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Henry VII's victory at Bosworth
Field on August 22, 1485, and
subsequent marriage to Elizabeth of York,
united at last the two houses of York and
Lancaster into a new ruling family: the Tudors.
Between that day and the death of the last Tudor
monarch, Elizabeth I, on March 24 of 1603,
medieval England simply ceased to be.
Under their rule, the Tudors
oversaw the foundation of Britain
as a modern nation state, dove headfirst
into the religious wars of Catholic versus
Protestant and changed the lives of
their subjects (and their descendants)
more than any other ruling family of
England since the Norman Conquest.

From the mystery of the Princes in the
Tower to Henry VIII's marital chaos
(which was based in a sound dynastic principle)
to the defeat of the Spanish Armada,
the period over which they ruled
was that fascinates us to this day.
The reference book, Tudor Rose,
focuses on this incredible family,
their lives and those of their courtiers,
poets, merchants, bishops,
foes and friends to try to "open a window"
not into men's souls but
into the times in which they lived.





For the discussion of all things Tudor,
Visit Tudor Rose

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