Memorial Day and another Tudor outrage

Memorial Day is one for remembering those who served, so it seemed appropriate to post this today. We now understand that throughout history, soldiers have been haunted by PTSD. Sadly, until very recently in human history, not only was this not recognized, there was nothing that could be done for those suffering from it. But Homer described the symptoms in the Iliad and so did Shakespeare in his portrayal of Hotspur.
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From a historical perspective, John was crowned King of England on May 27, 1199. It went better than his investiture as Duke of Normandy the preceding month, when he was joking with friends and accidentally dropped the investiture lance. Naturally when he later lost Normandy, everyone saw this an “Ah-ha” moment.
And on May 27, 1541, Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury, daughter of George, Duke of Clarence, was beheaded at the Tower of London; butchered is a more apt description for it took eleven blows with the axe to kill her. Henry VIII committed some vile acts as king, but this judicial murder of the frail, ailing 68 year old countess on a trumped-up charge of treason was surely one of the vilest. She would later by beatified by the Catholic Church, the third of the four stages toward canonization.