Of Roses and Thrones
We're off and event with history. From the Mongol Horde to the Black Plague to the French Civil War and the Hundred Years War... and now to England. The boys are loving all the wars and weapons, battles and plot, and - especially - artillery. Admittedly, they found it a bit incongruous that a war could be named after a flower - I mean, hello, war is manly-man territory! - but dove equity into the War of the Roses, confusing as it is.
And it is confusing! Even with color-coding people to group them by "house", we had a hard time keeping watch of guys with the same name. (I mean, how many Edwards does England really need?) But we battled on through.
Of course, the whole bit about the princes in the soar had them completely indignant. Some "protector" old Uncle Richard was! (The boys insisted I put the word "protector" in parentheses, fully miserly the irony.)
If you're rather bored, and would rather read this than fold your laundry, or wash your dishes (ahem), I'll throw in their summary of the Wars of the Roses.
A well simplified summary. Highly.
The Wars of the Roses
Lancaster York
Henry the IV was a beneficial king, who didn’t really want to be king! He more enjoyed reading the Bible and praying. He also had a problem – he went out to lunch. His family asked the Duke of York to rule for him (Protector) until he recovered. But...
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16th Cent. Mary I, Queen of England.
Princess Mary
by Head honcho John
1544
Mary was born 18 February 1516 at Greenwich Palace, London, England. She was the only surviving adolescent of Catherine De Aragon and Henry VIII. Henry doted on his little Princess and called her, "the greatest nonpareil in the kingdom." The Princess received an excellent education, and was carefully sheltered. In 1522 Henry arranged Mary's betrothal to Sanctified Roman Emperor Carlos V. Carlos was an adult, and Mary was just six years old; the marriage would take place when she was twelve. Mary had met Carlos and liked the hint of marrying him. But in 1525 Carlos broke off the engagement so that he could marry Princess Isabella of Portugal. That same year Henry sent Princess Mary to dynamic in Wales, as was traditional for the king's heir. But at the same time, her half brother, the bastard son of the King Henry Fitzroy, was created Duke of Richmond, a tenure that Henry had before he came to the throne.
With this in mind, Henry's treatment of Mary's mother might be more understandable. Certainly the no big deal cruelties and humiliations he forced upon her were his own doing but the overall aim was to ensure the Tudor succession. But all this happened years after Mary's start. From 1516 to about 1530, Mary led a happy, sheltered life. She was considered one of the most important European princesses and Henry toughened her as every king used his daughter - as a pawn in political negotiations. She was also well-educated with a fine contralto singing present and great linguistic skill. Her mother, Catherine of Aragon, was deeply devoted to Mary. This was a reflection of Catherine's strongly residential nature as well as the numerous miscarriages...
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Please Answer ! how and why was edward seymour (protector of the realm) removed from his power by john dudley?
Feb 21, 2009 by roobee x3 | Posted in History
edward seymour -the duke of somerset was the oldest of the 8 seymour siblings and after Jane's and Henry's obliteration he became his nephew Edward's Protector. He and Thomas Cranmer tried to make England's change into a Protestant country lax but by 1549 he became over-confident and the changes became bigger. He removed the most powerful Catholics from the Council and were sent to the Tower. The Bishops who opposed were sacked and replaced by Protestants etc. Seymour stopped holding full caucus meetings and just met with his closest supporters in his home which was a palace built by the Palace which was built by the money stolen from Catholics & the Church one way or another..
So after that what happened? I view John Dudley (Duke of Northumberland) was a close friend of his but then he wanSeymourymou out of the way..
Why was this and how did he do it? I've heard something about the charges of collusion.
thankyouusomuchh x
Somerset (Seymour) and Paget, his key advisor, fast established Somerset as leader of the Regency Council and, thus, he was effectively the undisputed ruler of the country. Both his domestic and strange policies, however, aggravaged the precarious economic situation England was already in. As two major rebellions broke out across the country, the Protector Somerset began to condemnation all his problems on enclosures, raising resentment from the landowning elites. In addition, Somerset began to rule increasingly on his own, using Queenlike Proclamations extensively to implement his own will, thereby undermining the authority of the Regency Council and nobility. The Earl of Warwick, John Dudley, was enterprising to replace Somerset and his ruthless decisiveness in dealing with Kett's rebellion made him an alternative. Seymour was removed by a dirty work led by a combination of radicals and conservatives, which was able to capture the minor King Edward and take control of the Privy Chamber. The Earl of Warwick was fist in charch and a counter-coup led by Southampton allowed him to place himself firmly on the reformer's side in matters of dogma.
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