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Tag: Tudor history

  • Wolf Hall and the historians: What can historical drama do?

    Wolf Hall and the historians: What can historical drama do?

    By Carys Brown @HistoryCarys Typing #WolfHall into Twitter reveals no end of enthusiasm about the BBC’s current Tudor drama. Even Prince Charles has admitted to ‘enjoying’ it.1 However, not everyone is happy. Historian and television presenter David Starkey has described both the novel and the TV adaptation as a ‘deliberate perversion’ of history, expressing particular discontent…

  • When is Research Worth it?

    When is Research Worth it?

    By Matthew Tibble Matthew is an MPhil student in Early Modern History at the University of Cambridge. He is currently researching religious counsel during the mid-Tudor period. I have been studying history for the better part of four years, yet it was only recently that I managed to fulfil the archetypal ambition of making an…

  • 17. A Pomegranate

    17. A Pomegranate

    By Stephanie Brown (@StephEmmaBrown) The pomegranate has had many religious, mythical, and political connotations. It was associated with Katharine of Aragon due to her position as a Spanish princess. Born in 1485, she was a child when her parents, King Ferdinand II and Queen Isabella, conquered Granada, which is the Spanish word for pomegranate. The…

  • History on Film: genre, fact, and resonance in Mary Queen of Scots and The Favourite

    History on Film: genre, fact, and resonance in Mary Queen of Scots and The Favourite

    By Laura Flannigan  (@LFlannigan17) Within the first month of 2019, historians were treated to not one but two blockbuster movies: The Favourite (dir. Yorgos Lanthimos) and Mary Queen of Scots (dir. Josie Rourke). Both grossed millions of dollars in the short time since their worldwide release, reminding us that film is by far the most accessible form of…