Sir Thomas Wyatt the Elder

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  • Опубликовано: 22 окт 2024

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  • @ReadingthePast
    @ReadingthePast  11 месяцев назад +35

    As the video has been up for 2 hours I am going to put the answer to the riddle poem here (don’t hit “show more” if you still want to guess)
    The answer is…
    A KISS
    💋 💋💋💋

    • @hughiepearce
      @hughiepearce 11 месяцев назад

      hi I have asked else where, my requests are Joan of arc for myself, my partner wants one on William Cecil

    • @--enyo--
      @--enyo-- 11 месяцев назад

      That ‘Molly House’ game looks really interesting. I love board games & TTRPGs. In fact I recently finally found a Regency Cthulhu (CoC 7e) game. We had our session zero last night, and recently I’ve been rereading a lot of Jane Austen and Georgian era history, so it was interesting to see something closely related pop up.

    • @judyshoaf448
      @judyshoaf448 11 месяцев назад +3

      I was thinking something less courtly. A kiss is just right.

    • @ChelleLlewes
      @ChelleLlewes 11 месяцев назад +2

      Aha! I DID get it right! I feel so accomplished, now... 😉😇😘

    • @lilypotter9476
      @lilypotter9476 11 месяцев назад +2

      I guessed 💖

  • @R08Tam
    @R08Tam 11 месяцев назад +70

    Circa regnum tonat is chilling. The whole saga shows how capricious Henry was.

    • @LaelleAlHalla
      @LaelleAlHalla 11 месяцев назад +6

      And "capricious"would be putting it rather mildly and courteously...😉

    • @nearlydied
      @nearlydied 11 месяцев назад +7

      Dancing on the knife's edge.

  • @conemadam
    @conemadam 11 месяцев назад +28

    Circa Regnum Tonat is a masterful and terrifying poem. How Wyatt did not go mad with fear during his ups and downs defies belief. No wonder he died when and where he did. He must have been worn out, body and soul.

  • @f.c.6819
    @f.c.6819 11 месяцев назад +39

    What a blessing and a curse it always ends up being when you’re so close to Tudor royalty. Wyatt’s poems and sonnets are very beautiful, yet tragic.

  • @momcat2223
    @momcat2223 11 месяцев назад +27

    When one is young, fantasizing about being royal is a very real thing. As one matures and learns exactly how fraught with peril both historic and modern courts are prone to be, one realizes being common is definitely a blessing.

    • @CoachLouise
      @CoachLouise 11 месяцев назад +2

      And when you find that one or more of these horrible royals actually are your ancestors....you keep it to yourself. 😂

  • @bizburgess1947
    @bizburgess1947 11 месяцев назад +27

    🕸 My take on the tangled web that was Wyatt's career path. Enjoyed his writing and yes it deserves study. I am not one who believes that Anne cheated on her King, so I can not believe it was with Wyatt. I think the charges were trumped up to support Henry's ever changing mood and instant gratification for a legitimate son.

  • @cathryncampbell8555
    @cathryncampbell8555 11 месяцев назад +6

    Thank you for an insightful video on one of my favourite Renaissance poets. Re: Wyatt's posting abroad -- Henry VIII would later send Sir Thomas Seymour abroad when Henry was wooing Catherine Parr. Seymour was rumoured to be in love with Parr, so Henry used a posting abroad to neutralize Seymour, just as he had earlier done with Wyatt.

  • @Annabelle740
    @Annabelle740 8 месяцев назад +3

    Thank you so much for your work. I love this man and am so sad he died so young. He is my 13th great grandfather. My grandmother is a Wyatt and we are descendants from Sir Haute Wyatt, his children from Virginia Colonial American. I would love to visit your country someday and Allington Castle. Thanks again. I am learning a lot.

    • @thelokicat
      @thelokicat 6 месяцев назад +1

      I’m also descended from the same Wyatt line

    • @glencooper6153
      @glencooper6153 2 месяца назад +1

      I also am a descendant.

    • @Annabelle740
      @Annabelle740 2 месяца назад

      @@glencooper6153 glad to meet you cousin🙂

  • @Theturtleowl
    @Theturtleowl 10 месяцев назад +3

    Wyatt the Elder falls into the very exclusive category of 'made Henry VIII upset, but lived'. The only other people I can think of that are in that category are Charles Brandon Duke of Suffolk and Margaret Douglas.

