Tudors and Europe
Tudors and Europe In 1517, a certain Dr Beale, rector of St Mary Spitall in London, had roused the capital's mob by laying the blame for an increase in poverty squarely upon the shoulders of grasping…
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Tudors and Europe
In 1517, a certain Dr Beale, rector of St Mary Spitall in London, had roused the capital's mob by laying the blame for an increase in poverty squarely upon the shoulders of grasping foreigners. War, religion, commerce, and dynastic security were all critical in linking England to developments abroad, and in ways that remain strikingly relevant today. "God has given England to Englishmen," he fumed, and "as birds would defend their nest, so ought Englishmen to cherish and defend themselves and to hurt and grieve aliens for the common weal." But migration was not the only factor influencing Tudor attitudes to Europe.
And what, in turn, were the responses of 16th-century Europeans to their counterparts across the Channel? What were the forces that shaped the shifting perspectives of Tudor men and women and their rulers towards a continent at the crossroads? The Tudors and Europe