Brandon - Tudor Knight: 2 (The Brandon Trilogy)

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Christoper Coleman and David Starkey, eds., Revolution Reassessed: Revision in the History of Tudor Government and Administration (1986) Clapham, John. A concise economic history of Britain: From the earliest times to 1750 (1916), pp.185 to 305 covers 1500 to 1750. online

I was expecting to be charmed and informed by Tony Riches’ novel and it didn’t disappoint. From the opening sentence, you enter the Tudor world of impossible glamour, chivalry, and rivalry. Living and breathing the sixteenth century as if you were really there. The young Henry VIII has taken his place upon the throne of England and suddenly, hope and endless possibility are in the air. Step up Charles Brandon, Tudor Knight. Riches delivers an excellent portrayal of a man who has worked his way up through the ranks, often observed by jealous, scheming eyes. Known as Henry’s closest friend, this isn’t an easy position, as Riches explains. Especially when Brandon has the audacity to ‘run off’ with Henry’s beautiful (and favourite) younger sister when she is left a widow by King Louis of France after a dynastic match that only lasts three months. Duffy, Eamon. "The English Reformation After Revisionism", Renaissance Quarterly 59.3 (2006): 720–31. Henry VIII’s aggressive foreign policy took locally raised militia abroad to fight alongside specialist mercenaries. Torn between duty to his family and loyalty to the king, Brandon faces an impossible can he accept Anne Boleyn as his new queen?

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Mary had loved him since, at the age of 13, she gave him her favour when he was jousting. A stunningly beautiful princess with long red gold hair, she also appealed to him and he took a calculated gamble in secretly marrying her without Henry’s permission. This could have been seen as treason but his close friendship with the King saved the couple. We share Tudor history with Charles and Mary as they attend the Field of the Cloth of Gold, support their friend Catherine of Aragon and have to accept Anne Boleyn as her replacement. Willis, Deborah. Malevolent nurture: Witch-hunting and maternal power in early modern England (Cornell University Press, 1995).

Penry Williams, The Later Tudors: England, 1547–1603 (New Oxford History of England, 1998), chapters 6, 10, 11, 12. He shouldn’t. Mary is the King’s sister. Henry will undoubtedly have something to say about their marriage. But they are in love, and everyone knows love makes fools of everyone... Shapiro, James (15 March 2016). "How were Jews regarded in 16th-century England?". Discovering Literature: Shakespeare & Renaissance. British Library . Retrieved 15 September 2023. The cloth is now on loan to Historic Royal Palace and is currently receiving the finest conservation care at Hampton Court Palace. We hope to research it further and put it on display in next year or so.John A. Wagner and Susan Walters Schmid (2011). Encyclopedia of Tudor England. ABC-CLIO. p.847. ISBN 978-1598842999. Jews, mainly Marranos from Portugal or Spain fleeing persecution from the Inquisition began developing a small community in London during this time period. [81] [82] Notably, this was not the first written record of Jews in England which begins around the 1070s, [83] [84] but it was a new wave of migration and community development in England. Hector Nunez and Roderigo Lopez were both Jews and leading physicians during 1570s and 1580s Elizabethan England. [85] Lopez's believed involvement in a plot to poison Elizabeth I may have had a long-running effect on shaping antisemitic views in the United Kingdom. Anglo, Sydney. "Ill of the dead. The posthumous reputation of Henry VII," Renaissance Studies 1 (1987): 27–47. online Williams, C. H. (ed.), English Historical Documents, 1485–1558 (1957), a wide-ranging major collection Ponko, Vincent. "The Privy Council and the spirit of Elizabethan economic management, 1558–1603". Transactions of the American Philosophical Society 58.4 (1968): 1–63. online

Patterson, Annabel. "Rethinking Tudor Historiography". South Atlantic Quarterly (1993), 92#2, pp: 185–208. Notestein, Wallace. English people on the eve of colonization, 1603–1630 (1954); scholarly study of occupations and roles online The stalls of the Knights of the Bath and the Dames Cross of the Bath are located within the Henry VII Chapel in Westminster Abbey. Above their stall each Knight/Dame is able to display their own banners, crests and arms.Eleri’s book, Tudor Fashion, presents new research about the fashions of the Tudor dynasty, offering fresh insight into their social and political milieu. Histories of Kings and Queens complement stories of unsung dressmakers, laundresses, and officials charged with maintaining and transporting the immense Tudor wardrobes from palace to palace. Marcus, Leah S.; Rose, Mary Beth; and Mueller, Janel (eds). Elizabeth I: The Collected Works (University of Chicago Press, 2002). ISBN 0226504654. Turvey, Roger, and Keith Randell. Access to History: Henry VIII to Mary I: Government and Religion, 1509–1558 (Hodder, 2008), 240 pp; textbook Having recently read the first instalment I wasn't disappointed. Yes, there are some bits that match the first book but it's expected when the two are from a married couple experiencing the same things. Once again I was enthralled by the details of clothing, atmosphere even sounds described. You can almost hear the sounds of the tiltyard it's described so incredibly well. Tony Riches has again brought the Tudor court to life.

Robert Tittler; Norman Jones (2008). A Companion to Tudor Britain. John Wiley & Sons. p.187. ISBN 978-1405137409. Christopher Haigh, English Reformations: religion, politics and society under the Tudors (1992), 203–34. The book follows Brandon's life from a young 21 year old who serves tables at the court of Henry VII to becoming one of the highest ranking nobles in England. Brandon's father was standard bearer for Henry Tudor and lost his life at the Battle of Bosworth. He was taken in by his uncle and became friends with Prince Henry.While I understand that when an author has worked hard to research and describe events -- it's tempting to repeat those chunks of narrative when you write about the same events in the future. But, personally, I felt a bit cheated, having to re-read material I had just been through in book #1. E. W. Ives, "Henry VIII (1491–1547)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (2009). Retrieved 8 August 2017. He’d asked for a modest funeral and to be buried in the college church of Tattershall in Lincoln. King Henry decided instead that Brandon should be buried with full honours at St George’s Chapel in Windsor Castle, where he had been made a Knight of the Garter. Reasons for immigration in the Medieval era". Bitesize. History: Migration to Britain c1000 to c2010. BBC . Retrieved 15 September 2023.