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fideidefenswhore · 15 days ago

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When an outbreak of plague hit, Charles [V] anxiously suggested that Mendoza drop what he was doing and flee for safer areas; Chapuys had never received such concern. Mendoza had planned to depart England by the end of August, which he anticipated with unconcealed joy. He had asked for a recall. Charles not only immediately granted Mendoza's request (whereas he had refused to do so for Chapuys), but also sent money to cover any debts he had incurred.

Inside the Tudor Court, Lauren Mackay

#this passage is um...smth else fbajksdfds #preceded by 'had chapuys written such a letter #a rebuff would have been imminent...but charles mollycoddled his sensitive ambassador (meaning mendoza)'#mm...lol? unlike chapuys who was so...what? un-fragile? bcus the opposite is in evidence.#like i got the sense this was an appeal for the reader to pity him here #and it backfired. for me anyways.#A) i don't like being spoonfed #B) one of the few times i've said 'huh. based' re: charles v doing anything dsnfdjsnf #charles v #lauren mackay #maybe mendoza was a better ambassador? has she considered that...?#eustace chapuys #iirc mendoza and chapuys were of relatively equal birth so idt it was a classism thing #it might truly have been a ...competence. thing #and also the likelihood that of all his projects the anglo-imperial alliance was most on the backburner #as evidenced by charles v being willing to coerce coa into an annulment so long as henry chose to marry one of charles' other relatives #rather than anne #we then see it shift to mary as figurehead but again as it's on the backburner...funding chapuys is not his priority ; meaning it must not #have been a priority full stop...if chapuys had nothing to reward all his opposition contacts with then that was #not likely to succeed

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