#( ╳┊❝ Int: Edward Tudor ❞. )

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         No podía existir mayor furia de la que Edward sentía en ese instante al ser su primera gran pelea solo sin su padre y ser derrotado contra los daneses. Jamás había visto tantos daneses juntos. Necesitaba un plan, uno muy grande y al final dio la orden de que volvieran a Winchester. Había logrado irse pero habían terminado con fácil más de un tercio de su gran ejercito. Sabía que para terminar con ellos tenía que mandar a hombres a pelear por él, por su padre, por él, por Dios, por Wessex. Pensó en su hermana y ahora que estaban atacando tendría que llamar a sus hombres que la tenían buscando, tan solo esperaba que algún día se volvieran a ver y temía porque ya la hubieran capturado. 

          En el camino cuando llegaron a Winchester se llevaron la gran sorpresa y disgusto de que su ciudad había sido tomada por daneses, todo había sido una maldita trampa. Grito furioso, el luto no podía quedarse, no podrían perder el último reino y no huiría. Ordeno que acamparían alrededor de la fortaleza. Encontrarían un modo de entrar y recuperar lo suyo, necesitaban un plan. Su familia estaba ahí, su madre, su esposa, sus hijos, sobre todo pensó en los últimos, sus herederos. Estaba en su tienda orando porque Dios lo guiará, pidiendo a su padre que le otorgará su sabiduría y no supo si fue mensaje de Dios o que representaba pero le indicaron que habían cuatro guerreros que deseaban verlo. Este salió de la tienda pensando que eran daneses que venían por alguna razón pero la gran sorpresa fue ver que eran Caleb y sus hombres, reconoció a dos de ellos, Gunnar y Fjord, aunque no al otro chico, mucho más joven. Los Dioses les habían mandado una señal, tal vez no estaban tan perdidos, había esperanza. Todos estos malditos años estuvo vivo y estuvo escondido, como forajido pero ahora no estaba en disputa para acusarlo, lo requerían y lo sabía. Si iba a estar y pelear por Wessex tendría que volver a ser un guerrero de Wessex. ❝——Caleb, Finnar, Gunnar❞ saludó a los tres y un solo gesto al otro chico sin saber su nombre. ❝Espero que su presencia venga con un plan❞ habló, sin mucho ánimo pero les indicó que entrarán con él y el resto de los magistrados. Era tiempo de pensar.

          Decir que había perdido la cabeza era poco, estaba furioso, como tenía demasiados años que no lo estaba pero solo quería recuperar a su esposa, en ese instante su furia le valía un comino Wessex, se la llevaría lejos de ahí. Sin embargo, no era el único que había perdido a alguien. Los cuatro habían perdido a su mujeres y familia, al ser rescatados se dirigieron caminando a Winchester. Tardaron bastante en llegar a pie, estaban cansados, hambrientos y sobre todo furiosos, querían sangre. Estuvieron escondidos vigilando la fortaleza tomada por los daneses, eran un número inmenso y la ciudad era muy grande para poder resguardar a todos ellos. Buscaban una fisura, la más mínima pero no encontraron nada. Sin embargo, cuando el rey había llegado parecía su única esperanza. Fue hasta que se estableció que Caleb les indicó que fueran, acudieron directo a él dispuestos a pelear aunque esta vez los cuatro tenían un motivo personal. ❝——Lord Rey❞ saludó al verlo con una leve reverencia pero simplemente lo siguieron, conocía a varios regidores, otros eran nuevos pero a pesar de que solo Caleb era regidor, los dejaron pasar por ser sus hombres (o por el simple hecho de que estaban desesperados). Se hablaba de matar a todos los daneses, quemar todo el lugar, dejarlos sin comer, pero no era una opción porque había rehenes. Observó a Caleb de reojo, sabía que tenía que informar que también tenía a la princesita. Había peleado demasiado pero esta vez no veía fácil que encontrarán una manera de ganar. 

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Anne in Faction

“’[The great lords of the council] knew right well that it was difficult for them to do anything directly of themselves, wherefore they perceiving the great affection the king bare lovingly unto Mistress Anne Boleyn, fantasying in their heads that she should be for them a sufficient and apt instrument to bring their malicious purpose to pass; with whom they often consulted in this matter. And she having both a very good wit, and also an inward desire to be revenged of the cardinal, was agreeable to their requests...’

