‘The Tudor dynasty was fully established by 1487’ Explain why you agree or disagree with this view The House of Tudor was founded by Henry VII in 1485. Known for its notorious reign from Henry VIII, the Tudor dynasty began from an uneven stance in 1485 after the Battle of Bosworth. This resulted is the many uncertainties and the disadvantages of Henry’s position as the king of England The first issue Henry faced was the insecurity on the throne, as he was a usurper. After the events of the Battle of Bosworth in 1485, where Henry VII defeated Richard, Henry took over as the monarch of England. This was a distinct disadvantage because of this. Henry’s fault was through the fact he did not come from a line of legitimate family heritage. This He had distant relations to a monarch. If Henry had been a from a distinct royal lineage, it would have resulted in a much smaller amount of insecurity. His relationship to the throne was through John Gaunt, whom his mother Margaret Beaufort was descended from, through his mistress, later his wife, Katherine Swynford. The line Henry descended from was weak. It was not a distinct line to the throne. It could be easily challenged by those with a stronger claim to the throne, such as Edward, the Earl of Warwick. The tudor dynasty had clear insecurities, even by 1487, as Henry could not establish the idea that he was a clear descendent of royalty. An example of the threats he faced from other of a stronger claim was .through the Lamber Simnel rebellion in 1486, lasting till 1487. Yorkist supporters had used a young boy as a pawn to begin a rebellion against Henry, who was from the house of Lancaster. They portrayed the young boy from oxford as Edward, Earl of Warwick who had a much stronger claim to the throne then Henry did. The large support for the rebellion, was shown through the support of the nobility e.g Margaret of Burgundy, Viscount Lovell, the Earl of Lincoln,... who provided both financial and military support, by hiring soldiers from Europe and gathering Yorkist support from Ireland. Nevertheless, Henry put down the rebellion decisively, as the main leaders and supporters were either killed in battle The civil war had resulted in the ever-changing amount of kings over the years. This lack of stability could result in Henry being faced with a lack of support from his subjects. Their faith in a king who would guide the country was low, and their interest in the monarchy was fading. They needed consistency, which Henry could not offer considering his unsteady path to safeguarding his position on the throne. The nobility was another issue he had faced. Growing power of nobility in England could be met with resistance to Henry being on the throne. Henry was a calculated king, whom was not interested in the common characteristics of a king; drinking, constant lavish gatherings… Henry was more interested in being a strong and strict king. An opposition from the nobility could result in large reluctancy to follow Henry, further causing insecurity. However, he still had the more favourable opinion than Richard, who was strongly disliked in England, apart from in the north of
...ad been in a state of economic crisis for an extensive time. These actions created a rift between his subjects; many remained loyal to the church and wanted Henry to reinstate it, while others believed it to be corrupted, and accepted the new change. Revolution hung in the air and threatened the stability Henry had been pushing to create. He knew that the tension would recede should he bear a son to carry on the Tudor name.
The first of the kings to deal with these problems was King Henry IV, who was an
Contention plagued the English monarchy for several decades. The struggle for power was relentless. The War of Roses ran rampant for many years as the Houses of York and Lancaster collided. This all came to an end when Henry VII defeated Richard III at the Battle on Bosworth Field. In order to further solidify himself as King, Henry married Elizabeth of York. This ended a long raging conflict between the two houses, and established the first Tudor monarch. The end of war did not mean that the fight was over. Following his victory, Henry was faced with many issues. The strength of the monarchy, faith from his citizens, and the much depleted treasury. Henry VII, in order to strengthen his kingdom completely overhauled his government. The strongest course of action taken was decreasing power amongst nobility. Henry appointed important government officials based on merit despite their birthright. Decreasing power
From his fifteen year minority to the inept rule of the rest of his reign, Henry VI was a "child", at least as far as governing ability was concerned. The period of his minority and the time that he was the titular king laid the groundwork for the Wars of the Roses. Had Henry been an intelligent king, with at least some political acumen, and the ability to win the respect of his nobles, their may have never been any Wars of the Roses. But his weakness in allowing government by favorites and governing foolishly on his own, at the very least directed his country down the road to a bloody civil war.
Henry V is not a simple one as it has many aspects. By looking into
Henry Tudor became the head of the Lancaster line through his mother’s ancestry; he was Earl of Richmond many lords of the time rallied around Henry to try get rid of Richard III. Henry had been exiled by Richard III after a failed up...
