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King Henry's Act Of Fairness

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Louis had a philosophy that money was of more power than the sword this information was passed on to Henry as when he was king he made Lords pay tax to make England rich and make himself wealthier,. This was seen as an act of fairness and equality something that made Henry increasingly popular with his subjects as fairness was a good characteristic of a king and earned him respect whilst he was founding the Tudor dynasty. He showed fairness in other ways as well by publically rewarding some of his local servants, knighting 11 of them on the battlefield showing that he saw courage in those of a slower rank than him, this was probably taught to him by Francis who put Henry in care of de Rieux who was lower than him in rank but who Francis saw

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