  • @HawkeyeBrooke
    @HawkeyeBrooke 11 месяцев назад +16

    Thomas Wyatt is one of my favorite figures just because it feels like we know a lot about him, but we really don’t. How did he really feel about Anne? How did he feel about Henry? Are these poems just clever verse, or hints to his true feelings? We just don’t know! Plus, his wife’s name was Elizabeth Brooke and my name is Brooke Elizabeth, so that’s always been a draw for me. 😂

  • @pennyatkinson5740
    @pennyatkinson5740 11 месяцев назад +12

    I love the idea of Sir Thomas being Anne Boleyn's " boy next door", although as I am originally from Kent I know that's a bit of a stretch!! Thanks Dr Kat for another fascinating video.📝📖

  • @dalestaley5637
    @dalestaley5637 11 месяцев назад +13

    ❣️ As usual you have given depth to a Tudor figure we hear about but not in detail. For the first time, I have a sense of the man, what conundrums he routinely was given.
    These men had no family time either.

  • @dawnmuse6481
    @dawnmuse6481 11 месяцев назад +20

    I found his poems lovely, poignant and eloquent! ✍️ 💋

  • @ameryek.9607
    @ameryek.9607 11 месяцев назад +9

    Love how you include poetry! Please cover more poetry/poets? Any female poetesses of this era? ✍️

  • @HabrenOdinsdottir
    @HabrenOdinsdottir 11 месяцев назад +7

    The Duke of Ferrara that paid the ransom of 3000 ducats for Thomas Wyatt was the son of the "notorious" Lucrezia Borgia.

  • @roboto.w
    @roboto.w 11 месяцев назад +10

    Loved this one! I study 'Whoso List to Hunt...' as part of my A-level English poetry unit so this was so helpful for the context part of the exam, as well as being just really enjoyable in general! Thank you😊

  • @laurieduerr4757
    @laurieduerr4757 11 месяцев назад +4

    What an interesting figure with a varied life! I think he is a great example of a courtier trying to please his king, but also with a personal side that get a unique view into, through his poetry.. 🖌

  • @annemorton5236
    @annemorton5236 11 месяцев назад +5

    What a life! fascinating to learn about but hard and at times terrifying to live - and a legacy of poetry ✒

  • @snufkinhollow318
    @snufkinhollow318 10 месяцев назад

    I am only just back on RUclips after a few months offline and tonight's treat is a binge-watch of all the 'Reading the Past' I have missed. Thomas Wyatt Sr. and Francis Bryan so far - with a fire roaring in the hearth on a very cold Irish night - wonderful!
    I loved this episode, especially hearing Wyatt's poetry, which is some of my favourite work of the period. Like other people in the comments, I find Circa Regnum Tonat chillingly evocative of Henry VIII's reign and although I'm never entirely sure what I believe about the nature of the relationship between Wyatt and Anne Boleyn - that is, in terms of whether it ever went beyond the 'social flirting' of the time - I do think Whoso List to Hunt was written about her. Personally, I think that Wyatt's poetry, alongside that of Henry Howard, was ground-breaking in terms of what might be called the 'English Renaissance' (although I don't find that an altogether satisfactory label) and, although it was based on previously existing forms, I think there was a uniqueness to it born of its time and circumstances. I would also just like to give a mention to what is perhaps Wyatt's most famous poem aside from those mentioned here, They Flee From Me, particularly the line "It was no dream: I lay broad waking", which a revolutionary, and pretty risky, inclusion at the time in a poem that is about sexual intimacy.
    Sorry but for some reason I couldn't add emojis but I'll try again later.

