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How to Play. Action Games. Play King Henry's Heads and Hearts online on your mobile phone, tablet or computer. Math Reading Science Social Studies. Top Games Top Videos. The answer is board games — some of which we still play to similar rules today, and some that have been adapted over time. The most enduring game of all is chess, which has been played in western Europe since the early Middle Ages — witness the beautiful Lewis Chessmen chess pieces of walrus ivory, found on Lewis in , but likely made in Norway in around AD — The rules of chess, however, underwent a significant change in the mid-to-late 15th century when the queen, originally a weak piece, became the most dominant figure on the board.
The romantic among us might date the change to the emergence of powerful female rulers, such as Isabella I of Castile or Anne of Beaujeu, regent of France from Chess-playing was an essential social skill for the upper classes in the Tudor period. The inventory of goods belonging to Catherine of Aragon, taken after she had been banished from court in , revealed two ivory chess-boards with pieces; a set of red and ivory chess men; and a further box of ivory chessmen.
Another game recognisable today was tables, now known as backgammon. We turn now to the most popular Tudor game of all — gambling on dice. The government waged a constant war on it, trying to licence taverns and preventing less reputable inns from allowing gaming to take place. In , a comprehensive act was passed against popular games. In particular, ordinances were issued against gambling among soldiers and sailors: for example, this one for the garrison at Berwick issued in The rules of dozens of dice games played in the 16th century were not dissimilar to those of the modern card-game pontoon.
Like us on Facebook to see similar stories. I'm already a fan, don't show this again. Send MSN Feedback. How can we improve? Please give an overall site rating:. Instead, Henry suggested Mary would make the emperor an excellent wife. Economic consider ations won out. In August Wolsey concluded the secret Treaty of Bruges with Charles against Francis, launching England into a war that served none of its interests. If France were conquered and partitioned, Charles could wed Mary, ensuring her peaceful accession.
By England had shifted its foreign policy focus to Scotland. Henry offered the Scots a year truce and marriage between the preteen James V and then 7-year-old Mary. Despite its ongoing issues with Scotland, England remained allied with Spain through , when the struggle between Francis and Charles climaxed. The February 24 Battle of Pavia proved the decisive engagement of the four-year Italian war and brought Francis to the verge of ruin by his defeat and capture.
The terms of the Treaty of Madrid forced the French king to relinquish his Italian, Flemish and Burgundian claims. Henry and Wolsey began preparing the nation and its military forces for the conflict, but their efforts were hampered by the simple fact England was now close to bankruptcy.
Then there were the resurgent Scots. Within a year, however, the Scottish king wed French noblewoman Mary of Guise, further strengthening his alliance with France. From the English perspective the situation soured even further in , for not only was there a reconciliation between Charles and Francis, but also Pope Paul III formally excommunicated Henry.
In February Henry sent an ambassador to Scotland and in August of the next year headed north himself for talks in York, but James snubbed him. Matters came to a head in October when English troops crossed the border and burned a score of villages before crossing back into England. They had advanced less than a mile when pinned against the River Esk by a small but mobile English army and defeated at the Battle of Solway Moss.
That fight salvaged a delicate situation for Henry.
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