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4 giorni fa · Henry VIII was the king of England (1509–47). He broke with the Roman Catholic Church and had Parliament declare him supreme head of the Church of England , starting the English Reformation , because the pope would not annul his marriage to Catherine of Aragon .
3 giorni fa · On 14 May 1509, Venice was crushingly defeated at the battle of Agnadello, in the Ghiara d'Adda, marking one of the most delicate points in Venetian history. French and imperial troops were occupying Veneto, but Venice managed to extricate itself through diplomatic efforts.
2 giorni fa · Henry VIII acceded to the English throne in 1509 at the age of 17. He made a dynastic marriage with Catherine of Aragon, widow of his brother Arthur, in June 1509, just before his coronation on Midsummer's Day. Unlike his father, who was secretive and conservative, the young Henry appeared the epitome of chivalry and sociability.
2 giorni fa · Erasmus's best-known work is The Praise of Folly, written in 1509, published in 1511 under the double title Moriae encomium (Greek, Latinised) and Laus stultitiae (Latin). It is inspired by De triumpho stultitiae written by Italian humanist Faustino Perisauli.
4 giorni fa · Wotton, Porter, of Calais, Walter Culpeper, and John Meautis, clk. Commission to receive from Louis XII. 25,000 francs in crowns of gold at Calais, on 1 May, 1509, in conformity with the treaty of 3 Nov. 1492, between Hen. VII. and Charles VIII., confirmed by Louis under ecclesiastical censures.
4 giorni fa · 30 Aug., 1509.—Received his letters of 10 and 19 July, and approve his suggestion of Lady Margaret's mediation with the Emperor, which the Lord Privy Seal said, was adopted. Describe their capture of the Marquis of Mantua. The combined forces of the Emperor, France, Pope, &c., are near Padua.
1 giorno fa · King Ferdinand desires him to speak with the Spanish merchants, and to take care that the money which they have in hand, and which is not yet sent to Spain, should on no condition be sent away.—Valladolid, the 11th of May 1509.
