Good Queen Bess
Happy coronation day, Elizabeth! That's right: on January 15, 1559, Elizabeth I, last monarch of the House of Tudor, was crowned Queen of England in Westminster Abbey, following her accession...
Queen for a Week
On July 10, 1553, 16-year-old Jane Grey was proclaimed Queen of England, four days after the death of her cousin, Edward VI. The reign, as I’m sure you all know,...
The Beginning of the End
May 15 was the beginning of the end for a pair of 16th century queens. First, in 1536, Anne Boleyn was brought to trial on (almost certainly) bogus charges of...
The Tudors: The Horse is Symbolic! Get it?
The series ends on a typically subtle note, with Henry being hounded by his dead wives and chased around by Death on a horse. Sadly, Death only manages to catch up with Charles Brandon.
Tudors Bloopers-Season 4
One last round of bloopers, before we bid farewell to the Tudors and welcome the Borgias: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUM_hJR960w]
The Tudors: Obsession
Surrey’s obsession with going after Seymour lead to his arrest and trial for treason; Gardiner, Risley, and Rich try to bring down Katherine by any means possible.
The Tudors: Hello, Goodbye
The English take Boulogne, but Richard dies at the last minute. And then the Emperor turncoats on Henry and signs a peace treaty with the French, just as Chapuys gratefully retires. Charles starts sleeping with his pretty French prisoner and takes her home to be his new mistress.
The Tudors: Where is love?
Henry allies with the Emperor to declare war on France, messes with Scotland, and pursues wife #6, Katherine Parr.
The Tudors: Ick Factor
We’ve got superfluous nudity, feces, torture scenes, and blood galore as the walls cave in on Kate, Culpeper, and a few others.
The Tudors: Ghosts
The ghosts of bad choices past come back to haunt Charles and Kate, in the forms of Lord Darcy and Frances Dereham