Dönem: Tudor

Henry VIII ve Arthurian Legends

Henry acted as his co-host, greeting him at Winchester. There, he proudly took him on a visit to admire the vast wooden disc known as King Arthur’s Round Table in the great hall of the castle. By this time, Henry had read the French chronicles of Jean le Bel and Jean Froissart that described in thrilling detail Edward III’s fabled victory at Crécy and Henry V’s at Agincourt during the Hundred Years War. He had eagerly devoured the tales of chivalry from the Arthurian romances, almost certainly from Sir Thomas Malory’s Le Morte D’Arthur in William Caxton’s printed edition of 1485, so laying down the foundations of his own claim to the throne of France.

Henry VIII arthur efsanelerine kendisini kaptırıyor ve bu gazla fransa krallığına claim atabileceğine inanıyor.

Mary I Karşıtı Propaganda

Anti-government propaganda in southern England stressed two related points: the harm which would follow if Roman Catholicism were to be restored, as the queen clearly intended, and the added danger of Spanish oppression if Philip and his entourage were to establish themselves in England. What later become known as the Black Legend of Spanish cruelty, which had begun in Italy in the late Middle Ages, was faithfully relayed to the English public by Wyatt and his spokesmen. People were told that, judging by the current experience of Spanish government in Milan, Naples and the Netherlands, they could expect violence and cruelty, perhaps even including the Spanish Inquisition.

İngilterenin Hollandada Denge Siyaseti

Queen Elizabeth was an astute strategist. She knew she could never defeat Philip. She did not even want to be an imperial rival in the New World. What she wanted was stability in the Netherlands: Spanish lordship over autonomous cities and provinces, not domination. For if Philip was pushed out of the Netherlands the French could step in, and that would be disastrous for England. But if Philip grew too strong in the Netherlands he could use the provinces as a base for invading England.

İngilizlerin Newfoundlandı Keşfi

In August 1497 Cabot rode from the docks of Bristol directly to Henry VII. He reported his startling news. He had set sail in May on a tiny fifty-ton caravel called the Matthew with a crew of twenty. After thirty-five days’ sailing west into the Atlantic they sighted land. Cabot and his crew stepped ashore onto this new world. They did not advance further than the shooting distance of a crossbow. In that time they found nets, wooden tools, footprints and the remains of a fire, but saw no actual humans. They raised English and papal banners and claimed this ‘New Found Land’ for Henry VII.

Cabot believed he had found the eastern fringes of the great empire of Cathay – China. Henry gave him patents to continue exploring the far side of the Atlantic, and merchandise to carry to the New Found Land on five ships, one of which was funded by the king himself. The fleet left Bristol in 1498. And that was the last that was ever heard of John Cabot. Neither he nor his ships ever returned.

Tudor Devrinde İrlanda’nın Haritalanması

In the decades after the Kildare rebellion, the priority of the Tudor regime was to secure its control over Ireland. A concrete indication of this was revealed by the growth of cartography, as the English administration sought to quantify their knowledge of the island that they wished to bring under firmer control. New and often beautifully detailed maps of Ireland were created throughout the sixteenth century by English cartographers