The truth of history has long been obscured in countless texts and interpretations, and now it has become more and more intensified, with the tide of video texts and multiple interpretations. Therefore, watching such ancient costume historical films has nothing to do with historical facts, just enjoying the visual candy wrapped in history.
This is a blockbuster I am looking forward to, because there are so many celebrities. Cate Blanchett's Elizabeth I, Geoffrey Rush's Sir Francis Walsingham (Sir Francis Walsingham), Samantha Morton's Samantha Morton's Queen Mary of Scots, especially the rough guy Clive Owen played Sir Walter Raleigh (Sir Walter Raleigh), It should be pretty. The movie is indeed a little bit off, putting the Queen, Raleigh, and the Queen’s close female officer Betty at the center of the triangle, while the naval battle with the Invincible Fleet, the beheading of the Queen of Scotland, and the troublesome marriage of the Queen have all become foils, full of wild history. . The unofficial history is the unofficial history. I like Owen's rudeness. He may be thousands of miles away from Sir Raleigh, but he is also considered "good-looking".
Sir Walter Raleigh (1552-1618) is a typical representative of the "capitalized man" in the Renaissance, adventurer, poet, historian, lover, warrior, politician, life ups and downs, colorful, belongs to the cup of tea I like . There are many encounters with him in historical materials. Such a character can be regarded as the "darling" of historians or historians. The most coincidental thing is that I went to North Carolina with IVON. It is well known that Sir Raleigh is the founder of the North Carolina colony. There is still a city named after his surname. It is said to be the largest center of IBM in the world, and Raleigh Committed to promoting tobacco to the United Kingdom and Europe, North Carolina is currently a major tobacco producing state.
This Raleigh is not easy to read, sometimes spelled as Raleigh, often pronounced as Rawley. Walter Raleigh’s father, Walter Raleigh Sr., was a wealthy country squire in Devon. He was married three times in his life. So Raleigh has several half brothers. The most famous one is Humphrey Gill. Sir Humphrey Gilbert. Raleigh entered Oxford at the age of 16. He didn't get a degree in a short time, and then went to London to study law, but no results. Further down, is a series of personal adventures. In June 1578, his brother Humphrey Gilbert received a royal charter to occupy uninhabited places in North America. Raleigh served as the captain of one of the ships and participated in the first North American expedition. In 1580, Raleigh was 28 years old. He was a famous dandy with "diamonds on his feet and pearls on his ears." Fighting fiercely, was imprisoned twice within a year for duels. He became acquainted with the Queen's favorite lords, the Earl of Lancaster, and the Earl of Oxford, and at the instigation of the latter, he challenged the court poet Philip Sidney. He then went to Ireland as a soldier and brutally suppressed the local rebellion. It is said that the first time he attracted the attention of the Queen, he threw his gorgeous cloak into the quagmire so that the Queen's noble feet could pass smoothly. This famous scene is also shown in the movie, but Owen is too "man" and the cloak is too shabby, ha ha. Raleigh is tall, handsome, friendly and quick-witted, these are the reasons why he attracts the queen.
The Queen's love for Raleigh was very "good". It started as a big house in London, and the concession to operate a hotel brought in 2000 pounds a year. By 1584, he obtained a license to monopolize the export of wool fabrics. In the same year, he replaced the license of his deceased brother Humphrey Gilbert and actively explored North America. The two ships he sent arrived at Roanoke, a small island off the coast of North Carolina, and returned with a bag of pearls, a few Indians, and many legends about the New World in North America. In order to win the favor of the queen, Raleigh named the place "Virginia", and in return, the queen named Raleigh a knight in January 1585. In 1585, he obtained the tin mining rights. It was also in this year that he sent his cousin to take the fleet and 107 immigrants to Roanoke again. However, under the threat of hunger and the Indians, the immigrants were there. The next year, he left the island and returned to England. Coincidentally, the immigrants brought back tobacco and potatoes, and Raulicha got 40,000 acres of land in Ireland this year, so potatoes have become the main crop in Ireland since then. And tobacco, under Raleigh's spare no effort to promote it, quickly became a hobby of British gentlemen. In 1587, Raleigh, who was unwilling to fail, sent another 110 immigrants. A few years later, these immigrants mysteriously disappeared. The seeker found only one word in a tree: CROATOAN. The first experiment of British immigration to the Americas failed in this way, costing Raleigh about 40,000 pounds of wealth.
