History, Fiction, and The Tudors

1. Introduction
William B. Robison

2. Henry VIII in The Tudors: Romantic Renaissance Warrior or Soap Opera Playboy?
William B. Robison

3. Catherine of Aragon in The Tudors: Dark Hair, Devotion, and Dignity in Despair
William B. Robison

4.
The Tudors, Natalie Dormer, and Our “Default” Anne Boleyn
Susan Bordo

5. The Last Four Queens of Henry VIII in The Tudors

Retha M. Warnicke

6. The Significance of the King’s Children in The Tudors

Carole Levin, Estelle Paranque

7. The King’s Sister(s), Mistresses, Bastard(s), and “Uncle” in The Tudors

Kristen P. Walton

8. The King’s In-Laws in The Tudors

Anne Throckmorton

9. The King’s Friends in The Tudors

Victor L. Stater

10. Postmodern and Conservative: The King’s Ministers in The Tudors

Robin Hermann

11. A Cardboard Crown: Kingship in The Tudors

Glenn Richardson

12.
The Tudors and the Tudor Court: Know Your Symptom
Thomas Betteridge

13. “The Dyer’s Hands Are Always Stained”: Religion and the Clergy in The Tudors

Caroline Armbruster

14. Fact, Fiction, and Fantasy: Conspiracy and Rebellion in The Tudors

Keith Altazin

15. Crime, Punishment, and Violence in The Tudors

Krista J. Kesselring

16. Humanism and Humanitarianism in The Tudors

Samantha Perez

17. All That Glitters is (Fool’s) Gold: Depictions of Court Entertainment in The Tudors

Carlie Pendleton

18. Holbein and the Artistic Mise-en-Scène of The Tudors

Tatiana C. String

19. Fashionable Fiction: The Significance of Costumes in The Tudors

Maria Hayward

20. Putting Women in Their Place: Gender, Sex, and Rape in The Tudors

Megan L. Hickerson

21. Incomplete Prescription: Maladies and Medicine in The Tudors

Elizabeth Lane Furdell

Keywords: History, History of Britain and Ireland, Gender Studies, Political History, British Cinema