The Making of the Tudor Dynasty [Paperback]

Ralph A. Griffiths (Author), Roger S. Thomas (Author)

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Publication Date: April 1, 2005

Tudor monarchs have consistently attracted more popular and scholarly attention than any other royal dynasty in British history. The peculiar origins of the Tudor family and the improbable saga of their rise and fall and rise again in the centuries before the Battle of Bosworth have, however, received far less attention. Based on both published and manuscript sources from Britain and France, The Making of the Tudor Dynasty sets the record straight by providing the only coherent and authoritative account of the ancestors of the Tudor royal family from their beginnings in North Wales at the start of the 13th century, through royal English and French connections in the 15th century, to Henry Tudor's victory at Bosworth Field in 1485.

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Ralph Griffiths is Professor of Medieval History at the University of Wales in Swansea. Roger Thomas is Senior Assistant Registrar in the University of Wales at Swansea.

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• Paperback: 272 pages
• Publisher: The History Press (April 1, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0750937769
• ISBN-13: 978-0750937764
• Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 5 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,344,483 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A side of Tudors not often covered, October 23, 2002

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This review is from: The Making of the Tudor Dynasty (Paperback)

The descendants of William the Conqueror remained on the throne in England until the Battle of Bosworth in 1485, and while the victor, crowned Henry VII, had Lancastrian ancestry to give legitimacy to his claims, he founded what was more or less a new dynasty. And while there have been a great many books written about the three Tudor generations in power, not much has been published in accessible form on their deeply Welsh roots. Professor Griffiths pays special attention to the activities of Henry Tudor and his near relatives in exile, of particular interest (to me) are the several excellent chapters on the Celtic genesis of the family, the connection with Owen Glendower, and the marriage connections they established.