The Tudors

Actually I am into researching now with British monarchy because I want to write a book about the monarchy. One of the most controversial royal houses both in English and British history is Tudor, not because of its notorious member HENRY VIII but because of the Tudor royal house name existing alone. The founder of this line-King Henry VII-was a descendant of the Lancasters, the family that fought hard with York at the War of Roses because of the dispute on English throne succession. King Henry VII united the two warring houses by marrying Edward IV's daughter Princess Elizabeth of York, earning him the title "Solomon King of England". I read many things about this royal house and seen number of movies too but I want to study more about their lives. Despite all the scandals, rudeness, arrogance and cruelty that happened in the royal court of Henry VIII, it was in this house that England achieved its glorious existence through Henry's daughter the great Elizabeth and as a result of her stubborn attitude towards marriage paved the way for the creation of Great Britain and its prestige.

Thanks again for throwing light on History, especially a new interest. I did go through the medieval history of the royal family and its various nuances. How religion and politics had a marriage of convenience. The selfish genes compelling the royal families to keep everything in the family. How the dynasties began and ended , Henry VII to Elizabeth and both beginning and end were characteristically had transferring of royalty to the kith and kin... History is rewritten by the powerful and the real history is always a mystery. People criticizing the TUdors tv series have the main grouse that fact is more interesting than fiction. The facts would have entailed more raunchy scenes than fiction.

I think the most interesting thing about historical films/TV series is the choices they make in what they are going to represent/exclude. For example, in films about Alexander the Great, his sexuality is usually glossed over or not discussed at all (except for his wives, which actually played a relatively minor role in his life.) It seems to me that what gets included in a historical film tells us more about ourselves and our values than it does about the period it is supposed to be "accurately" depicting.