British History
Thomas Percy, 7th Earl of Northumberland: The Rising of the North, 1569
To understand the landscape of sixteenth-century England, one must recognize that the North was effectively a different country from the South. While London and the court of Elizabeth I were pivoting toward a centralized, Protestant bureaucracy, the “dark corners of the land” beyond the River Trent remained fiercely loyal to the “Old Religion” and the ancient feudal order. At the heart of this cultural and political chasm stood the House of Percy, a dynasty that had ruled the borderlands like kings for generations. And at the center of the House of Percy stood Thomas, the 7th Earl of Northumberland - a man destined to become the protagonist of a tragic tale of rebellion, betrayal, and martyrdom.
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