Before Henry VII of England came into power, England was coming out of a fragmented feudal society and was in need of a strong ruler and government system. Rule was shifting from an oligarchy of nobles to a monarchy hungry for power and successors. The church was steadily losing its power as everything became increasingly more secular. As the church lost power rulers such as Henry were gaining. There was a need to sustain and increase this power. Niccoló Machiavelli wrote The Prince in 1513 after witnessing Italy's political decline. In this book he highlights how a ruler can maintain his power and lead an effective government by any means necessary. Compared to Louis XI of France, Isabella and Ferdinand of Spain, Henry VII is the most Machiavellian
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He portrayed Machiavellian traits of being a fox by being sly and stabilizing peace with other countries through arranged marriages that staked his family's hereditary claim to the throne. He was a firm and decisive ruler, who was very independent and kept England out of war. Finally, he strengthened England's economy and protected his power. Henry's Machiavellian traits and ability to stabilize his power and control over others, can be similarly compared to the actions of Adolf Hitler. Both demanded loyalty from their country and armies who stood for them, and kept their power from being salvaged. Henry had done so through his royal courts and chambers by the use of torture and unjustified court actions toward the guilty and his refusal of the standing armies of nobles that were obtained through the past feudal society that his rule and England's monarchy replaced, and Hitler through the suppressing of Jews and his quest to conquer all of Europe. Niccoló Machiavelli's traits in a ruler pose the possibility of a successful rule and reign of those in power to maintain their control of others and keep their influence from diminishing. Depicting these traits can almost guarantee the successful
He portrayed Machiavellian traits of being a fox by being sly and stabilizing peace with other countries through arranged marriages that staked his family's hereditary claim to the throne. He was a firm and decisive ruler, who was very independent and kept England out of war. Finally, he strengthened England's economy and protected his power. Henry's Machiavellian traits and ability to stabilize his power and control over others, can be similarly compared to the actions of Adolf Hitler. Both demanded loyalty from their country and armies who stood for them, and kept their power from being salvaged. Henry had done so through his royal courts and chambers by the use of torture and unjustified court actions toward the guilty and his refusal of the standing armies of nobles that were obtained through the past feudal society that his rule and England's monarchy replaced, and Hitler through the suppressing of Jews and his quest to conquer all of Europe. Niccoló Machiavelli's traits in a ruler pose the possibility of a successful rule and reign of those in power to maintain their control of others and keep their influence from diminishing. Depicting these traits can almost guarantee the successful