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Post by slon on Apr 10, 2023 12:15:31 GMT
The minor incursion into England had no real purpose, it was just a gesture in support of the auld alliance
There was nothing to gain, there was no need to take any risk.
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Post by slon on Apr 10, 2023 12:18:51 GMT
Btw. There is an existing thread which touches on this and considers the possibility of Henry dying in battle in France round about the same time if he had acted as James had
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Post by slon on Apr 10, 2023 15:43:05 GMT
The immediate effect of not launching an attack is fairly clear.
The battle would have fizzled out with both sides claiming a partial victory.
The English were in no position to attack the Scottish position across a bog and up a steep hill. The Scots were probably better provisioned than the English who had hastily gathered the army on the March.
There would have been a couple hours of sporadic artillery fire before nightfall, then the English would have been forced to abandon the field.
The Scots could the next day claim victory and retire back across the Tweed.
The bigger issue would have been the events of the following years
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Post by slon on Apr 11, 2023 12:18:32 GMT
So James and the rest return to Edinburgh and the Scottish court continues as before, relations with other European countries are unchanged.
Meanwhile Henry is involved in France with the Holy League of Cambrai against Louis 12th of France and acting as something of a unwitting dupe of Maximillian and the Pope.
The result is a sort of victory but then Max and the Pope pull the plug and Henry has to do a deal with Louis. His return to England is somewhat cushioned by the victory against the Scots.
If James was alive and well and stirring things, what could gave happened?
After all the house of Tudor had a pretty tenuous claim to the throne
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Post by uthacalthing on Apr 12, 2023 18:22:03 GMT
Flodden was a greater folly and self-inflicted wound than the decision to challenge the UK government over the Gender Recognition Reform Bill.
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Post by slon on Apr 14, 2023 13:12:37 GMT
Flodden was a greater folly and self-inflicted wound than the decision to challenge the UK government over the Gender Recognition Reform Bill. I don't think kilts had been invented by 1513 so perhaps it wasn't so much of a problem |
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