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Hace 4 días · Early Tudor humanists wrote about the ‘commonwealth’; Sir Francis Walsingham, the focus of my current research, spoke of monarch and ‘state’ as distinct entities. How can one measure the impact of Tudor royal propaganda below the level of the élite?
Hace 5 días · Elizabeth did however harshly punish those engaged in illicit sex because it caused social disorder and reflected badly on her as a queen. The third section focuses on privy councillors, specifically three men who acted as her principal secretary, William Cecil, Francis Walsingham, and Robert Cecil.
Hace 3 días · Signature. Mary, Queen of Scots (8 December 1542 – 8 February 1587), also known as Mary Stuart [3] or Mary I of Scotland, [4] was Queen of Scotland from 14 December 1542 until her forced abdication in 1567. The only surviving legitimate child of James V of Scotland, Mary was six days old when her father died and she inherited the throne.
- 14 December 1542 – 24 July 1567
- Mary of Guise
This may not be the best Sub-Reddit to ask this in, but I was wondering if people could clue me in. Elizabeth I had Francis Walsingham as her spymaster. Q: How about the monarchs before her? Doubtless the earlier Tudors had their spies, but did they have one trusted spymaster like Walsingham?
Hace 4 días · The recent discovery, however, of an existing painting of the Virgin and Child beneath a portrait of the staunchly Protestant ‘spymaster’ to Elizabeth I, Sir Francis Walsingham, also makes possible something of a private joke on the part of the artist, known or more likely unknown to this particular sitter.
Hace 3 días · Despite further libels in March 1579, the corporation was able that autumn to assure Sir Francis Walsingham, the recorder, that the controversies were over, and that the last borough election had been 'so peaceable as to be soon finished'. Further troubles and dissension in the 1580s led to new attempts to control elections.
Hace 1 día · Francis Walsingham said, “You are a mighty lord of heaven. We are simple soldiers of righteousness among the damned. I have ways to deal with traitors. Tell me who among the souls of hell most offends thee, and we three will find a way to fit punishments.” “You will? You think you can? I think not. I think you have already failed in that ...