Book contents
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- TRANSLATORS' PREFACE
- Contents
- BOOK I THE CHIEF CRISES IN THE EARLIER HISTORY OF ENGLAND
- BOOK II ATTEMPTS TO CONSOLIDATE THE KINGDOM INDEPENDENTLY IN ITS TEMPORAL AND SPIRITUAL RELATIONS
- INTRODUCTION
- CHAP. I Re-establishment of the supreme power
- CHAP. II Changes in the condition of Europe
- CHAP. II Origin of the Divorce Question
- CHAP. IV The Separation of the English Church
- CHAP. V The opposing tendencies within the Schismatic State
- CHAP. VI Religious Reform in the English Church
- CHAP. VII Transfer of the Government to a Catholic Queen
- CHAP. VIII The Catholic-Spanish Government
- BOOK III QUEEN ELIZABETH. CLOSE CONNEXION OF ENGLISH AND SCOTTISH AFFAIRS
- BOOK IV FOUNDATION OF THE KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN. FIRST DISTURBANCES UNDER THE STUARTS
- BOOK V DISPUTES WITH PARLIAMENT DURING THE LATER YEARS OF THE REIGN OF JAMES I AND THE EARLIER YEARS OF THE REIGN OF CHARLES I
CHAP. II - Changes in the condition of Europe
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 07 June 2011
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- TRANSLATORS' PREFACE
- Contents
- BOOK I THE CHIEF CRISES IN THE EARLIER HISTORY OF ENGLAND
- BOOK II ATTEMPTS TO CONSOLIDATE THE KINGDOM INDEPENDENTLY IN ITS TEMPORAL AND SPIRITUAL RELATIONS
- INTRODUCTION
- CHAP. I Re-establishment of the supreme power
- CHAP. II Changes in the condition of Europe
- CHAP. II Origin of the Divorce Question
- CHAP. IV The Separation of the English Church
- CHAP. V The opposing tendencies within the Schismatic State
- CHAP. VI Religious Reform in the English Church
- CHAP. VII Transfer of the Government to a Catholic Queen
- CHAP. VIII The Catholic-Spanish Government
- BOOK III QUEEN ELIZABETH. CLOSE CONNEXION OF ENGLISH AND SCOTTISH AFFAIRS
- BOOK IV FOUNDATION OF THE KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN. FIRST DISTURBANCES UNDER THE STUARTS
- BOOK V DISPUTES WITH PARLIAMENT DURING THE LATER YEARS OF THE REIGN OF JAMES I AND THE EARLIER YEARS OF THE REIGN OF CHARLES I
Summary
For the history of the world the decisive event of the epoch was the rapid rise of the French monarchy, which after it had freed itself from the English invasions, became master of all the hitherto separate territories of the great vassals, and lastly even of Brittany, and rapidly began to make its preponderance felt on all sides.
Considered in itself no one would have been more called on to oppose this than the King of England, who even still bore the title of King of France. In fact Henry did once revive his claim on the French crown, on Normandy and Guyenne, and took part in a coalition, which was to have forced Charles VIII to give up Brittany; he crossed to Calais and threatened Boulogne. But he was not in earnest with these comprehensive views in his military enterprise, any more than Edward IV had once been in a similar one. Henry VII was contented when a considerable money payment year by year was secured to him, as it had been to Edward. The English called it a tribute, the French a pension. It was acceptable to the King, and advantageous for his home affairs, just at that moment–1492–to have a sum of money at his free disposal.
And no one could have advised him to attach himself unconditionally to the house of Burgundy.
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- A History of EnglandPrincipally in the Seventeenth Century, pp. 104 - 119Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010First published in: 1875