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Battle of Solway Moss
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Battle of Solway Moss

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  • Hans Holbein the Younger: Portrait of Henry VIII of England
    Henry VIII
    / Physical and mental decline

    The Scots were routed at Solway Moss (1542), and their king died soon after: this opened the possibility of subjugating that country permanently by means of a marriage alliance between the infant heirs to the two thrones. But the Scottish dream quickly collapsed as Henry’s crude handling of that nation…

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    The Scots were routed at Solway Moss (1542), and their king died soon after: this opened the possibility of subjugating that country permanently by means of a marriage alliance between the infant heirs to the two thrones. But the Scottish dream quickly collapsed as Henry’s crude handling of that nation…

    Read More