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The late Middle Ages or late medieval period was the period of European history lasting from AD 1300 to 1500. The late Middle Ages followed the High Middle Ages and preceded the onset of the early modern period (and in much of Europe, the Renaissance ). [1] Around 1350, centuries of prosperity and growth in Europe came to a halt.
Stockholm Bloodbath, (Nov. 8–9, 1520), the mass execution of Swedish nobles by the Danish king Christian II (reigned 1513–23), which led to the final phase of the Swedish war of secession from the Kalmar Union of the three Scandinavian kingdoms under Danish paramountcy.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
- Personal Power in Peace and War
- A King in Search of Glory
- Achieving and Celebrating Peace
- Prolonged Preparations
- The Tournament
- Hospitality on Display
- Was It Worth The Expense and Effort?
On 9 June 1520, Henry VIII of England and Francis I of France put on their dazzling armour and led out teams of jousters to begin two weeks of competition in a grand tournament celebrating peace between their two countries. The kings had met in person two days previously in a magnificent tent decorated with gold cloth and tapestries. The location w...
Henry VIII came to the throne aged 17 in 1509, backed by national enthusiasm for a return to dynamic kingship. Modelling himself on Henry V, he was eager to recover English lands in France, and to correct the recent failures of expeditions in 1475 and 1492. For five months, from June 1513, Henry campaigned in northern France. He won a minor victory...
Leo X was desperate to be the pope who persuaded European rulers to join a crusade to halt the westward expansion of the Ottoman Empire. By 1518, the costs of rebuilding and running Tournai as part of England prompted Henry VIII to sell it back to France. Wolsey led these negotiations, and as the pope’s personal legate in England, he took the oppor...
The meeting lasted for a little over two weeks but required over a year’s worth of intensive preparation. The records of the king’s chamber reveal the small army of carpenters, glaziers and painters preparing the site at Guisnes. The English purchased weapons, staves and accessories and adapted them for tournament fighting – a process that included...
The centrepiece of the Field was the military competition between the knights of both nations. Between 200 and 300 English and French courtiers clamoured to fight in one or more of the three competitions – jousting individually with lances across a barrier or tilt; on horseback in the mêlée of the tourney; and on foot at barriers. Each element had ...
As hosts, the English could spare no expense in the supply of food and drink, entertainments, dances, and other distractions, which included a flying pyrotechnical dragon kite that swooped down on the royal couples as they left a final mass on Saturday 23 June. As many as 12,000 people dined over the two weeks that the Field lasted. The provisionin...
Francis was confident that the event confirmed the superiority of French power. He demonstrated this on 17 June, when he rode with a few companions into English territory and demanded entry into Henry’s chamber in Guisnes Castle. Once admitted, he helped Henry to dress. This episode appeared to be an act of friendship and trust, but it was an asser...
World History 1500-1525 AD. 1501 AD Battle of Shurer -The Safawod Dynasty was founded in 1501 when Ismail I of Arabadil defeated the leader of the White Sheep dynasty at the battle of Shurer. This consolidated Shite rule of Iran. 1501 AD Louis XII Conquers Northern Italy - 1501- Loius XII conquers Northern Italy and is declared by Pope ...
AD 1520–62: ‘Virgin-soil’ epidemics devastate Native populations. “Virgin-soil” epidemics sweep through populations with no prior exposure to a particular infectious disease and consequently no immunity to it. Almost every disease that Europeans carry to the Americas in the 1500s causes a virgin-soil epidemic because every Native ...
