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- Historians of Britain often bemoan the popularity of the Tudors. This isn’t because we can’t recognize the inherent appeal: the central soapy drama—the marriages, divorces, executions, and political intrigue—is transcendent and a bit escapist. The Tudors have also benefited from their long inclusion in American cultural and educational life.
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Aug 16, 2024 · For decades, Tudors have been the subject of popular films and television series (think Cate Blanchett in Elizabeth in 1998, or the late aughts Showtime series The Tudors starring Jonathan...
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Feb 28, 2020 · More than 400 years after their era ended, the Tudors are everywhere, striding across stages and swaggering onto screens, haunting our politics, and even slipping into our wardrobes by way of...
Aug 9, 2022 · Historians of Britain often bemoan the popularity of the Tudors. This isn’t because we can’t recognize the inherent appeal: the central soapy drama—the marriages, divorces, executions, and political intrigue—is transcendent and a bit escapist.
- The Field of The Cloth of Gold
- Anne Boleyn Arrives at Court
- Exit Wolsey, Enter Cromwell
- Henry Marries Anne Boleyn
- First Act of Supremacy
- The Dissolution of The Monasteries
- Anne Boleyn Is Executed
- Pilgrimage of Grace
- Birth of Edward Vi
- Every Parish Is Given An English Bible
7-24 June 1520 Henry VIII and Francis I, king of France, were natural rivals. Close in age, they were both lauded for their good looks, sporting prowess and cultural accomplishments, and had established magnificent courts. But on the surface, they were careful to maintain the impression of cordiality. To this end, they had signed a treaty in 1514 a...
Early 1522 In 1522 the ambitious politician and diplomat Thomas Boleyn secured a place for the younger of his two daughters, Anne Boleyn, in Catherine of Aragon’s household. Having taken up her appointment, Anne swiftly established herself as one of the leading ladies of the court. What set her apart was her style and sophistication, both of which ...
31 October 1529 When Henry’s VIII’s chief adviser Cardinal Wolsey fell from grace in October 1529 for failing to gain his master an annulment from Catherine of Aragon, it was expected that his favourite servant, Thomas Cromwell, would fall with him. Cromwell feared this himself and wept bitter tears of regret. But he soon rallied, pronouncing that ...
25 January 1533 In late 1532, Anne Boleyn finally submitted to Henry’s advances and became his mistress. The gamble seemed to have paid off: Eustace Chapuys, the Holy Roman empire’s ambassador to England, noted with some disgust that “the king cannot leave her for an hour”. By December, Anne was pregnant. Her royal lover and his ministers now had t...
16 November 1534 In November 1534, during one of the most revolutionary parliaments of the Tudor age, the Act of Supremacy was passed. This legislation is often seen as the beginning of the English Reformation, although the foundations had been laid during the previous five years. It declared Henry VIII to be supreme head of the Church of England a...
21 January 1535 On 21 January 1535, Henry appointed Cromwell viceregent in spirituals, or ‘vicar-general’. This gave him considerable new powers over the church and he wasted no time in dispatching commissioners across the country to assess the state of each religious house. With typical attention to detail, he even investigated a few himself. Eust...
19 May 1536 Although Henry VIII had pursued Anne Boleyn relentlessly for seven long years, shaking England to its core in the process, once won, she had proved a disappointment. Her high-handed and ‘unqueenly’ manner made her dangerously unpopular and sparked frequent rows with her husband. Most damning of all her ‘sins’, though, was her failure to...
1 October 1536 On 1 October 1536 Thomas Kendall, vicar of Louth in Lincolnshire, used his weekly sermon to speak out against the royal commissioners who were expected in the town the following day. It was rumoured that these men were planning to raid all of the local churches, as well as the monasteries, seizing their treasures and laying waste to ...
12 October 1537 Henry VIII had married his third wife just 11 days after the execution of his second. Jane Seymour had proved a welcome contrast to Anne Boleyn. Meek and compliant, she was likely to give the king little trouble as a wife. What he hoped she would give him was a son. In May 1537, it was announced at court that the new queen was pregn...
1539 One of the greatest legacies of the English Reformation was to provide every parish church in the country with a copy of the Bible in English. This gave the king’s subjects direct access to the word of God for the first time in history. The move was masterminded by Thomas Cromwell, whose reforming drive was motivated by personal piety, not jus...
The Tudor period saw the gradual evolution of England’s medieval army into a larger, firearm-wielding force supported by powerful ships and formidable gun forts.
Aug 20, 2020 · The Tudor Dynasty ruled the Kingdom of England and its realms, Wales and Ireland, from 1485 until 1603. It remains one of the periods of British history people are most fascinated by and includes two of the greatest and most famous – or in one case infamous – monarchs: King Henry VIII and Queen Elizabeth I. Here, Victor Gamma explains why ...
One of Britain's greatest and most influential dynasties finally reaches its conclusion. The years of Tudor rule saw unprecedented upheaval. Discover the huge changes that took place between the...
