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English[en]
In the British popular imagination York was widely (and inaccurately) portrayed as an incompetent dilettante, whose lack of military knowledge had led to disaster, although historians such as Alfred Burne and Richard Glover strongly challenge this characterisation.
Dutch[nl]
In de Britse populaire verbeelding werd York meestal (onterecht) afgeschilderd als een incompetente dilettante, wiens gebrek aan militaire kennis tot deze catastrofe had geleid, hoewel historici zoals Alfred Burne en Richard Glover deze karakterisering krachtig weerspreken.