  • @caitlinallen8400
    @caitlinallen8400 11 месяцев назад +5

    I thoroughly enjoyed this video. I've always wondered if some of the things shown in "The Tudors" about Wyat were accurate or not. This helped me to understand more. Keep up the good work, Dr. Kat! 🪶📜🕯️

  • @susannjarvis5587
    @susannjarvis5587 11 месяцев назад +4

    I believe Sir Thomas Wyatt was a very lucky person. To survive two arrests in the court of Henry VIII could almost be considered a miracle, especially after his friend, Sir Thomas Cromwell, was found guilty and executed. I was surprised to find that he was a wonderful poet. Thank you for this excellent history of a very interesting man. 🪶📜🪶📜🪶📜

  • @toniomalley5661
    @toniomalley5661 11 месяцев назад +5

    Brilliant from start to finish 😊

  • @loismccluresmith7944
    @loismccluresmith7944 11 месяцев назад +10

    Mantel’s interpretation of the Wyatt family is fascinating.

  • @j7333nnn
    @j7333nnn 11 месяцев назад +4

    Thanks for your wonderful work !!

  • @Suzicherie7777
    @Suzicherie7777 11 месяцев назад +3

    Poem = ❤
    Thanks Dr Kat! Enjoying your videos!

    • @dtchouros
      @dtchouros 11 месяцев назад

      I’m with you. ❤

  • @lyricaltraveller
    @lyricaltraveller 11 месяцев назад +2

    As an ancestor of Thomas Wyatt, thru Sir Francis Wyatt's nephew Haught Wyatt of 1622 in Jamestown Virginia colony, I find all this information very interesting.

    • @thelokicat
      @thelokicat 6 месяцев назад

      For clarification, Did you perhaps intend to say: ‘descendant’?
      Or, perhaps that TW is one of your ancestors?

    • @lyricaltraveller
      @lyricaltraveller 6 месяцев назад

      @@thelokicat You are correct. I think I had a Dyslexic moment. LOL

  • @jeanieschrag5378
    @jeanieschrag5378 11 месяцев назад +2

    The thought of living at those times when people romanticize the era.. I do believe I would rather live as a commoner. A rank or title was terrifying!😳 terrifying

  • @prettypic444
    @prettypic444 11 месяцев назад +1

    Holbien really knocked it out of the park with that sketch. those eyes are GORGEOUS! I would do an emoji version of my answer, but it think youtube would censor me, 😉😉

  • @truei1864
    @truei1864 11 месяцев назад

    This was so interesting! Your videos and narration is always a pleasure. I might have to check out a book about this guy.

  • @jemima2879
    @jemima2879 11 месяцев назад +3

    I would love to hear about interesting individuals during any earlier reigns too. Hearing about these people certainly gives more insight to the times

  • @AshleyLebedev
    @AshleyLebedev 11 месяцев назад

    Yay to this video! This is it! He is my favorite and while he’s known nobody covers him! I haven’t watched this yet so maybe you say in video but I have his biography I believe called the hearts forest. He’s just such a great dude. I love him, for alllll his faults and for his wit and for his great compassion and of course what he contributed to poetry not only as words but an entirely knee way of writing / style. I find and have always found him much much more interesting in than son. He’s also the reason the son felt as he did.

  • @dianaanderson37
    @dianaanderson37 11 месяцев назад

    Great insight through the poetry, thank you.

  • @aneiasl
    @aneiasl 11 месяцев назад +1

    📝 love learning new stuff ! His poetry is beautiful

  • @nessagirl1911
    @nessagirl1911 9 месяцев назад

    Maybe Elizabeth was more into DIY projects like needlework than Mary was and that's why she made all her gifts herself.
    I'm really looking forward to what your channel has in store for us next year.

  • @sheilacasper2030
    @sheilacasper2030 11 месяцев назад +4

    This story just reinforces the danger for anyone who knew king henry. Wow.

  • @nyckolaus
    @nyckolaus 11 месяцев назад

    Fascinating! Thank you, Dr. Kat!

  • @danielclaeys7598
    @danielclaeys7598 11 месяцев назад +2

    😮
    It's a WOW situation for anyone that was in the English courts. KHVIII was a fickle, spoiled man-child at best and a maniacal tyrant at his worst.
    (It just dawned on me that I was describing the current political situation in the United States. Seems that little has changed, a sad situation indeed.)
    So sorry for the digression. My question is, why, when it's common knowledge of a person's demeanor, would anyone want to be involved with said person?

  • @pegsu6104
    @pegsu6104 11 месяцев назад

    Very interesting! I love the poems.

