The Tudors

coast of Grave-lines, France, Spain’s so-called “insuperable Armada” was defeated by the English soldiers under the command of Lord Charles Howard and Sir Francis Drake. Their main aim was to overthrow Queen Elizabeth1 of England and the Tudor establishment of Protestantism in England. After fighting for almost eight hours, a change in wind direction forced the Spanish to retreat from the battle and sailed toward the North Sea. The Spanish Armada had hoped to win the battle, but were…

King Henry founded the Tudor Dynasty. He was also very intimidating to get what he wanted. He didn’t want to rely on the wealthy nobles (he also wanted to keep them in their place), he enlisted the middle-class to help and make some decisions that involve them. He also avoided…

about two boys who look similar to each other, Prince Edward King Henry VIII’s son and a pauper called Tom Canty. This novel is popular, it was made into cartoon films and a movie. This novel is suitable for all ages. Tom Canty and Prince Edward Tudor were born in the same day in London. Tom was poor and his family did not want him on the other hand, everyone in England was waiting for Prince Edward. Tom’s family lived in a small building on a street called Offal Court.…

symbolize the traits of the characters. Animal as symbols are easier to understand than human characters and due to connotations children can make assumptions about a character’s mannerisms. Witnessing murder was just a typical Tuesday for a toddler in Tudor times, but capital punishment is not even accepted as an option anymore in some countries. They substituted animals for humans, so that when they hurt each other it would not upset the families watching. Children are…

Ho Yen Dr. Fishman English Regular 11B 1/1/2015 Historicity of King Arthur Almost everyone’s childhood is filled with some kind of magical and heroic tales of the legendary King Arthur. These tales come in various versions from different time periods of our history. Some are passed down through folktales and some are specially crafted by poets for purposes such as moral lessons or tourism. Due to the varieties of the tales about King Arthur, scholars have been debating whether King Arthur was a…

History Script Introduction: Mary, Queen of Scots (also known as Mary Stuart), lived between 1542 and 1587. She was the only child of James V of Scotland and Mary of Guise, and through her grandmother Margaret Tudor, Mary had the strongest claim to the throne of England after the children of Henry VIII. This claim (and her Roman Catholicism) made Mary a threat to Elizabeth I of England (who was a protestant), as many English Catholics wanted Mary on the throne in the place of Elizabeth.…

In Shakespeare’s well-known play, Hamlet, the ghost of Hamlet’s father divulges, “But that I am forbid/To tell the secrets of my prison house/I could a tale unfold whose lightest word/Would harrow up thy soul, freeze thy young blood” (Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act I, scene v). The people who would interpret this as a hyperbolic autobiography of “Shakespeare” are the same people who are convinced that “William Shakespeare” is a pseudonym. There are hundreds of different theories about who really…

Digital Media and Society: Rolex Digital media describes any media encoded in a format that machines can read. Computers provide avenues for creating, viewing, distributing, modifying, and preserving digital media. Examples of digital media include computer software and programs, digital video, digital imagery, websites, and web pages. These are inclusive of data and databases, social media, e-books, and digital audio. A combination of the internet, computers, and digital media can have…

Portraiture, being for the purpose of flattery, plays a perfect role in examining this idea. ‘The Ditchley Potrait’ produced by Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger in 1592 (Figure 1) will be used here to compare against Mary Tudor portraits and analyzed for specific elements that show how Elizabeth wished to be portrayed. In ‘The Ditchley Potrait,’ Elizabeth I is pictured as a divine, powerful, and symbolic Queen, in comparison, Mary I is generally depicted as a mortal, subservient…

I lay awake, unmoving and listening to the sounds of birds stirring outside. It was too early for them to begin their song yet, with the sky still pitch black. The colours of my dreams were too bright, the birdsong too vivid, I could not remain asleep. I had spent the night tossing and turning, trying to fumble my way into unconsciousness; I could not. I had slept for the last time a maiden; my wedding day promised that I would wake tomorrow as a married woman should. The thought did not…