Description
Book Synopsis‘Excellent, full of tiny details that expand our knowledge of even the best-known Tudors’ – Lucy Davies, The Telegraph
Situating the Tudor dynasty, their court, and the country, in an international context, this book will be highly illustrated and feature contemporary research in an accessible way. It will provide an overview of the ways in which the Tudors engaged with the world and were impacted by broader currents: the internationalism of court culture, religious shifts, trade, naval conflict and the expansion in the Americas. The introductory text will consider the legacies of the Tudors, as the monarchs who reigned during the tumultuous years of the Reformation and the emergence of the transatlantic slave trade and English colonialism.
Taking a thematic and biographical approach, the book will feature some of the most famous royal and court figures from the sixteenth century, from Henry VIII and Thomas Cromwell, to Elizabeth I and Walter Ralegh. The works shown will be explored from a multitude of perspectives, looking at the sitters’ impact at home and abroad in Europe and the Americas. The international impact of the Tudors will be very evident the portraits featured, the artists of which came from Netherlands, Germany, France and Italy.
Artworks will be arranged by the key themes of: court culture, religion, queenship, conflict, empire, piracy and trade, and translation. Each theme will feature an opening text from a range of voices exploring the historical contexts of the works and new research on the topics. It will include biographical sketches of individuals whose role in Tudor history has often been overlooked, such as the trumpeter John Blanke.
Table of ContentsForeword
Introduction: The Tudors by Charlotte Bolland
A New Dynasty
Insights into John Blanke’s image from The John Blanke Project by Michael I. Ohajuru
The King’s Court
Walter Hungerford and the 1533 Buggery Act by Kate O’Donoghue
The Reformation in England
Reginald Pole, Catholic Reform and Religious Reconciliation by Frederick E. Smith
Queenship
'We Princes Who Be Women’: Catherine de’ Medici in France by Susan Doran
Holding the Throne
Anthony Babington and the Memorialisation of a Catholic Conspiracy by Charlotte Bolland
Piracy, Privateering and Trade
Diego, Drake and Piracy in Panama by Cassander Smith
The Spanish and English Armadas
‘Follow Me Upon Your Honour!’: María Pita and the Siege of A Coruña by Monserrat Pis Marcos
Empire
Fighting for Survival: Gráinne O Malley as Tudor Friend and Foe by Gillian Kenny
Translation
The Literary Legacy of Mary Sidney, Countess of Pembroke by Catharine MacLeod
Timeline
Notes and Further Reading
Acknowledgements
Picture Credits