  • @debbralehrman5957
    @debbralehrman5957 11 месяцев назад

    Thanks Dr Kat👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 🍁🍂🦃🍂🍁

  • @alayneperrott9693
    @alayneperrott9693 3 месяца назад

    Holbein's enigmatic portrait of Sir Thomas Wyatt shows a man who was formidably clever and observant, but also wary and very self-protective - hiding behind his facial hair, in fact. Why did Henry send him on so many high-profile diplomatic missions, given Sir Thomas's record of being everything from tactless to offensively blunt? Was it really to get him out-of-the-way, given that he could have easily been appointed to less critical posts closer to home, or did he offer special linguistic talents (like Sir Thomas Boleyn), penetrating insights, a talent for espionage, or a tendency to annoy people that Henry wanted to needle? Have any of his ambassadorial reports been preserved?

  • @obcl8569
    @obcl8569 11 месяцев назад +1

    Ooooh especially excited about this one!!

  • @ingerfaber3411
    @ingerfaber3411 8 месяцев назад

    🦁The Lion !🎢 And the roller coaster of his life

  • @kerriemckinstry-jett8625
    @kerriemckinstry-jett8625 11 месяцев назад +5

    I've always thought that, if I lived in England at that time, I would want to be part of a reasonably well-off merchant or other non-noble family living someplace other than London, i.e. fairly stable, but not rich or powerful enough to called into court for any reason whatsoever. King Henry VIII was as dangerous to his friends as to his enemies. No thank you.

  • @barkingsquirrel7166
    @barkingsquirrel7166 11 месяцев назад +4

    Delightful episode! Loved the poems.
    ⏳🕯🪶📜🪶🕯⌛ 🐿🐿🐿

  • @darksativa8228
    @darksativa8228 9 месяцев назад

    I am a direct descendant of him. His grandson (or great grandson?) immigrated to the colonies in 1621. My family has been a bunch of reverend preacher types.

  • @southernwanderer7912
    @southernwanderer7912 11 месяцев назад

    Wonderful narration.

  • @dianebronowiczegelhoff9622
    @dianebronowiczegelhoff9622 11 месяцев назад +3

    What a nerve wracking way to live!

  • @Lealea64
    @Lealea64 10 месяцев назад

    Great video Kat 📿

  • @Myke_OBrien
    @Myke_OBrien 11 месяцев назад +2

    Fascinating as always. Was Cardinal Pole the son of Margaret Pole?

    • @ReadingthePast
      @ReadingthePast  11 месяцев назад +6

      Yes, he is on my list as a video topic to cover. I want to film that very soon!

    • @debbiev4455
      @debbiev4455 11 месяцев назад

      I enjoyed this video and the poetry !

  • @debgallagher5709
    @debgallagher5709 11 месяцев назад +1

    What do the fella’s hats signify? Just fashion preference and economic class? The black number with the ear flaps, in the portrait of Thomas Wyatt, looks like just the thing for November here in Maine USA. … I enjoy your channel.

  • @XX-vu2cz
    @XX-vu2cz 10 месяцев назад

    Fascinating to hear how the wheel of fortune turned for Thomas Wyatt. ⚖

  • @justme-tj3jt
    @justme-tj3jt 11 месяцев назад

    Thought I'd share of King Harry's poem:
    Green groweth the holly,
    So doth the ivy.
    Though winter blasts blow never so high,
    Green groweth the holly.
    As the holly groweth green
    And never changeth hue,
    So I am, ever hath been,
    Unto my lady true.
    As the holly groweth green
    With ivy all alone
    When flowers cannot be seen
    And greenwood leaves be gone,
    Now unto my lady
    Promise to her I make,
    From all other only
    To her I me betake.
    Adieu, mine own lady,
    Adieu, my special
    Who hath my heart truly
    Be sure, and ever shall.

  • @janetkidder5505
    @janetkidder5505 11 месяцев назад

    Very good, interesting and fascinating talk.

  • @danielclaeys7598
    @danielclaeys7598 11 месяцев назад

    Oh, BTW, WOW is an acronym for Wonder of Wonders. This phrase was used in traveling circuses and sideshows. Painted on the tents to entice the people to pay for the experience, WOWs were enjoyed by many.

  • @spews1973
    @spews1973 11 месяцев назад +1

    That turned out to be an unexpectedly fun premere.

