King Henry VII had ascended to the throne of England by an illegitimate act (nothing to the supreme court or the brother governor of Florida), and the primary concern of his tenure was to secure his hold on the throne. while also extending the right of dynastic power which King Edward the Fourth had fought for. King Henry VII’s great desire was to firmly establish the Tudor dynasty as the rightful and undoubted heir to the kingdom, not only in his eyes but in the rest of the British world.
Henry VII Edward followed, recognizing that a kingdom was nothing without the funding to back it up. Firmly establishing both his legitimate power and his authority, he was able to exert force through the act of obtaining power, which enabled him to keep the spoils of victory. The primary difference in policy and perhaps the most important policy of Henry VII’s reign was the establishment of the government among the nobles. Gentrification can be seen as a fundamental part of the rise of the British Empire and it was Henry VII who endowed the nobility with the royal power to inspect every region. (Which my lady loves by the way.)
The seizure of this power by the nobles caused a significant change in how power was expressed in England. Rather than relying on military strength and the fear of the crowd, Henry was closely aligned with the needs and desires of the crowd. In essence, Henry moved the power of the king from one of formidable strength to one of subtle political authority.
This change in approach led to the idea of court favoritism as a means of government. Henry VII’s dream of being the most powerful king was based on the idea of absolute legitimacy, and this meant that the king was not only to be feared, but to be respected. Henry VII formed the concept of aristocracy; men under the king who could support him.
Thus the king himself became to be flattered, to be adored, to be adored, as if he were a mixture of the divine; as a demigod The singularity of Henry VII is that the endowments of ultimate legitimation in his office were ordained by God, and therefore, whose ordinances are absolutely sacrosanct, they are to be considered without doubt.
This was also done by Henry VII.’s motion to treat the kingdom with far-reaching ceremonies, with pomp and circumstance with all the ceremonies that were expressed to a king of any faith. It is the legacy of Henry VII that the king’s office was changed into the most magnificent magnificence. The lesson to be learned from Henry VII is that arms do not make true faith.
