Medieval History
The term ?Tudor? was hardly used in the 16th Century and its obsessive modern use by historians and writers generally gives us a misleading impression of the period, an Oxford historian has found.
Cliff Davies of Oxford University?s History Faculty and Wadham College scoured official papers, chronicles, poems, plays and pamphlets for the ?Tudor? name but found it hardly used as a designation of the monarchy until the last years of Elizabeth?s reign, and even then sparingly.
Of the many poems written to mark the death of Elizabeth and the accession of James I in 1603, only one talks of a change from ?Tudor? to ?Stuart?.
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Medieval History
Is ?Tudor England? a myth?
The term ?Tudor? was hardly used in the 16th Century and its obsessive modern use by historians and writers generally gives us a misleading impression of the period, an Oxford historian has found.
Cliff Davies of Oxford University?s History Faculty and Wadham College scoured official papers, chronicles, poems, plays and pamphlets for the ?Tudor? name but found it hardly used as a designation of the monarchy until the last years of Elizabeth?s reign, and even then sparingly.
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