Henry was faced with two pretenders Lambert Simnel and Perkin Warbeck. Lambert Simnel claimed to be the Earl of Warwick who i previously mention had a better claim to the throne than Henry. He posed a serious challenge to Henry's throne as he gained support from both Ireland and Margaret of Burgundy Simnel was even crowned Edward vi in Ireland. Despite Simnel gaining support abroad he struggled to gain any in England. They were however able to cause Henry to engage in battle in 1487. Henry sent an army to Stoke to confront Simnel and his supporters. Henry`s men were victorious at the same time as this Henry was parading the real Earl of Warwick which consequently meant that Simnel would not gain any more support from England. Warbeck pretended to be Richard Duke of York who had been murdered in the tower of London this therefore meant that Henry could not parade the real one around. Warbeck was again successful in gain international support however this time Warbeck gained support from France and Scotland. However Henry was able to stop Warbecks relationship with France through the treaty of etaples. Warbeck still posed a threat with the support of Scotland. Warbeck managed to increase his partnership with Scotland through the marriage with James iv`s cousin. Despite this partneship when Warbeck failed with his invasion James was quick to lose faith and support of
...der to maintain success. King Henry showed that he is restricted to one language which resulted him to not gain the lower class power and it then lead him to focus on his political status. On the other hand, Hal presented himself to the viewers as a friendly character, yet he sustained to manipulate and lie to others to achieve his goals. Henry IV n, Part 1 presents the idea of political power and the different characteristics leaders follow. The lesson for audiences, then, is to develop relationships with different people who will expand one’s area of inspiration and the ability to advance success. One can learn from the mistakes of King Henry and remember to be visible and properly positioned, so society can see one’s strengths and talents.
More so, Henry’s spineless personality set up the primal foundations for his lack of factional control creating a ‘battleground for factional disputes’11 as discussed by Starkey. In strong parallel to Henry, his father, Henry VII is described by Starkey to have had a ‘strong devotion to affairs’12, who worked hard to….. Ironically as soon as young Henry VIII came to the throne, his initially act was to ‘sent his father’s most trusted ministers to the block’13, enhancing Starkey’s argument that Henry was in fact feeble and lacking
Through assessing and evaluating the rule of Henry VIII, it can be seen that he does not justify for the title ‘Henry the Great’, to a significant extent. Henry’s intimate and brutal ruling, poor connection with the people, his lack of involvement in the government and although young, was not concerned with running the country, all proves to show that he is not worthy of the title ‘Henry the Great’. Nonetheless, the outcome of Henry VIII’s religious and political reforms of England proves to make him worthy of being ‘great’.
He was a human that had emotions, he experienced grief with the multiple miscarriages and deaths of his sons and the betrayals of his wife’s, Anne Boleyn and Katherine Howard. Also the death of Jane Seymour, the only wife to give him a male heir, brought him into a depression. These events changed Henry’s perspective of his own self, that he was without a legal heir, his health was horrendous and he was being betrayed by those closest to him. Lipscomb describes the transformation of Henry from the popular prince to the tyrant king know today. As shown, “the last decade of his reign, Henry VIII had begun to act as a tyrant. The glittering, brilliant monarch of the accession, toppled into old age by betrayal, aggravated into irascibility and suspicion as a result of ill health and corrupted by absolute power, had become a despot”. Henry is not thought of as the good Christian, but Lipscomb writes throughout this book that Henry was very serious about his religious affiliations. Lipscomb portrays Henry VIII as, “a man of strong feeling but little emotional intelligence, willful and obstinate but also fiery and charismatic, intelligent but blinkered, attempting to rule and preserve his honor against his profound sense of duty and heavy responsibility to fulfil his divinely ordained role”. In other words he was an emotional mess that did not know what to do with his feelings, so he bottled them up and south to seek
I side with Loades on this as despite resentment from the nobles, after the Perkin Warbeck imposture there were no more serious uprisings which strongly support the success of Henry’s policies. Whilst most nobles would see his methods as unjust (especially the wide of use bonds and recognisances) Henry succeeded in increasing the crown’s standing at the expense of the nobility, securing his position whilst weakening the nobles. Through most of his policies Henry was successful in limiting the powers of nobility. Henry sought to restrict the noble’s power and yet at the same time needed them to keep order and represent him at local levels, therefore Henry sought not to destroy the nobles but to weaken them enough that they did not pose a threat, he needed a balance of control over the nobles and strong nobility.
...historical background set forth in the film, with the broad details of the attempted rebellion propelled by Queen Eleanor and led by Richard and Geoffrey are accurate, as is the attempt by Philip of France to undermine the Angevin Empire to regain the provinces acquired by Henry through his marriage to Eleanor. As depicted in the film, the indecision, faced by Henry II in attempting to determine which son to name as successor resulted from his desire to have the empire that he had created remain intact, rather than dividing the empire between his sons and this, in turn, led to the fracturing of both family and political cohesion, leaving the empire vulnerable to outside forces. Both Richard and John eventually ruled the empire, supported and influenced by their mother, Eleanor of Aquitaine, who was released from her Salisbury prison upon the death of King Henry II.
For the simple fact that when Henry VI was younger and not allowed to take an active role in leading England, he did not really care about running the country. Henry was such a spiritually deep man that he lacked the worldly wisdom necessary to allow him to rule effectively (Wikipedia). Henry was more of an indecisive pushover.
Initially, Henry seemed like a good person, who was responsible, intelligent, and a worthy king. He has a less than