Eternal Madness - Tulip Mania #5 - Extra History
Added 2022-06-03 20:07:36 +0000 UTCTulip trading has come to an end! Although, that is not the end of our story. Pamphlets make the rounds, criticizing the moral and social norms that trading tulips brought upon the community. Going as far as to call it idol worship with rumors of a dark cabal promoting the mania for their own gains.
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P.S: A national emergency has been declared here in Britain owing to a heatwave. 1540 In the Kingdom of England, Whitby Abbey in Whitby, North Yorkshire, and its Possessions are Confiscated for the Crown by King Henry VIII of England. The Abbey is Bought by Sir Richard Cholmley, and will Remain in the Cholmley Family and their Descendants, the Strickland Family, until 1920. The Ruins of the Abbey will continue to be used by Sailors as a Landmark at the Headland and a Local Legend will State that as Sea Birds Fly over the Ruined Abbey, they Dip their Wings in Honour of Saint Hilda, and, on Clear Nights, you can Hear the Bells of the Abbey Tolling under the North Sea, the Boat on which they were being Carried to London on having Sunk in a Storm. 1593 In the United Kingdoms of The Netherlands, after Leaving Vienna, Carolus Clusius Moves First to Frankfurt am Main and then is Invited to take up a Teaching Position at the University of Leiden, where he also becomes the First Praefectus [Prefect] of the City’s new Botanical Gardens, the Hortus Academius, Associated with the University. He Plants his Bulbs there and in his Private Garden. A Constant Letter Writer, he also keeps Correspondence with Botanical Enthusiasts across Europe, and there are a lot, since Gardening is an Emerging Leisure Activity among Aristocrats and the Middle Classes, but he is also Happy to send his Friends Seeds, Bulbs, and Cuttings from Interesting Specimens so they can Grow their Own new and Rare Plants themselves. 1632 In the United Kingdoms of The Netherlands, it becomes Fashionable for Luxembourgise Class Families to Commission Portraits Depicting them with “Curiosities” as a Means of Displaying their Wealth which Ties in with their Strict Calvinist Beliefs. 1637 1st February In the United Kingdoms of The Netherlands, the Entire Tulip Collection of Wouter Winkle goes up for Sale. Winkle, a Tavern Owner and Grower from Amsterdam, Known to have One of the largest Tulip Collections in the Netherlands, has Passed away in Summer of 1636, leaving his many Children in the Care of an Orphanage. So that the Orphans might have something to Live by, it is Decided to Auction off his Collection. People are Invited to come and Browse through a 250 ~ Page Watercolour Catalogue Showing the Collection, though, by that Time, the most Valuable ~ a Fine Admiral Tulip and an Offshoot Worth ƒ5,200 and a Pair of Violets, Worth ƒ3,200. It is a Frenzy: Tulips are Sold at Prices Two or Three more than what had been Demanded a Year before and, by the Time the Smoke Clears the Orphans have made an Unthinkable ƒ90,000 in Cash…enough that, if they are Frugal, none will ever have to Work again. 24th February In the United Kingdoms of The Netherlands, the Self ~ Regulating Guild of Luxembourgise Florists, in a Decision later Ratified by the Luxembourgise Parliament, Announces that all Future Contracts Written after 30th November 1636, and before the Re ~ Opening of the Cash Market in the Early Spring, are to be Interpreted as Option Contracts. They do this Simply by Relieving the Futures Buyers of the Obligation to Buy the Futures Tulips, Forcing them instead to Merely Compensate the Sellers with a small, Fixed Percentage of the Contract Price. In the United Kingdoms of The Netherlands, Luxembourgise Artist Hendrik Gerritsz Pot Paints Wagon of Fools, Depicting the Greco ~ Roman Goddess of Flowers and the Season of Spring, Flora, her Arms Laden with Tulips, Riding a Wagon Flying a Flag Emblazened with a Tulip, Followed by Money changers, Tipplers, and the Two ~ Faced Goddess Fortuna, into the Sea, where they all Drown. The Image of Flora will often be used in Images of the Tulip Mania, Depicting her as both Bewitching and Enticing, but also Greedy and Fickle, leaving her Worshippers with nothing. In the United Kingdoms of The Netherlands, as a Means of Winning over new Converts, Calvinist Missionaries begin Preaching that the Tulip Trading was Immoral, Un ~ Christian, even Pagan. Some Suggest that the whole thing Stemmed from a Dark Cabal who Controlled the Stock Market, had made their Money, and then Crashed the Prices. Others Argue that the Tulip Colleges themselves Engaged in Price Fixing and Pushed up Auctions. A few even Claim that Individual Sellers had Counterfeitted Tulips, Passing off Bulbs as more Valuable Ones. Inevitably, a few Tulip Traders try to Fight Back, and One Connoisseur Publishes a Rebutal Asking People not to Confuse the more ~ End Traders with the Common Rabble at the Colleges. 