imperial Dave]

Or is it bouquet 💐

[Erpingham]

Or is it bouquet 💐

For overseas readers, Dave is referencing the famed comic creation Hyacinth Bucket (pronounced Bouquet). Hyacinth was the star of Keeping Up Appearances, a woman of ordinary origins who had pretensions and was a terrible snob. My mother rather wickedly said Hyacinth was based on her older sister.