“Faction in Tudor England...was crucial in Tudor politics and vital to an understanding of the career of Anne Boleyn...faction is the form politics habitually takes when its focus is the will of one man...Direct opposition to that individual will is impossible...The loyal way to compete for benefit and for authority over policy is to seek gain the ruler’s goodwill...royal favour. That opens the way to advance particular policies which...the ruler will make his own and give the authority to execute...only a very few people reach a position to compete directly for royal favour, but because...a monarch’s decision was so relevant to so much, that minority was pressed to solicit favour for third parties, which they were willing to do, partly in return for material rewards and partly for status and prestige...the test of sufficiency being the ability to persuade the king. 

“Henry was always in authority; he was nobody’s fool; at times he did lead and he could not be taken for granted. But he was also significantly dependent on those around him, for reassurance and...for ideas as well. He was also vulnerable to pressure...His will remained dominant; when he decided, that was final. But the crucial question was, ‘Who had he been listening to?’...on the right issues and in the right emotional circumstances he was vulnerable and men calculated accordingly. So did Anne Boleyn. 

“The ties in Tudor faction were organic...emerged from the realities of family relationships..., friendship and antagonism, locality, sponsorship, and upbringing...factional alignments intersected like sets in mathematics, and with an individual having principal loyalties to one group and ancillary...links elsewhere...links could exist in three dimensions, with superiors, with inferiors, and with equals. Factions also varied in durability. Some groupings, some antagonisms, lasted for years, yet because the ultimate concern was to promote objectives in and through individuals, calculations could alter as circumstances changed...Anne Boleyn’s fall was a consequence of precisely such a recalculation among some of her supporters. 

“Issues of principle and policy...were not, as in modern party, expressed in open political alignment and debate. Rather, they were personalized...as Henry’s pursuit of a divorce produced increasing tension between the Church and State in England and between England and Rome, support for traditional religion came to be expressed as support for Katherine and Mary and again vise versa. Likewise, acceptance of Anne meant hostility to Rome and...acceptance of royal supremacy over the church. 

“In 1527 Katherine of Aragon enjoyed support of one of the most enduring factions of the time. Its origins went back to the reign of Henry VIII, and...it is...described as ‘the Stafford-Neville’, later ‘the Neville-Courtenay’ connection, after the principal families involved. In the early years of Henry VIII’s reign, its members were among the most prominent courtiers, with Edward Stafford, duke of Buckingham, Henry Stafford, his brother (later earl of Wiltshire), George Neville, Lord Burgavenny, and his brother Sir Edward Neville, always around the king and his young wife. Toward the second decade of the century, George Neville married Buckingham’s daughter Mary, a former lady-in-waiting to the queen, and at some time both families contracted alliances with another important group, the Pole family. The matriarch of that family, Margaret Pole, countess of Salisbury, was a close friend to Katherine of Aragon; her second son, Reginald, was being groomed at the king’s expense for high office in the English Church; her cousin, Henry Courtenay, earl of Devon, was one of the king’s intimates...and his second wife, Gertrude (also one of Katherine’s ladies), was daughter to William Blount, Lord Mountjoy, chamberlain to the queen, by his wife Inez, one of the attendants who had come with her from Spain. The faction had lost ground to Wolsey after 1514 and in 1521 had suffered a massive blow when Buckingham was executed and Burgavenny, Edward Neville, the countess of Salisbury and her eldest son, Henry, Lord Montagu, all fell into disfavor. But the faction survived and recovered somewhat as the 1520s progressed; the countess became governess to Princess Mary while Henry Courtneay was raised to the rank of marquis of Exeter and appointed as one of the two noblemen serving in the privy chamber. As Queen Katherine came under threat, the Neville-Courtenay connection was in a position to give her very powerful support, and Exeter and Montagu would live to be among the peers who condemned Anne to death. 

“Anne...[had] less than she would have had two years earlier. In June 1525 Sir Thomas Boleyn had at least achieved his peerage, but this had meant giving up the vital court post of treasurer of the household. Seven months later, George lost his formal position in the privy chamber as a result of the Eltham reorganization. Both men...remained part of the king’s intimate circle, and...former admirer, Wyatt, had returned from Italy and was in high favour with the king. Yet three men...were not enough and Anne set out to gain more. She did everything she could to secure the support of her brother-in-law William Carey -- hence the business of the appointment to Wilton. Another of the gentlemen of the privy chamber was Sir Thomas Cheney, whom Anne may already have encountered as a fellow resident in Kent. She first intervened on his behalf in March 1528, when he was in disgrace to Wolsey. 

