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fideidefenswhore · 3 months ago

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‘My master has withdrawn from negotiations between the duke of Angoulême, his son, and Princess Elizabeth, and instead pursued a dynastic match with Princess Mary, showing his allegiance to the Pope,’ Du Bellay said. ‘This is untrue. Your master stopped the negotiations because the king of England asked for the duke to be kept in England during his betrothed time to his second daughter. It has nothing to do with his allegiance to me or the Roman Catholic Church.’

Thorns, Lust, and Glory: The Betrayal of Anne Boleyn, Estelle Paranque

#well. he got him there...#estelle paranque #fwiw i do think that was the self-fashioning of the action #so it was true in that sense #(it occurred in the context of the affair of the placards and francois' marriage to eleanor and contract with charles v and the medici #marriage to francois' son...#it was a gesture that francois knew would be rebuffed had always been my take #and in that sense it was a symbolic gesture to ingratiate the pope. absolutely .#he didn't want to 100% commit to either bcus france could at any point often need either #similar to the reason clement prevaricated on officially answering henry's annulment with a yes or no #what i take from the above is that that's what paul iii is calling out here.#that it was an inauthentic gesture #a way to maintain both alliances

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