The Darkness of Henry VII- The Winter King

YouTube ^ | 06-28-2020 | Thomas Penn

[NRx]

The fascinating, fragile and ruthless reign of the first Tudor king, Henry VII. (Documentary appx 1 hr)

[SamAdams76]

[lizma2]

Thanks for posting this. Since I was a kid I was interested in Henry (PBS did that!)

[Diana in Wisconsin]

I'm just going to watch, 'The Lion in Winter' (Henry II) for the eleventy-hundreth time. ;)

[ArtDodger]

Many of Henry VIII’s, Bloody Mary’s and Elizabeth’s problems can be traced back to Henry VII’s decisions. Rather than marrying Arthur to an English girl, he went after Isabella’s daughter due to the incredibly huge dowry, half on the day of marriage and half when an heir was acknowledged. When Arthur died, he didn’t want to give the partial dowry back so he hooked his next son Henry VIII up to Catherine, after almost marrying her, himself. And then the trouble started to brew..

[CondorFlight]

There’s a miniseries about him, “The Shadow of the Tower”, available on YouTube. Excellent acting by the lead actor portraying Henry.

[KC Burke]

The 2012 Thomas Penn book is well worth snyone’s time.

[crz]

Being a noble in England was a hazardous occupation back then.

[NRx]

Apparently, so was being a haberdasher.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

Excellent movie, along with Becket.

[Rebelbase]

Maddening.

[silverleaf]

Thanks

[ZULU]

Foul usurper, coward, liar and murderer.
God save good King Richard III!

[Spacetrucker]

Tell us how ya REALLY feel... 🧐

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

If someone made a movie and in it a widowed princess was appointed as ambassador to a court so she could stick around and wed her dead husband's 11 year old brother it would be laughed out of the theater.

But that is what happened.

[ArtDodger]

Things were different, back then. Arranged marriages of children were done, knowing there would be no consummation (sex) until the proper age. Also, regents were appointed to make sure things went as planned.
Also, Catherine of Aragon thought God wanted her to stay in England and marry Lil’ ‘Enry.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Arranged marriages yes, but there had to be consent.

So much history would have changed if everyone involved had followed church law from the beginning in this case and not been such a bunch of grasping power hungry old sinners.

[robowombat]

Henry VII was one of those royal misers the Marxists used to call ‘transitional figures’ in the supplanting of feudal values with bourgeois values.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks NRx.

[Red Badger]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1GS6gu1FgY