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Tudor Court Politics
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| The King  Personal Monarchy Government is the response to the will of one man. Consequences: - Royal authority operated in terms of Royal favour - Executive authority given to the men the King trusted - A Struggle for power by competing for the King's favour |
| FACTION in Tudor England was crucial in Tudor Politics. Throughout history faction is the form politics takes when its focus is the will of one man. Factions can be compared to the political parties of today, however ties in Tudor faction were organic, not idealogical. They emerged from the realities of family relationships (good and bad), friendship & antagonism, locality, sponsorship, upbringing. Some groupings and antagonisms lasted for years, yet because the ultimate concern was to promote objectives in and through individuals, calculations could alter as circumstances changed. Anne Boleyn's fall was a consequence of precisely such a recalculation among some of her supporters. However, a Monarch should be able to exploit competition for his favour on the "divide & rule" principle (something Elizabeth I would make into an art form). Henry was always in authority; he was nobody's fool; at times he did lead and he could not be taken for granted. But he was also significantly dependant on those around him. Factions did not always get their way, but on the right issues and in the right emotional circumstances he was vulnerable and men (& some women) calculated accordingly.[E.Ives] "Courts are strange, mysterious places; those who pretend most to despise them seek to gain admittance within their precincts; those who obtain an entrance there generally lament their fate, and yet somehow or other cannot break their chains.... Intrigues, jealousies, heart-burnings, lies, dissimulation thrive in [courts] as mushrooms in a hot bed. Nevertheless they are necessary evils, and they afford a great school both for the heart and the head. It is utterly impossible, so long as the world exists, that similar societies should not exist also; and one may as well declaim against every other defect attendant upon human institutions and endeavour to extirpate crime from the world as pretend to put down courts and their concomitant evils" Queen Caroline 1838 |
| COURT FACTIONS 1529 - 1547 |
| Aragonese Faction Catholic Origins go back to Henry VII and also referred to as "the Stafford-Neville" & later "the Neville-Courtenay" connection & would last many centuries Figureheads : Queen Katherine of Aragon & Princess Mary Tudor Supporters Shown on the series: Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham Sir Thomas More Princess Margaret Tudor ( in reality Mary Tudor - Henry's sister) Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk (switched from the Boleyn faction when it suited him) Ambassador Chapuys Pope Paul III Charles V Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury (Lady Salisbury) Lord Darcy Cardinal Reginald Pole Not shown on the series: Sir Nicholas Carewe (one of Anne's bitterest enemies) George Neville, Lord Burgavenny Sir Edward Neville Henry Pole, Lord Montague Bishop Stephan Gardiner Thomas Wriothesley Henry Courtenay, Earl of Devon Lord Thomas Hussey | Boleyn Faction Reformers Figureheads: Anne Boleyn & Princess Elizabeth Tudor Supporters Shown on the series: Sir Thomas Boleyn, Earl of Wiltshire George Boleyn Henry Norris Thomas Wyatt Mark Smeaton Not shown on the series: Richard Page Frances Weston William Carey ( Husband of Mary Boleyn) Sir Thomas Cheney | Seymour Faction Catholic & Reformers Figureheads: Jane Seymour & Prince Edward Tudor Supporters Shown on the series: John Seymour Edward Seymour Thomas Seymour Catherine Parr Catherine Brandon nee Willoughby, Duchess of Suffolk (surname Brooke in the series) Francis Bryan ( who had swtiched from the Boleyn faction) Not shown on the series: Sir William Cecil Sir Nicolas Throckmorton William Herbert, Earl of Pembroke |
| Wild Cards Thomas Cromwell (switched factions as it suited him) Cardinal Thomas Wolsey (whose downfall was orchestrated by factions at court) Henry Fitzroy - Henry's illegitimate son had his own faction until his early death |
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| Imponthenet | Royal Court vs The Corporate World | 4 | Sep 22 2008, 6:53 PM EDT by Imponthenet | |
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Thread started: Sep 22 2008, 4:59 PM EDT
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I've often considered the competitive world of big business to be the modern equiavlent of royal courts in some ways. Granted that there are no physical executions in the corporate world ( as far as anyone knows), much of the same ruthlessness that courtiers used when jockeying for the King's favor are still used by corporate workers now. Any thoughts on this?
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