The Tudor Occupation of Boulogne

Conquest, Colonisation and Imperial Monarchy, 1544–1550

Neil Murphy

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Year: 2019
• Print ISBN: 9781108472012
• eBook ISBN: 9781108672030
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: European History
• Index: History

In 1544, Henry VIII led the largest army then ever raised by an English monarch to invade France. This book investigates the consequences of this action by examining the devastating impact of warfare on the native population, the methods the English used to impose their rule on the region (from the use of cartography to the construction of fortifications) and the development of English of colonial rule in France. As Murphy explores the significance of this major financial and military commitment by the Tudor monarchy, he situates the developments within the wider context of English actions in Ireland and Scotland during the mid-sixteenth century. Rather than consider the plantations established in the mid-sixteenth century Ireland as the 'laboratory' for a new form of empire, this book argues that they should be viewed along with the Boulogne venture as the English crown's final attempt to establish colonies through the use of state resources alone.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half-title page
• Title page
• Copyright page
• Dedication
• Contents
• List of Figures and Maps
• Preface
• Acknowledgements
• List of Abbreviations
• 1 The Conquest of Boulogne and the History of Tudor England
• 2 Violence and the Campaign of 1544–1546
• 3 Conquest, Cartography and Treaty
• 4 The Settlement of the Boulonnais
• 5 The Boulogne Garrison
• 6 The Tudor Occupation of Boulogne and English Imperialism
• Bibliography
• Index