Summary of Lauren Mackay's Inside the Tudor Court

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Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.
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#1 The search for Chapuys the man begins in the charming old city of Annecy in south-eastern France, near the border with Switzerland. He was born in 1499. The exact year of his birth is uncertain, as we lack a birth certificate.
#2 Annecy is a popular winter gateway to the ski resorts of the French Alps. It is a picture-postcard medieval center, with the town’s main museum, La Musée-château d’Annecy, housing the only known portraits of Eustace Chapuys.
#3 There are four portraits of Eustache Chapuys: one in the Annecy museum, one in the Lycée Berthollet, and two others that are stored in the Académie Florimontane in Annecy. They all show a different-looking Chapuys, with different facial features and different robes.
#4 Eustace Chapuys was the son of Louis and Guigone Chapuys. He was a notary and a municipal official, and he had a law degree. He was also ambitious and career-minded, and he became a diplomat.

Sujets

• 16th Century
• Modern
• Histoire
• Modern history
• History
• Obermodern-Zutzendorf

Informations

• Publié par: Everest Media LLC
• Date de parution: 03 mai 2022
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781669397755
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

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Insights on Lauren Mackay's Inside the Tudor Court
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Insights from Chapter 1

#1

The search for Chapuys the man begins in the charming old city of Annecy in south-eastern France, near the border with Switzerland. He was born in 1499. The exact year of his birth is uncertain, as we lack a birth certificate.

#2

Annecy is a popular winter gateway to the ski resorts of the French Alps. It is a picture-postcard medieval center, with the town’s main museum, La Musée-château d’Annecy, housing the only known portraits of Eustace Chapuys.

#3

There are four portraits of Eustache Chapuys: one in the Annecy museum, one in the Lycée Berthollet, and two others that are stored in the Académie Florimontane in Annecy. They all show a different-looking Chapuys, with different facial features and different robes.

#4

Eustace Chapuys was the son of Louis and Guigone Chapuys. He was a notary and a municipal official, and he had a law degree. He was also ambitious and career-minded, and he became a diplomat.

#5

Eustace was born into a middle-class family in Annecy, France. He was charming and had great enthusiasm for civic projects, but he could never quite focus on the task at hand.

#6

Eustace was to follow a different path from his father, who died when he was in his early teens. He was educated in Annecy and eventually accepted by the prestigious Turin University. He received a doctorate of civil and canon law in 1515, but whether in Turin or Rome is disputed.

#7

Eustace’s European social circle was impressive. He became an integral part of the episcopal administration of Geneva, and well reputed as an eloquent orator and Latin stylist. He gained valuable experience conducting conciliatory diplomatic missions to a number of Swiss cities, including Fribourg and Bern.

#8

Eustace had a close relationship with the German reformer, humanist, literary scholar and researcher of the occult Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa. They first met at Pavia between 1512 and 1515. Agrippa lectured at Pavia and Turin, where Eustace had studied.

#9

Eustace had been active in Genevan politics as part of the episcopal administration, and he was most concerned about the duke’s threat. The duke had executed the Bishop of Geneva’s vicar for treason in 1519.

#10

In 1529, Emperor Charles V chose Eustace Chapuys to replace his ambassador to England, Spanish nobleman and clergyman Inigo de Mendoza. Chapuys’ mission was to support the queen, Katherine of Aragon, against Henry VIII’s attempt to divorce her.

#11

Tudor scheming prevented Henry from meeting with Katherine alone, and he even had to communicate with her through a third party. However, it could be said that Mendoza lacked the skills necessary to be a diplomat. He was constantly frustrated by the actions of Henry’s chief advisor, Cardinal Thomas Wolsey.

#12

Katherine was now in desperate need of an advocate who could develop a network of allies. She chose Chapuys, who was now an accomplished forty-year-old Savoyard civil lawyer with more than a decade of legal and diplomatic experience.

#13

When you arrive in England, ask for our ambassador Don Ynigo de Mendoça, bishop of Bourgos, who will take you to your place. We will write to him to ask him to help you with your accommodation and any other thing.

#14

After his brief time as ambassador to England, Chapuys went to visit Mendoza in Antwerp, where he was given a thorough briefing on the situation in England. He would need more than luck to succeed as ambassador.
Insights from Chapter 2

#1

Chapuys was instructed to help reconcile Henry and Katherine by using his extensive legal abilities and the Holy Roman Emperor’s no less extensive diplomatic resources in Rome and elsewhere. He was to explore alliances, and help deliver a healthy boy to the throne.

#2

The view of Henry and Wolsey was simple: one pope had allowed the marriage, so another pope could disallow it. They were not parochially minded and did not consider the fact that Katherine would not go quietly.

#3

The marriage between Katherine and Henry was in danger of being torn apart by the Reformation, which was gaining followers across Europe. Some books and essays attacking the Church were evading the bans imposed by rulers and the clergy.

#4

The Catholic Church did not allow divorce, but did allow it when the marriage had never existed or was invalid. Henry sought a divorce, but the Pope refused to grant it. Wolsey knew that if he failed to satisfy the king’s desires, his career would be over.

#5

The English had been awaiting the new Imperial ambassador with some curiosity. Chapuys initially spoke little or no English, and in face-to-face conversations would rely on French, which was spoken by anyone of note at court.

#6

Chapuys explained the substance of his instructions to Katherine. She was very glad, and said that he could not have expressed more in her favor. However, the room was full of people at the time, so she could do no more than express her gratitude and assure him that an ambassador from the Emperor was a great comfort in her tribulations.

#7

Chapuys met with the Duke of Norfolk, one of the more prominent courtiers, to discuss the king’s relationship with Katherine. He advised that the administration of affairs had fallen into the hands of the Duke of Nolphocq.

#8

The first foray into the tangled web of the Tudor court was a success. But while he seemed to have impressed the Duke of Norfolk, the real test would be Henry and his advisers, to whom he presented his credentials and ambassadorial brief.

#9

The king was pleased to see Chapuys, and he explained his commission in its entirety. He then warned the ambassador that the discretion of ambassadors was often the cause of the enmities and quarrels of princes, as well as their friendships and alliances.

#10

Henry attempted to persuade Chapuys of his position on a divorce, and claimed that he was doing his best to establish the truth. However, the situation remained unresolved, and a legal marriage was out of the question for both Henry and Katherine.

#11

Wolsey had once been the most powerful man in the Tudor court, but he was now humiliated and told to communicate his concerns in writing. Suffolk had deftly arranged events so that when Wolsey arrived at court, he could not find lodgings anywhere near the king.

#12

The parliament that was held in England in 1529 was called the Reformation Parliament, and it passed laws that transferred religious authority from the Pope to the English Crown.