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Tudor Period

The Tudor period is the period between 1485 and 1603 in England and Wales and includes the Elizabethan period which ends with the completion of the reign of Elizabeth I in 1603. The Tudor period coincides with the rule of the Tudor dynasty in England whose first monarch was Henry VII (1457–1509). In terms of the entire century, Guy (1988) argues that "England was economically healthier, more expansive, and more optimistic under the Tudors" than at any time in a thousand years.

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Most Read This Week Tagged "Tudor Period"

Three Sisters, Three Queens (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #8)
Owen (Tudor Trilogy, #1)
Lamentation (Matthew Shardlake, #6)
Katherine of Aragon: The True Queen (Six Tudor Queens, #1)
Plantagenet Princess, Tudor Queen: The Story of Elizabeth of York (Plantagenet Embers, #1)
Foundation: The History of England from Its Earliest Beginnings to the Tudors (The History of England, #1)
Prisoner of the Queen (Tales From the Tudor Court #2)
The Wars of the Roses: The Fall of the Plantagenets and the Rise of the Tudors
Brazen (Royal Circle, #3)
The Lost Tudor Princess: The Life of Lady Margaret Douglas
Trinity (Wars of the Roses, #2)
Prophecy (Giordano Bruno, #2)
How To Be a Tudor: A Dawn-to-Dusk Guide to Tudor Life
Sisters of Treason (The Tudor Trilogy, #2)
Maid of Wonder (Maids of Honor, #3)
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Tudor Period Books

The Other Boleyn Girl (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #9)
Wolf Hall (Thomas Cromwell, #1)
The Boleyn Inheritance (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #10)
The Constant Princess (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #6)
The Six Wives of Henry VIII
Bring Up the Bodies (Thomas Cromwell, #2)
The Queen's Fool (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #13)
The Virgin's Lover (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #14)
Innocent Traitor
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Sex with Kings by Eleanor HermanLove and Louis XIV by Antonia FraserSex with the Queen by Eleanor HermanThe Serpent and the Moon by Princess Michael of KentMadame de Pompadour by Nancy Mitford
Royalty Between The Sheets, Nonfiction Books
166 books — 29 voters
The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa GregoryA Queen's Spy by Samantha BurnellThe Boleyn Inheritance by Philippa GregoryWolf Hall by Hilary MantelThe Tudor Heresy by Samantha Burnell
Tudor Fiction
170 books — 68 voters

Wolf Hall by Hilary MantelBring Up the Bodies by Hilary MantelThe Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa GregoryThe Boleyn Inheritance by Philippa GregoryThe Children of Henry VIII by Alison Weir
Tudors
196 books — 48 voters
The Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettThe Sunne in Splendour by Sharon Kay PenmanWolf Hall by Hilary MantelWorld Without End by Ken FollettKatherine by Anya Seton
History through Novels: 1000-1899 Western Europe
445 books — 190 voters

War Horse by Michael MorpurgoThe Winter of Red Snow by Kristiana GregoryIsabel by Carolyn MeyerThe Girl Who Chased Away Sorrow by Ann RinaldiNumber the Stars by Lois Lowry
Historical Fiction for Children
124 books — 29 voters
The Red Queen by Philippa GregoryThe White Queen by Philippa GregoryThe Boleyn Inheritance by Philippa GregoryThe Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa GregoryThe Queen's Fool by Philippa Gregory
Philippa Gregory books
12 books — 11 voters


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Quotes Tagged “Tudor Period”

“ They set about reversing all the changes that had been made since the break with Rome . . . The only thing that wasn't put back was the monasteries - this was deemed unworkable as the aristocracy, catholic and Protestant alike, had bought those lands from the crown, were really enjoying them and, if it came down to it, gave much more of a shit about their vast new properties than they did about the difference between the mass and holy communion. Weird, isn't it? People were willing to die for t ...more ”
― David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens
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“ I die a Queen, but I would rather die the wife of Culpepper ”
― Katherine "Kitty" Howard
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