The Making of the Tudor Dynasty
by Ralph A. Griffiths, Roger Thomas (Author)
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Tudor monarchs have consistently attracted more popular and scholarly attention than any other royal dynasty in British history. The peculiar origins of the Tudor family and the improbable saga of their rise and fall and rise again in the centuries before the Battle of Bosworth have, however, received far less attention. Based on both published and manuscript sources from Britain and France, The Making of the Tudor Dynasty sets the record straight by providing the only coherent and show more authoritative account of their ancestors of the Tudor royal family from their beginnings in North Wales at t show lessTags
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Ralph A. Griffiths OBE is Emeritus professor of Medieval History at Swansea University, Honorary Vice-President of the Royal Historical Society, and formerly Chairman of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales.
Common Knowledge
- Original publication date
- 1985
- People/Characters
- Henry VII, King of England; Lady Margaret Beaufort; Charles VIII, King of France; Edward IV, King of England; Edward, Prince of Wales, son of Henry VI; Elizabeth of York (show all 21); Francis II, Duke of Brittany; Thomas Grey, 1st Marquis of Dorset; Henry VI, King of England; Catherine of Valois; Louis XI, King of France; Henry Percy, 4th earl of Northumberland; Richard III, King of England; Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham; Thomas Stanley, 1st Earl of Derby; Edmund Tudor; Jasper Tudor; John de Vere, 13th Earl of Oxford; Polydore Vergil; Anthony Woodville, Earl Rivers; Elizabeth Woodville, Queen Consort of England
- Important places
- England, UK
- Important events
- Battle of Bosworth Field (1485-08-22); Tudor Era (1485 | 1603)
- Dedication
- In memory of Stanley Bertram Chrimes Biographer of Henry VII
- First words
- Preface -- The genesis of this book is not altogether conventional.
Prologue -- Since the Battle of Bosworth 500 years ago, the royal dynasty of the Tudors has consistently attracted more popular and scholarly interest and admiration than any other dynasty in English history. - Original language
- English
Classifications
- Genres
- History, Nonfiction, General Nonfiction, Biography & Memoir
- DDC/MDS
- 942.03 — History & geography History of Europe England and Wales England Plantagenet 1154-1399
- LCC
- DA176 — History of Europe, Asia, Africa and Oceania Great Britain History of Great Britain England History By period Early and medieval to 1485 Celts. Romans. Saxons. Danes. Normans
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- 76
- Popularity
- 417,266
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- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 9
- ASINs
- 2
