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* DropTheHammer: One illustration shows Edward I, "Malleus Scotorum" (Hammer of the Scots), raising a hammer over a prone Scotsman.
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* CanisLatinicus: The book describes the cause of Henry I's death as a surfeit of palfreys [note]In real life it was a surfeit of lampreys[/note]. This is noted on a genealogical chart of kings as "obit surfeiti palfreyorum," or "o.s.p." for short. (Normally, "o.s.p." is an abbreviation for "obit sine prole," meaning having died without issue.)
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* CanisLatinicus: The book describes the cause of Henry I's death as a surfeit of palfreys [note]In [[note]]In real life it was a surfeit of lampreys[/note].lampreys[[/note]]. This is noted on a genealogical chart of kings as "obit surfeiti palfreyorum," or "o.s.p." for short. (Normally, "o.s.p." is an abbreviation for "obit sine prole," meaning having died without issue.)
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* CanisLatinicus: The book describes the cause of Henry I's death as a surfeit of palfreys. This is noted on a genealogical chart of kings as "obit surfeiti palfreyorum," or "o.s.p." for short. (Normally, "o.s.p." is an abbreviation for "obit sine prole," meaning having died without issue.)
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* CanisLatinicus: The book describes the cause of Henry I's death as a surfeit of palfreys.palfreys [note]In real life it was a surfeit of lampreys[/note]. This is noted on a genealogical chart of kings as "obit surfeiti palfreyorum," or "o.s.p." for short. (Normally, "o.s.p." is an abbreviation for "obit sine prole," meaning having died without issue.)
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* GeniusBonus: The list of lords murdered by Macbeth includes "[[Theatre/{{Macbeth}} Sleep]]".
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** Kings dying after a surfeit of something.
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** Kings dying after a surfeit of something.something, finally ending with a king dying from "a surfeit of surfeits"
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* ViewersAreGeniuses: If you're not familiar with English history, most of the jokes won't make any sense to you.
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* ViewersAreGeniuses: If you're not familiar with English history, history (and the way it was typically taught at the time), most of the jokes won't make any sense to you.
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* PunctuationChangesTheMeaning: One chapter draws attention to the classic sentence, "Charles the First walked and talked half an hour after his head was cut off", pointing out how memorable that would be. The sentence should go, "Charles the First walked and talked; half an hour after, his head was cut off."
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Craig Brown of ''PrivateEye'' wrote a continuation entitled ''1966 And All That'', written in a careful imitation of the style and going up to the early years of the twenty-first century.
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Craig Brown of ''PrivateEye'' ''Magazine/PrivateEye'' wrote a continuation entitled ''1966 And All That'', written in a careful imitation of the style and going up to the early years of the twenty-first century.
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** Warning the reader not to confuse two different historical figures (King Alfred and King Arthur, Robert Bruce and William Wallace), [[HypocriticalHumor then promptly doing so]].
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** Warning the reader not to confuse two different historical figures (King Alfred and King Arthur, Robert Bruce and William Wallace), Wallace, Lamnel Simkin and Percy Warmneck), [[HypocriticalHumor then promptly doing so]].
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The way this example was written completely obfuscated that the original passage is a pun.
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* FutureImperfect: Parodied.
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* {{Malaproper}}: And ''how.''
* NormallyIWouldBeDeadNow: Charles I, who chatted with people for half an hour after having his head cut off.
* NormallyIWouldBeDeadNow: Charles I, who chatted with people for half an hour after having his head cut off.
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* NormallyIWouldBeDeadNow: Invoked in regards to Charles I, who
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* NormallyIWouldBeDeadNow: Charles I, who chatted with people for half an hour after having his head cut off.
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* CompositeCharacter: "The memorable Dutch King Williamanmary."
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* CompositeCharacter: "The memorable Dutch King Williamanmary."" Who is an orange.
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* UnderdogsNeverLose: The English become used to winning battles against long odds to the point of losing some battles where they outnumber the enemy.
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* UnderdogsNeverLose: The English become used to winning battles against long odds odds, to the point of losing some battles where they outnumber the enemy.
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* DivineRightOfKings: Parodied. The Divine Right of Kings, as explained by UsefulNotes/CharlesI, said that:
-->(a) He was King, and that was right.\\
(b) Kings were divine, and that was right.\\
(c) Kings were right, and that was right.\\
(d) Everything was all right.
-->(a) He was King, and that was right.\\
(b) Kings were divine, and that was right.\\
(c) Kings were right, and that was right.\\
(d) Everything was all right.
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** Warning the reader not to confuse two different historical figures, [[HypocriticalHumor then promptly doing so]].
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** Warning the reader not to confuse two different historical figures, figures (King Alfred and King Arthur, Robert Bruce and William Wallace), [[HypocriticalHumor then promptly doing so]].
