Skidmore, Chris

Summary: Recounts the rise of the Tudors from obscure Welsh gentry to powerful English monarchs and relates the events of the Battle of Bosworth Field in 1485, which resulted in the death of Richard III and the victory of Henry Tudor.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: St Martins Pr 2014

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 TUDOR FAMILY SKI

Gristwood, Sarah

Summary: "Sarah Gristwood's The Tudors in Love offers a brilliant history of the Tudor dynasty, showing how the rules of romantic courtly love irrevocably shaped the politics and international diplomacy of the period. Why did Henry VIII marry six times? Why did Anne Boleyn have to die? Why did Elizabeth I's courtiers hail her as a goddess come to earth? The dramas of courtly love have captivated...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2022

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 941.05 GRI

Bucholz, R. O.

Summary: During the 229-year period 1485-1714, England transformed itself from a minor feudal state into "the first modern society," emerging as the wealthiest, most powerful nation in the world. The English people survived epidemics, famines, one failed invasion and two successful ones, two civil wars, violent religious reformations and counter-reformations, and confrontations with two of the most...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2003

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 942 HIS

Summary: This series covers history from 3500 B.C. to the 1780's. This course analyzes civilizations by looking at their geographic and political environments, their technologies, economies, social institutions, and cultural achievements. Students will look at history from new perspectives, come to understand the connections between human beings despite time and distance, and appreciate the lasting...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: The Teaching Company 1995

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4 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 909 WOR
Call number: DVD 909 WOR PART 1
Call number: DVD 909 WOR PART 2
Call number: DVD 909 WOR PART 3

Tallis, Nicola

Summary: Good people, I am come hither to die, and by a law I am condemned to the same'.These were the heartbreaking words of a seventeen-year-old girl, Lady Jane Grey, as she stood on the scaffold on a cold February morning in 1554. Her death for high treason sent shockwaves through the Tudor world and served as a gruesome reminder to all who aspired to the Crown that the axe could fall at any...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Books 2016

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 GREY, JANE, LADY TAL

Meyer, G. J.

Summary: Meyer's fresh storytelling ability breathes new life into the history of the Tudor family and Tudor England's precarious place in world politics, the critical role religion played in government, and the blossoming of English theater and literature.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Delacorte Press 2010

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 TUDOR, HOUSE OF MEY

Starmore, Alice.

Summary: "Being a collection of rich and curious works in hand knitwear inspired by diverse women of the Tudor Dynasty that ruled over England from AD 1485 to 1603; also including knitwear designs and sublime works of art and photograpy by Jade Stratmore, and cunning works of jewellery fashioned by sundry scholars at City of Glasgow College."

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Calla Editions 2013

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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 746.432 STA

Phillips, Charles

Summary: Britain's early royal history brought to life with 200 contemporary and historical illustrations, maps, shields and comprehensive genealogical tables.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 2013

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 941.0099 PHI

Kaufmann, Miranda

Summary: From long forgotten records, Kaufmann has unearthed the remarkable stories of Africans who lived free in Tudor England. They were present at some of the defining moments of the Tudor age. They were christened, married and buried by the Church. And their stories have remained untold. Kaufmann challenges preconceptions of sixteenth century attitudes toward race and slavery, and transforms how we...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Oneworld Publications 2017

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1 available in Adult, Call number: 941 KAU

Ackroyd, Peter

Summary: Ackroyd brings the age of the Tudors to vivid life, charting the course of English history from Henry VIII's cataclysmic break with Rome to the epic rule of Elizabeth I.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: St Martins Pr 2013

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 942.05 ACK

Schama, Simon.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Hyperion 2000

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 941.21 SCH

Summary: Lucy Worsley recreates how Christmas was celebrated during the age of Henry VIII, eating, drinking, singing, dancing and partying as people did 500 years ago. On each of the traditional twelve days of Christmas, Lucy reveals a different aspect of the festivities, uncovering fresh insights into the Tudor mind and casting a captivating new light on Christmas itself.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2020

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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV LUC