Spite in the Tudor Conquest of Ireland

Determined to Undermine
During the 16th century Ireland was to be impacted deeply by the sudden change of nobility to Henry the VII’s rule of the people. When looking at why this was important in Irish history you have to understand the historical context of the situation at the time when the Tudors stepped in on Irish rule. Ireland was to be looked at as a submissive power quickly because of the seemingly small fight they had put up to the rules that were attempting to change their country. These power imbalances set Ireland back a great deal of years in government and self-functioning ability in the long run. The Tudor conquest of Ireland was one that more bothered the affairs of the Irish people who had been more secluded from the changing tides of kingship for quite some time. Ireland lost out in the Tudor conquest because of the lack of nationalist consideration for the small island. The Tudor conquest left the needs of Ireland at the wayside as the surge for power raged on to other lands. The Tudor’s, Henry VII and Henry VIII, negative impact on the Irish mainland was carried out as the result of a simple move of Perkin Warbeck to the island. The consequences that ensued were merely the carrying out of vengeful thinking by the King of England upon the less then supportive differing chieftains in Ireland at the time of the late 1400’s to 1500’s. Since the land of Ireland had been technically England’s in Noble possession since the 1200’s, the conquering of the land is considered to be different to that of any other. The English Nobles did technically have control, but of what? Henry VII realized that if he was to have a strong foreign diplomacy (that he was trying to maintain) he wanted to be known as a controller, especially of the lands in which he supposedly had been left to maintain at that time. Strategically speaking it made sense; Ireland would be a horrible place to completely lose control of due its close proximity to the crowns mainland. This

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