The Good, The Bad And The Unready (2006) - Plot & Excerpts
For this international Solomonic role he was dubbed ‘the Pacific’, but it could easily have been applied to his domestic affairs. During his 42-year reign he expanded Savoy’s territory primarily through diplomatic channels rather than military force. Surviving an assassination attempt, and unwilling to die as young as his father Amadeus the RED (see COLOURFUL CHARACTERS), the younger Amadeus retired in 1434 to a monastery in La Ripaille. Here his religious austerity impressed his subjects so much that they dubbed him ‘the Hermit of La Ripaille’ and Rome so much that they elected him pope. After ten years, however, the quiet ways of Pope Felix V proved unpopular with the kings of France, England and Sicily, and Amadeus was pressured to resign. Peacefully he accepted the demotion to the lesser role of cardinal, and died two years later in Geneva. Henry the Parricide Henry V, king of Germany, 1086–1125 The nickname ‘the Parricide’ does Henry an injustice since he did not kill his father.
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