#tudortimes

The British World - Ireland and the Tudors. “Revolt, Conquest, and the Seeds of Conflict”. Much of Ireland had been nominally English since the days of #henryii (1133-1189), but by #tudortimes the old colonizing #anglonorman lords of the 12th century had become as Irish as their indigenous counterparts. Both groups enjoyed an existence relatively independent of #england🇬🇧, and the area of the Pale, the easterly region of more coherent English settlement, had shrunk to a small arc around Dublin. After 1485, however, the demands of the #tudor state brought #irish matters to a head. #ukhistory #englandhistory #europeanhistory #ireland🇮🇪 (And my Irish roots come from the Porter seafarers from when Maine was still under the Commonwealth of Massachusetts) https://www.instagram.com/p/CK19GRbrg7F/?igshid=1f06w8ff9c0hw

Have been reading Alison Weir’s biography of Elizabeth of York. She was the daughter, sister, niece, wife & mother of kings. Henry VI married her to finally unite the houses of York & Lancaster under the Tudor rose. She faced such terror growing up under the scheming Richard III. I’d like to think she thought of Henry as her white knight who saved her from an awful tyrant. Apparently, they did love each other very much. I wonder how much he thought of Elizabeth as he fought for the throne. For some reason, I picture Adian Quinn as Henry from Looking For Richard. I feel like she’s kind of overlooked - overshadowed by the queens during the War of the Roses & the queens that would marry her son, Henry VIII.