"Henry VIII's 99 Problems" Topic
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Au pas de Charge | 20 Jul 2019 9:08 a.m. PST |
From a wargaming campaign point of view what are the career political and military issues Henry VIII faced during his reign? To start off: Internal rebellions by pretenders to the throne or regions that resented increased taxes or manipulations concerning their religious practices. What's next? |
enfant perdus | 20 Jul 2019 10:22 a.m. PST |
The potential for a succession crisis meant that leading the army on campaign was always risky for Henry. Militarily, England's dearth of native heavy cavalry (comparable with gens d'armes) was problematic when campaigning on the Continent. |
advocate | 20 Jul 2019 10:43 a.m. PST |
Which pretenders are you thinking of in the reign of Henry VIII? I can't remember any just now. Regional revolts, yes indeed. Desire to defeat the French. |
Prince Alberts Revenge | 20 Jul 2019 7:42 p.m. PST |
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enfant perdus | 20 Jul 2019 8:58 p.m. PST |
>Which pretenders are you thinking of in the reign of Henry VIII? Richard de la Pole, the "White Rose". His first planned invasion (when he actually had an army ready to invade) would make a good alt-history gaming scenario. |
Puster | 22 Jul 2019 10:06 a.m. PST |
Afaik in 1514 some 10k Landsknechts were assembled in France for a possible invasion under de la Pole. These formed the bulk of the French Landsknechts at Marignano 1515, with only the core of some 5000 "Black Bands" coming via Geldern from the battlefields of Frisia. If that campaign had been pushed – and the army reinforced with French artillery and Gensdarmes, it certainly would have become one of the 99 problems. |
Mithmee | 31 Jul 2019 5:42 p.m. PST |
Well there was the minor issue of his wives and their inability to produce a son for him. Plus he did suffer from a leg wound that never really did heal (though the tights that they wore back then might have hampered the healing). Oh and for some reason he and the Pope did not see eye to eye, but that has always been a problem with the English rulers. |
Au pas de Charge | 01 Aug 2019 7:57 p.m. PST |
Didn't he also suffer a jousting would to his head and eye that knocked him out for five minutes; a type of concussion that's personality altering if it unconsciousness lasts for only 30 seconds let alone five minutes. I understand this is what led to his sharp personality change towards the paranoid. I understand that his vainglorious 1544 campaign was some sort of last grasp at glory that caused finance problems for the realm for years to come. I think he also alienated a lot of the protestant German states by his treatment of Anne of Cleves. |
Tango01 | 11 May 2021 3:32 p.m. PST |
The Story of Henry VII here…. link
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Sandinista | 15 May 2021 4:14 p.m. PST |
Were his 99 problems ice cream related? |
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