Tudors
The great Tudor Bible myth
To this day many believe that the Catholic Church refused to give people the Bible and religious instruction in English
The Wars of the Roses must not be rebranded as the Cousins’ War
Philippa Gregory and other writers claim the Cousins’ War is an authentic term, but its origins are vague
A sad reminder of the art lost in the years after the Reformation
A new exhibition at Tate Britain highlights the scale of destruction to artworks in the Tudor period – a staggering amount of books and music were also destroyed
Natalie Portman is right about Hollywood misogyny, and it’s a trend that’s endured through the ages
Assigning powerful women masculine qualities to negate their femininity was commonplace in the Tudor period
I don’t mind where they bury Richard III; but having been denied Christian burial by Henry Tudor, he must now be given a Catholic funeral Mass
To bury England’s last Plantagenet King, a man of considerable piety, as though he had been a Protestant would be an utterly offensive act
Why do we have such an appetite for the Tudors?
Posters of Katherine Howard are everywhere, advertising yet another Tudor novel
