r/tudorology

To be clear, I think that had Henry not suffered the jousting accident in 1536, he could probably have lived another two decades before perhaps dying of old age. However, I want to keep things as we know them because the questions I want to ask are based on circumstances that already existed. So, I'm going to assume that Henry's wound isn't as severe. It still causes him a great deal of pain, but he can walk on it, allowing him to exercise more. As a result, he isn't nearly as obese by 1547.

Question one: How would Henry deal with a Protestant Edward? Henry was basically a Catholic who didn't listen to the Pope. So, knowing that his heir was showing strong Lutheran leanings, would he have tried to correct Edward? Henry loved Edward because he was his long-awaited son, but could they have had a falling out over religion?

Question two: With Henry still on the throne, how would England's relationship with France develop? During Edward VI's reign, England and France became allies. England returned the French city of Boulogne because it was simply too costly to maintain its occupation. Henry had fought to capture that city—could he really have brought himself to give it back? And would the Prince of Wales still have been betrothed to Elisabeth of Valois, as he was in our timeline?

Question three: How would Edward's relationship with his sisters develop? Edward and Mary got along fairly well before Edward became king. Could we expect the same here? For example, if Edward married and had a child before Henry's death, would Mary be more likely than Elizabeth to become the child's godmother?

How do historians interpret the relationships between James VI and I and his male courtiers, and is there scholarly support for applying modern labels like ‘bisexual’?”

I came across somewhere about Henry viii and the infamous giant turkey legs which gave me pause ..

I‘ve loved looking deeper :: it’s widely accepted that Henry was the first British monarch to eat turkey .. during his reign, they came off of Turkish merchant ships .. so, under false assumptions ( there are others ), the bird was called turkey !!

looking even deeper, it got real interesting ::

Turkish people call them Hindi bc they thought they came from India

French, Slavic, Middle Eastern areas call them India Chicken ( in their respective languages ) believing that Christopher Columbus found passage to India, and it stuck

Portugal and India call them Peru, after the South American country

but where do these yummy birds originate from ??

they’re indigenous as far back, if not more, to the Ancient Aztec culture in the Americas ( modern Mexico City was built overtop of its ruins as a geographical reference ) !!

and what do they call their bird ? GUAJOLOTE or PAVO ( the Aztec word having been huehxōlōtl )

Thank you, King Henry for popularizing this global confusion across the realms !! Hilarious !! 😂

.. but isn’t it time, hundreds of years later, that this gets corrected ? respectfully pay homage to its true origin ? wondering what that will look like ??

“ Are you having a Pavo dinner with trimmings for Xmas this year ? “ doesn’t sound toooooo bad .. 🤭

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hoping this will be accepted in this sub bc the Tudor era is where “ turkey “ comes from .. and I love trivia like this that traces back to a time in history .. is this cool just to me ??

On This Day, June 26, 1483, Richard III became King of England, but his story would become one of history's greatest mysteries.

Richard III was crowned King of England after his nephew, Edward V, was declared illegitimate.

His reign lasted just over two years and remains one of the most controversial in English history.

Richard III has long been linked to the mysterious disappearance of the "Princes in the Tower," although historians still debate his involvement.

In 1485, he was killed at the Battle of Bosworth Field, becoming the last English king to die in battle.

After his death, the location of his grave was lost for more than five centuries.

Then, in 2012, archaeologists made an astonishing discovery.

Richard III's skeleton was found beneath a parking lot in Leicester, England, ending one of Britain's greatest historical mysteries.

DNA testing later confirmed the remains were indeed those of the long-lost king.