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Spotlight On: The Tudors A selection of articles from the pages
of History Review on the Tudor dynasty. Judith Richards helps us
appreciate a Marian perspective on the reign of the boy-king.
John Matusiak explains the nature of the power game that raged
from 1540 to 1553. Sean Cunningham highlights the importance of
'rule by recognisance' in the reign of the first Tudor monarch.
Suzannah Lipscomb looks beyond the stereotypes that surround our
most infamous monarch to ask: who was Henry VIII and when did it
all go wrong? David Starkey looks at the early Tudor period.
Judith Richards strips away the veils of illusion covering the
last Tudor monarch. ‘Evil May Day’: Re-examining the Race Riot
of 1517 Graham Noble separates fact from Tudor propaganda. Henry
VI: A Misjudged King? Few English monarchs have such a poor
reputation as Henry VI. Yet he was held in high regard by the
Tudors, says Michael Hicks, despite losing the Wars of the
Roses. The Battle