Here's a thought?* What if King Edward VI had died before he was able to marry his cousin Jane and before he was able father an heir?
In such a timeline, we would have no Henry IX and his indelible stamp on militant protestantism, and certainly we would never see the Seymour Family reach the power and influence they did before they lost it all.
Indeed, if Edward and Jane never have an opportunity to marry, English history would be that much less interesting with the bloody mess that ensued a generation later when their daughters Margaret and Elizabeth and their sons brought the nation to civil war, broken down largely over sectarian lines. Can you even imagine no War of the Sisters? What would Allison Wyles and Samantha Gregory have to wrote about? We certainly would be bereft without the stories of poor, misused Princess Katherine and her ill-fated betrothals (just think of how many actresses won awards for portraying her).
Would the English even have such a robust presence in the New World if there is no colony at Henricia?** Where would all of the Tolerists end up after Edward starts his purges?
* Hey guys - this is my first attempt at a DBWI post; please advise if I am doing it wrong
** what would a colony named after a Latinized 'Henry' be called?
In such a timeline, we would have no Henry IX and his indelible stamp on militant protestantism, and certainly we would never see the Seymour Family reach the power and influence they did before they lost it all.
Indeed, if Edward and Jane never have an opportunity to marry, English history would be that much less interesting with the bloody mess that ensued a generation later when their daughters Margaret and Elizabeth and their sons brought the nation to civil war, broken down largely over sectarian lines. Can you even imagine no War of the Sisters? What would Allison Wyles and Samantha Gregory have to wrote about? We certainly would be bereft without the stories of poor, misused Princess Katherine and her ill-fated betrothals (just think of how many actresses won awards for portraying her).
Would the English even have such a robust presence in the New World if there is no colony at Henricia?** Where would all of the Tolerists end up after Edward starts his purges?
* Hey guys - this is my first attempt at a DBWI post; please advise if I am doing it wrong
** what would a colony named after a Latinized 'Henry' be called?