  • @mmdear
    @mmdear 11 месяцев назад

    Always love your videos ⛈️👑

  • @amandabowman00aa
    @amandabowman00aa 11 месяцев назад +2

    He's a poet and everybody knows it!

  • @jeanweiher1525
    @jeanweiher1525 11 месяцев назад

    Thank you for a very interesting video. ✍

  • @Kristine709
    @Kristine709 11 месяцев назад

    Wonderful video! I think maybe the other Boleyn sister was the hind… 🦌🦌

  • @TikiHi77
    @TikiHi77 11 месяцев назад +1

    His life is really unreal. What a Rollercoaster.

  • @kidmohair8151
    @kidmohair8151 11 месяцев назад +1

    I still think the insanity of Henry V's queen, Catherine of Valois' father, the glass king of France,
    managed to manifest itself in the Tudors.

  • @stepstar6187
    @stepstar6187 11 месяцев назад

    Purple and green look great on you!!

  • @lucieramirez1378
    @lucieramirez1378 11 месяцев назад

    Thank you 🎉I don't know how to access the emojis you suggested.😢

  • @JessicaLaws-uq3qi
    @JessicaLaws-uq3qi 4 месяца назад

    I’m a descendant from Sir Wyatt Elder, that’s why I love Tudor era

    • @JessicaLaws-uq3qi
      @JessicaLaws-uq3qi 4 месяца назад +1

      My most my Wyatt family lives in Kentucky

    • @ping9746
      @ping9746 3 месяца назад

      Wyatt descendant here, also from Kentucky

  • @julzy3
    @julzy3 11 месяцев назад +2

    What a difference in the tone of the Circa Regnum Tonat poem and the earlier ones. In Game of Thrones vernacular, he went from being a sweet Summer child to a child of Winter. I enjoyed his portrayal in The Tudors. The closer you get to the fire the more you get brent. 🪶📜🕯

  • @nelsaf365
    @nelsaf365 11 месяцев назад

    Poor Wyatt. What a 🎢 of a career!
    That Henry, grrr!
    ☹️😱.

  • @chanawekser3883
    @chanawekser3883 11 месяцев назад

    Love your channel.
    😊

  • @Fairtheewell1485
    @Fairtheewell1485 11 месяцев назад

    Cannot wait!!

  • @danielsantiagourtado3430
    @danielsantiagourtado3430 11 месяцев назад +2

    LOVE your content 😊😊😊❤❤❤

  • @lauramason5667
    @lauramason5667 3 месяца назад

    He had the grace to receive good favor unlike some of his peers.

  • @bonnieskilton3247
    @bonnieskilton3247 11 месяцев назад +2

    Please do a video on Stephen Gardner.

    • @ReadingthePast
      @ReadingthePast  11 месяцев назад +2

      I’ll add him to the list! Thank you 😊

  • @MamaMargie
    @MamaMargie 11 месяцев назад +1

    His life makes me even more convinced court life is dangerous.

  • @janicecain9191
    @janicecain9191 11 месяцев назад

    🔥 I think he was playing with fire.

  • @JessicaLaws-uq3qi
    @JessicaLaws-uq3qi 4 месяца назад

    You don’t hear about the Wyatt family anymore because of what happened to Thomas Wyatt younger and his sons move to America but you don’t hear about his political Francis Wyatt as governor of Jamestown

  • @karenkorab8269
    @karenkorab8269 11 месяцев назад +2

    Was anyone "safe" in Tudor England?🏰

  • @misskitty2710
    @misskitty2710 11 месяцев назад

    My feeling is that Wyatt was certainly infatuated with Anne Boleyn, but that his desire for her truly was « sprung and spent » when he saw what a committed and dangerous game she was playing with Henry.🗡️
    Was there truth to the report that she had said loudly to Wyatt, in public, that the King thought that she was with child because she had a desperate craving for an apple, but that the King was mistaken?🍎 Apparently Wyatt was distressed and embarrassed by her recklessness in making such a public scene when she and Henry were far from married, more evidence that he had no more fond feelings for her!