In the Queen’s series of male favorites, Raleigh is regarded as a "transition" after the Earl of Lancaster and before the Earl of Essex. The young Essex entered the court in 1587, and Raleigh was named the Royal Guard in the same year. Captain, however, Raleigh's status in front of the Queen has plummeted, and he has to spend more time on his Irish industry. Yes, he held the role of coastal defense, and the "Royal Ark" donated to the British Navy was selected as the flagship. However, in the 1588 naval battle with the Spanish Invincible Fleet, he led the Coast Guard and did not seem to have very prominent combat merits. If you mention feats, in 1589 he promoted the poet Spencer into the court. The latter published the long poem "The Fairy Queen" as the Poet Laureate. One of Spencer’s descendants was Diana, the princess, I don’t know if It can be recorded in Raleigh's book of credit.
Raleigh has been unlucky since he was 40 years old. In 1592, he was recalled by the queen during an march because the queen discovered his "secret"-he seduced the queen's court lady Elizabeth Throgmorton. According to court rules, the marriage of female officials must be approved by the Queen. For this reason, the two were imprisoned in the Tower of London. Fortunately, his fleet captured the Spanish treasure ship, which brought him a fortune and allowed him to spend money to redeem his life. In the years to come, he was still very good to his wife.
In order to please the queen, Raleigh launched an expedition in 1595 to find the "El Dorado" (El Dorado), a country that has existed in Spanish legends for many years. Raleigh believes it exists in the South American Amazon. Although he returned without success, his published "The Discoverie of Guiana" (The Discoverie of Guiana) is the most brilliant chapter in the Elizabethan adventure narrative, full of lifelike details and magnificent imagination.
The world is unpredictable. In 1601, the Earl of Essex rebelled, and Raleigh was reappointed by the Queen as the court guard who was responsible for suppressing rivals and imprisoning him. But Essex is very popular. He is the way Shakespeare wrote: "The eyes of courtiers, the debate of scholars, the sword of soldiers, a delicate flower that the country looks forward to; the mirror of time, the elegance of humanity Fan, the center of the world's attention." So the death of Essex, the people who did not dare to anger the Queen, all turned to Raleigh, and he became an unwelcome person.
After the death of the Queen, James I came to power. He adopted an international policy of peaceful coexistence. Raleigh's tough attitude towards Spain was incompatible with it. In 1603, Raleigh was sentenced to death for a national conviction and spent 13 years in the Tower of London. He was the longest prisoner in the Tower of London in history. Here, he wrote a "World History". In 1616, Raleigh was released on parole in the name of searching for Eldorado, but a series of bad luck prevented him from discovering a gold mine, and his men burned down a Spanish settlement. The king was furious and demanded the execution of the 1603 death sentence. On October 29, 1618, 66-year-old Raleigh stepped onto the guillotine. He asked to see the axe and said mockingly: This is a sharp medicine, but it is a physician for all diseases. According to the usual practice at the time, his head was preserved with preservatives and then delivered to his wife. Mrs. Raleigh carried it with her until she died at the age of 82 29 years later. In the end, Raleigh's head and body were buried together in St. Margaret's Cemetery in Westminster.
Yes, historical facts are so different from movies. In the movie, Raleigh is rude, rude, and powerful, which influences the Queen's feelings, but in fact, the queen is not so cowardly, Raleigh is like a piece of clothing, worn and taken off by the queen. Raleigh’s own poems are well written and life is like a play. Life (by Sir Walter Raleigh) What is our life? A play of passion, Our mirth the music of division, Our mother's wombs the tiring-houses be, Where we are dressed for this short comedy. Heaven the judicious sharp spectator is, That sits and marks still who doth act amiss. Our graves that hide us from the setting sun Are like drawn curtains when the play is done. Thus march we, playing, to our latest rest, Only we die in earnest, that's no jest.
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