HIST 1F92 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Joseph Banks, French East India Company, Royal Scots Navy
11 Apr 2017
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British maritime power in the early medieval period. Scholars say we are in the postmodern period, and there is no definitive answer to when we transitioned into it. Henry viii: builder and developer of the 1500s, had 6 wives, killed 2 of them, ambitious, continental rivals. England, venice, spain and the pope against france. Henry realized something had to be done to signify englands power. Mary rose: ship, 1511, royal dockyard at portsmouth. Henri grace a dieu: great harry , woolwich, largest warship in europe. Henrician reformation: henrys reformation, ordered postal fortification, vessels to counter the smooth quick french. Great michael: james iv of scotland, r. 1488-1513, built. Before the development of the mary rose: newhavin (edinburgh, wasn"t as present on the seas than the mary rose. Royal navy: had about 40 ships, constructed royal docks. 16th transition from wool to cloth exports from london to antwerp and beyond.