  • @bighairedbookworm3578
    @bighairedbookworm3578 11 месяцев назад

    ❤❤ a poet for me 💌😊

  • @crimsonanna1980
    @crimsonanna1980 11 месяцев назад

    💔

  • @CaroleEleu
    @CaroleEleu 9 месяцев назад

  • @CassandraCarrAuthor
    @CassandraCarrAuthor 11 месяцев назад

    👑

  • @allclairesbears
    @allclairesbears 11 месяцев назад

    ❤❤❤

  • @rebeccaharvey8591
    @rebeccaharvey8591 9 месяцев назад

    😢

  • @kellyburgess671
    @kellyburgess671 11 месяцев назад

    💙

  • @louisapdjones
    @louisapdjones 11 месяцев назад

    Sir Thomas Wyatt the Elder 。˚.☕𐙚📜⭒๋࣭ ⭑🖋˚𔓘。💭ꨄ︎.... he kept some unfortunate company

  • @mikelaffoon5986
    @mikelaffoon5986 11 месяцев назад +3

    Please do an episode on the history of King Charles III. Focus on his promise to put the English people above his own needs. Also his civil marriage to Camilla Parker-Bowls. Their PROMISE she'd never be Queen, but... Thou shalt not commit adultery. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbors (nor thy friends) wife.
    I'm American and Christian. I had two different Aunts named Elizabeth (mother's side) and Margret (father's side). My whole family, during my lifetime, loved and respected Queen Elizabeth II. Current King Charles III may well evaporate into history as did previous namesakes. I have NO respect for him.

    • @alayneperrott9693
      @alayneperrott9693 11 месяцев назад

      Yet another sanctimonious American who needs to stop watching the fictional rubbish in the Crown. Princess Diana admitted on British TV that she was the first to commit adultery. She told a friend that Charles was not sexy enough for her. She also had more affairs and broke up at least two marriages, which are matters of public record.
      You could argue that Charles's charitable endeavours have actually had more impact, although he has always demanded much less public attention than Diana did. The Prince's Trust, which he set up using his naval pension, has helped more than 1 million disadvantaged young people to access further education and training, or set up their own businesses. His birthday project, announced this week, is to create a network of distribution centres across the UK to redirect waste food products from factories and supermarkets to charities that run food banks. There is a huge problem of hunger caused by high food prices in the UK right now. Charles has noticed, and unlike the Government, is actively doing something about it. So please take a closer look at the beam in Christian America's eyes and lay off criticising our King!

  • @supernana7944
    @supernana7944 11 месяцев назад

    👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

  • @skwervin1
    @skwervin1 11 месяцев назад

  • @Elvertaw
    @Elvertaw 11 месяцев назад +1

    Wyatt’s riddle = 🌮 only for the 👑. Sorry but I have a dirty mind😊

  • @emv7316
    @emv7316 9 месяцев назад

    🗣

  • @Annabelle740
    @Annabelle740 8 месяцев назад

    👼

  • @waynebean1521
    @waynebean1521 11 месяцев назад

    Made it!

  • @yvonnehook275
    @yvonnehook275 11 месяцев назад

    ❤️❤️👨🏻‍🎓👨🏻‍🎓

  • @ingridseim1379
    @ingridseim1379 11 месяцев назад

    🤝 politician, because he probably had more influence through that than his poetry. 😊

  • @lillyfranzen7802
    @lillyfranzen7802 11 месяцев назад

    Another amazing video Dr. Kat. I think I could watch you watching paint dry.
    🤡🤡 ( My emoji doesn't have a political image here in the USA I figured that was close enough 😂) and I don't think they are all bad but we have had a few in the past.

  • @MHS-ql7ee
    @MHS-ql7ee 3 месяца назад

    🗝

  • @thepeptalkplace
    @thepeptalkplace 11 месяцев назад

    I sometimes confuse Tom Senior and Tom Junior 🤪

  • @mimiclout4792
    @mimiclout4792 4 месяца назад

    Lucky lucky lucky 😊

  • @itsaDean
    @itsaDean 11 месяцев назад

    ♟️a chess pawn, as he seemed to be moved about the board where Henry thought him most advantageous to himself both in relation to Anne Boleyn and to the political sphere

  • @robynisrael1015
    @robynisrael1015 8 месяцев назад

    🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

  • @ariel39100
    @ariel39100 11 месяцев назад

    👍