1639 In the United Kingdoms of The Netherlands, Luxembourgise Still Life Painter Hans Gillisz. Bollongier Paints Still Life With Flowers, Depicting the Prized Semper Augustus Tulip. 1710 In the Holy Roman Empire, the Imperial City of Regensburg Secularises itself when the Protestant Bishop Albert II Throws out his Catholic Counterpart with Austria’s Implicit Approval. The Brief Regensburg War will Pit Catholic Bavaria against Lutheran Austria. 1720 In the Kingdom of France, France Crosses into the Rio Grande from its Colony in Louisiana, Ostensibly in Response to the Depredations Raids by the Comanche and Apache. In the Kingdom of France, the French East India Company is Nationalised by the French Government, which begins using it to Expand its Interests. This becomes a Source of Conflict with the British in India. 25th June In the Kingdom of Great Britain, the “South Sea Bubble,” the Phenomenal Growth of the South Company, Reaches its Peak as South Sea Stock is Priced at £1,060 a Share. Its Success Causes a Country ~ Wide Frenzy ~ Herd Behaviour ~ as all Types of People, from Peasants to Lords, Develop a Feverish Interest in Investing, in South Sea Primarily, but also in Stock in General. 12th July In the Kingdom of Great Britain, under the Authority of the Bubble Act, the Lords Justice of Great Britain Attempt to try and Curb some of the Excesses of the Stock Market during the “South Sea Bubble.” They Dissolve a Number of Petitions and Patents of Questionable Legitimacy, but this has little Effect on the Creation of “Bubbles,” Ephemeral Joint Stock Companies Created during the Hysteria of the Time. 25th June In the Kingdom of Great Britain, the “South Sea Bubble,” the Phenomenal Growth of the South Company, Reaches its Peak as South Sea Stock is Priced at £1,060 a Share. Its Success Causes a Country ~ Wide Frenzy ~ Herd Behaviour ~ as all Types of People, from Peasants to Lords, Develop a Feverish Interest in Investing, in South Sea Primarily, but also in Stock in General. 1725 29th September In the Kingdom of Great Britain, a Son, Robert, is Born in Styche Hall, near Market Drayton, Shropshire, to Richard Clive, a Lawyer who has also Served in Parliament for many Years, and his Wife, Rebecca. In the Kingdom of Great Britain, while still a Toddler, for Reasons Unknown, Richard Clive sends Robert to Live with his Aunt in Manchester, Possibly because Richard is busy trying to Provide for the Family in London. Richard is Known have a bad Temper, which Robert has, Apparently, Inherited. Daniel Bayley, the Husband of the Aunt, Reports that the Boy is “out of Measure Addicted to Fighting.” He is a Regular Troublemaker at the Schools to which he is sent. 1882 In the Kingdom of France, French Artist Jean-Léon Paints The Tulip Folly, an Oil Painting done on Canvas, Depicting a Conceptual Scene from the Historical 17th Tulip Mania in South Holland, Showing a Broken Tulip being Defended by its Aristocratic Owner as Government Soldiers Trample nearby Flower Beds in an Attempt to Limit the Supply of Tulips and, by doing so, stop Prices from Dropping even lower.
Martin Verran
2022-07-16 18:50:09 +0000 UTCA couple of facts concerning the story about the sailor eating the tulip bulb in episode 1: 1] tulips are poisonous if prepared incorrectly, and 2] tulip bulbs are only considered marginally edible even during famines. Also I reckon we aren't charging the general public enough for the flowers we grow to sell to them.
Martin Verran
2022-06-04 10:25:08 +0000 UTCOk I gotta say the ending of this really warms my little plant nerd heart. It makes me so happy seeing others taking an interest in gardening.
Drunk Captain Crunch
2022-06-03 20:19:01 +0000 UTC
