http://www.tudors.org com_fireboard en-us Fri, 10 Sep 2010 09:02:53 +0000 http://www.tudors.org/components/com_fireboard/template/default_ex/images/english/emoticons/fb_rsspower.gif http://www.tudors.org 88 http://www.tudors.org/component/fireboard/?func=view&id=183&catid=9#183 Professor Guy Do you ever lecture in Scotland? I would love to hear you and I can't get down to England.... http://www.tudors.org/component/fireboard/?func=view&id=164&catid=17#164 Well I know that this is a bit off-topic but one way of thinking about it is the way Anne Rice proposes in her interview with the vampire novels. One of the greatest threats to her vampire characters is to their sanity, they simply can't cope with the different ages that they live through and need to find contemporary companions to help them understand the times they are living in, the art, culture etc. It's interesting that a vampiric character, one that has no conection with the world any more, one that d... http://www.tudors.org/component/fireboard/?func=view&id=163&catid=11#163 My book "King of Princes" about the life of Henry vii from the age 12 to 27 Battle of Mancetter (Bosworth) is nearly ready for printing.... http://www.tudors.org/component/fireboard/?func=view&id=162&catid=17#162 maybe he could have been cured of the "king's evil" (Scrufula) by having come into contact with the King? Perhaps the divine power of the king could give him eternal life!... http://www.tudors.org/component/fireboard/?func=view&id=161&catid=17#161 I just noticed on the AS level article, which was mostly correct and pretty helpful, that Leicester is described as favouring Protestants. I think that perhaps he was one of those people who were far more pragmatic than that. In the early part of the reign he certainly supported many Catholics; when this became "unsuitable" (after 1569/70)he started to support only Protestants. This is a bit of an over simplification really, you will definitely find exceptions to this rule. Another point to make is that hi... http://www.tudors.org/component/fireboard/?func=view&id=160&catid=11#160 this is what i would like to find out about. sir thomas stewkeley of affeton who had married elizabeth wood. daughter of sir thomas wood. as much information on these family. as possible ie sir thomas stewkeley. what his family owned. ie birth deaths and marreiges. most of all i would like to find out about sir thomas stewkeley. born abt 1525 died about 1578. what i would like to know is about his birth. right.was he really born out of wedlock. and if sir ... http://www.tudors.org/component/fireboard/?func=view&id=159&catid=17#159 Hello there, im currently studying the reign of Henry VIII for my AS level exams (which is actually tomorrow :0 haha) anyway i disgress, my question is, did Henry VIII really have a black knight, Henry V, Warrior King syndrome that drove his foreign policy aims for war? Historian David Starkey suggests that Henry was obbessessed with Chivarly from an early age but was this still a paramount part of Henrys character after his 1512/13 French campiagn or even after Francis I's victory over the Swiss at Marigna... http://www.tudors.org/component/fireboard/?func=view&id=158&catid=14#158 In response to the stated question, i would adamantly argue that the Treaty of Universal Peace signed in London in 1518 was not so mucha diplomatic coup, rather fortunate opportunity which significantly advances England's prestige globally whilst also ensuring its protection. I would argue this for one main reason, a diplomatic coup would infer that Wolsey, indeed Henry VIII would then recieve enough power to not only arbirtate the european conflicts (Hapsburg vs Valois) but also Stop any wars from occuring... http://www.tudors.org/component/fireboard/?func=view&id=157&catid=17#157 Interesting question - but strikes me that this is a false dichotomy - not necessarily an 'either or' and other possible ways of considering besides in terms of 'servant' and 'partner'. Also perhaps ill-defined - (servant or partner - but to who or what?). Then how is question being asked - i.e. from whose perspective do you mean? A very simple answer - he was servant - servant to the king, but also servant of the Church (evidence - his official position in the king's service and in the Church's as cardi... http://www.tudors.org/component/fireboard/?func=view&id=156&catid=17#156 I can see both arguments; Wolsey implemented many things for Henry such as the Amicable Grant and tried to solve the King's 'Great Matter'. However, Wolsey really raked in the benefits of power, Hampton court for example, and is power in court was massive, the expulsion of the minions for example. Whats your opinion, and evidence to back it please? :)...