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The English People at War in the Age of Henry VIII
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This lecture examines war and the economy in Henry VIII's England: heavy taxation and disrupted trade threatened recession.
But, arms traders, fortification builders, privateers and those who raided the Scots for their livestock, often with names familiar to followers of North-Eastern football - Robson, Milburn, Charlton - did well.

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Series
The English People at War in the Age of Henry VIII
People
Steven Gunn
Keywords
trade
taxation
privateering
arms
plunder
henry viii
Department: Faculty of History
Date Added: 12/10/2016
Duration: 00:55:09

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