# Quote — Ian Mortimer, The Fears of Henry IV

> If the Lords Appellant are viewed as a group, there is a little doubt that they used tyrannical methods to bring an end to Richard’s tyranny. Their definition of treason, like Richard’s own, bore no resemblance to the articles of the Statute of Treason drawn up by Edward III. Their processes were based largely on military strength, not the law. Their judgement was in places arbitrary and often prejudiced.

- Author: [Ian Mortimer](https://www.leafyquotes.com/ian-mortimer.md)
- Book: [The Fears of Henry IV](https://www.leafyquotes.com/ian-mortimer/the-fears-of-henry-iv.md)
- Page: 78
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## More from this book

> Modern scholars now see Richard as essentially narcissistic, convinced of his own perfection, and yet deeply insecure. We might elaborate on this slightly and see that he was exceptionally self-conscious: so much so that his own identity, royal percentage, ideas, rivalries and feelings formed not only the core but the limit of his entire world.

p. 136 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/ian-mortimer/the-fears-of-henry-iv/modern-scholars-now.md)

> The question of whether or not Henry was a great king in the fifteenth century, or subsequently, is a distraction. A man’s character may be obscured as much by the acclamation of greatness as by neglect.

p. 3 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/ian-mortimer/the-fears-of-henry-iv/the-question-of-whether.md)

> It is not surprising that Lucia Visconti fell for him [Henry IV]. Considering his crusading, his pilgrimage and his jousting, it is not going too far to say that he had made himself into an exemplary knight, combining the spiritual and chivalric values of his age more completely perhaps than any other Englishman of the late fourteenth century.

p. 115 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/ian-mortimer/the-fears-of-henry-iv/it-is-not.md)