tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16981893.post659201202521627065..comments2024-03-28T15:16:29.965-05:00Comments on Tudor Q and A: Question from Bron - Practicalities of Fleeing Protestant EnglandLarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16630629272030282584noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16981893.post-31004850903875915542010-04-18T18:42:02.570-05:002010-04-18T18:42:02.570-05:00This is just a guess but Louvain was a university ...This is just a guess but Louvain was a university town. There was an association between Erasmus and the univerisity. There was a long friendship between Thomas More and Erasmus. So perhaps the More family went there because they knew people there.Mary Annnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16981893.post-75715067465155307102010-04-17T23:03:46.085-05:002010-04-17T23:03:46.085-05:00This is a good question - or series of questions. ...This is a good question - or series of questions. I hope someone who knows more about it than I will answer.<br /><br />It occurs to me though that this is a question about fleeing religious persecution - regardless of religion.<br /><br />I know that under Mary, a senior court official (sorry I don't have my research with me and so am just vaguely remembering some of the details) said that it was easy to rid the country of reformists as you only had to drop a hint they might be persecuted for them to leave the country.<br /><br />A library of books may not have been considered 'movable goods'. Books were fairly expensive still and some people collected them as investments. <br /><br />There were some banking systems in place. And with a little notice you could arrange he equivalent of a letter of credit in another country through a branch bank or affiliate banking house. <br /><br />If you were wealthy enough to have a steward, they could continue to collect your rents and forward the proceeds on to you presuming your property had not been seized by he crown.<br /><br />I suspect that the level of secrecy was dependent on the level of pursuit. If the crown really wanted you as either an example or for agitation against the monarch, I suspect more secrecy was appropriate.kbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04840188159816630368noreply@blogger.com