“A more serious problem over Cheney arose some months later, when the sweat carried off the stepson of another privy chamber gentleman, Sir John Russell. The young man, John Broughton, had been in service to Wolsey and had left 700 pounds in chattels and substantial lands in Bedfordshire, so that his two sisters were considerable heiresses. The younger, Katherine, was under age, but Russell’s wife was frantic to keep her daughter, and Sir John went to work at once to get Wolsey to sell the wardship to the family. He had good hopes...but Cheney and another gentleman of the privy chamber, Sir John Wallop, were pressing the king and Anne Boleyn for support in securing both girls. Russell, therefore, mobilized Wolsey’s contact man in the privy chamber, Thomas Heneage, and Thomas Arundel...to intercede on his behalf and so secure from the cardinal the wardship of Katherine Broughton, as well as confirmation that her elder sister Anne was now of age. Cheney and Wallop...carried the day...and Henry promised Anne Broughton to Sir Thomas and Katherine to Sir John. This put Wolsey in great difficulty -- he was already in the king’s bad books over the Wilton affair -- but fortunately for him a blazing row broke out between Cheney and Russell and the king decided that his candidate had gone too far...

“What part Anne played in all this is not known, but she was active on Cheney’s behalf when the matter erupted again in January 1529 in a confrontation between him and Wolsey...insisting that the king’s promise of Anne Broughton should be honoured, Cheney offended the minister and was rusticated, only to be brought to court by Anne and with many harsh words against the cardinal. In May Wolsey gave up his effort to direct Anne Broughton’s marriage and she apparently passed into Cheney’s control, eventually becoming his wife. The cardinal did retain wardship of the younger sister, Katherine, and the king paid Wallop 400 pounds in compensation. Yet...the compromise...did not last long. On Wolsey’s fall, Katherine’s wardship was granted to Anne Boleyn’s grandmother, and not long afterwards the girl was married to Anne’s uncle, Lord William Howard. 

“Anne was beginning to collect allies among existing members of the king’s immediate entourage, and...she also had some influence on admission to the privy chamber...June 1527, when a post as gentleman of the privy chamber was given to Richard Page, who was later to be one of her loyal supporters...In January 1528 Nicholas Carewe was recruited...he would be one of Anne’s bitterest enemies...Wallop was appointed at the same time...Thomas Heneage, whom Wolsey had insinuated into the department some weeks after Carewe and Wallp, was certainly persona grata with Anne...Then there is the case of Francis Bryan, whom the king ‘took into his privy chamber’ on 25 June...Bryan had ever credential for court office already, and Anne was away from court when he was appointed. Yet one must note that Bryan was a replacement for Anne’s brother-in-law, William Carey, who had died of the sweat, and he was soon on the way to France to escort...the impatiently awaited Campeggio...These reveal a strong supporter of Anne, confidently presuming on his family relationship with her. Bryan may not have needed Anne’s help to become a gentleman of the privy chamber again, but there is at least good reason to suspect that Henry knew that Anne would be pleased at the appointment...

“There is no other similar insight into Anne’s Boleyn’s relations int he 1520s with other powerful groups and individuals at court...The possible exception is her uncle, now duke of Norfolk. He had...wanted to exploit Anne in 1520-1 to extricate himself from his job in Ireland, and it would have been obvious for a man like Thomas Howard to see what he could gain from the king’s interest in her. He was already finding it less easy to accept Wolsey’s frustrating dominance than had his father...and in 1525 when royal taxation had provoked unrest in Suffolk, he and Brandon had made joint...attempts to bypass the cardinal and get their instructions directly from Henry...

“...in the summer of 1527, when the international situation made it important to send an embassy to France...

“...During the cardinal’s absence...Anne did agree to marry Henry...

“...when Wolsey returned to court on 30 September he had a worse shock. The long-standing custom had been to warn the king that he had arrived, and to ask for a private appointment in the privy chamber to report on his mission. When the cardinal’s man arrived, it was to find...that ‘the king had with him in his chamber a certain lady called Anna de Bolaine who appears to have little good will toward the cardinal, and before the king could respond to a message she said “where else should he come, except where the king is?”‘ Henry indulgently agreed, and Wolsey found himself playing gooseberry to a courting couple and trying to talk diplomacy at the same time. He also realized how wrong he had been. He had gone to France ignoring Anne as a flirtation, and confident that a divorce would free Henry to marry a French princess; he now knew things were serious for him...”

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