Assignment II: Arthur, Margaret, and Mary

Below you will find several homework options to choose from. The first 30 points will count as homework and anything over that, up to a total of 60 points, will count as extra credit (but I can't give you credit for more than 60 points total).

Please send your homework to hol.thetudors@gmail.com

The subject line should be "HW 2 - The Tudors"

Don't forget to put your HOL name and House at the top of your email.

This assignment is due no later than October 31st, 11:59 pm HOL time.

True or False (2 points each)

If the statement is false, please correct it.

1. Henry VIII was glad to learn that his sister had married his good friend Charles Brandon.

2. Lady Margaret Beaufort greatly valued education and expected her grandchildren to do well at their lessons.

3. The Battle of Flodden Field was a great victory for the Scots.

4. Margaret Tudor went through a great deal of trouble to get a divorce from her second husband, the Earl of Angus.

5. Prince Arthur died young, after falling from his horse.

Multiple Choice (2 points each)

1. What did Margaret do when she suspected her husband of plotting to kidnap her son, the young king of Scotland?

A. Hid her son away

B. Ordered her husband out of the country

C. Fired a warning shot from a cannon

D. Asked her brother for help

2. How much time passed between Arthur and Katherine of Aragon's first meeting and their wedding?

A. A few hours

B. Ten days

C. Five months

D. A year

3. What subjects were taught to the Tudor children?

A. Latin

B. Geometry

C. Music

D. All of the above

4. What was the total fine that Mary and Charles Brandon had to pay to Henry VIII?

A. £20

B. £24,000

C. £200

D. £14,000

5. Who was Margaret Tudor's first husband?

A. James IV of Scotland

B. The Holy Roman Emperor

C. Louis XII

D. The Duke of Suffolk

Fill in the Blank (10 points total, 1 point per word)

1. The standard lessons of the time included grammar, ________, arithmetic, ________, ________, music, and languages such as ______, Italian, and Spanish.

2. The Battle of Flodden killed most of the _______ nobility and was a great victory for the ______, but Margaret was left _______ with her seventeen month old son as King of Scotland.

3. It was a capital offense for anyone in the ______ to marry without _________ from their sovereign, and to make matters worse there was also some question over whether or not _______ was legally free to marry.

Research (30 points)

The minimum is 300 words, and please list your sources. Do not copy-paste!

The Battle of Flodden: Write an essay on the battle and its aftermath. Give some interesting facts about the battle. Why did the battle happen? What sorts of tactics did each side use?

Creative (30 points)

Write a short story from the point of view of Margaret Tudor, caught between her native country and her adopted home. How do you think she would have reacted to this fierce battle, her widowhood, and the way her brother treated her (and her adopted country) afterwards?

Art (30 points)

When Mary wanted to calm her brother after her impulsive second marriage, she gave him the Mirror of Naples, said to be worth 60,000 crowns, or about £10,500 -- an enormous sum of money then, and the equivalent of millions of U.S. dollars today. Henry VIII probably had the Mirror itself, which was a huge diamond, recut and put into other pieces of jewelry, but before this the Mirror was part of another piece of jewelry and no one is quite sure what it looked like. Draw or create your own representation of the Mirror in its original setting. Is it a necklace, a brooch, or some other type of jewelry entirely? What other marvelous stones are with it? Upload your image to an image hosting site such as imgur and send me the link.