A History of the Tudors in 100 Objects (eBook)

John Matusiak (Autor)

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2016 | 2. Auflage
352 Seiten
The History Press (Verlag)
9780750969284 (ISBN)

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This seminal period of British history is a far-off world in which poverty, violence and superstition went hand-in-hand with opulence, religious virtue and a thriving cultural landscape, at once familiar and alien to the modern reader.
John Matusiak sets out to shed new light on the lives and times of the Tudors by exploring the objects they left behind. Among them, a silver-gilt board badge discarded at Bosworth Field when Henry VII won the English crown; a signet ring that may have belonged to Shakespeare; the infamous Halifax gibbet, on which some 100 people were executed; scientific advancements such as a prosthetic arm and the first flushing toilet; and curiosities including a ladies' sun mask, 'Prince Arthur's hutch' and the Danny jewel, which was believed to be made from the horn of a unicorn. The whole vivid panorama of Tudor life is laid bare in this thought-provoking and frequently myth-shattering narrative, which is firmly founded upon contemporary accounts and the most up-to-date results of modern scholarship.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.8.2016
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften
• Schlagworte: air wick • artefacts • artefacts|British history • badge • battle of bosworth • battle of bosworth field • British history • British history, poverty, violence, superstition, opulence, religion, religious virtue, culture, the tudor dynasty, William Shakespeare, Halifax gibbet, executions, prosthetic arm, first flushing toilet, ladies’ sun mask, prince arthur’s hutch, prince arthurs hutch, the danny jewel • Culture • curiosities • executions • first flushing toilet • fuming pot • Halifax gibbet • halifax gibbet, prince arthurs hutch, danny jewel, prosthetic arm, toilet, flushing toilet, sun mask, fuming pot • history of the tudors • horn of a unicorn • king Henry VII • King Henry VIII • ladies’ sun mask • life in tudor times • objects • opulence • Poverty • prince arthur’s hutch • prince arthurs hutch • prosthetic arm • Queen Elizabeth I • Religion • religious virtue • signet ring • spectacles • spectacles, fuming pot, air wick • Superstition • the danny jewel • the danny jewel|spectacles • the tudor dynasty • the tudor era • the Tudor period • The Tudors • Tudor • Tudor history • tudor life • tudor, the tudors, tudor history, history of the tudors, king henry viii, queen elizabeth i, the tudor period, the tudor era, objects, life in tudor times, tudor life, curiosities, badge, battle of bosworth field, battle of bosworth, king henry vii, signet ring, horn of a unicorn, artefacts, • tudor, tudors, the tudors, tudor history, history of the tudors, henry viii, elizabeth i, king henry viii, queen elizabeth i, tudor period, tudor era, objects, life in tudor times, tudor life, curiosities, badge, battle of bosworth field, battle of bosworth, henry vii, signet ring, shakespeare • Violence • William Shakespeare
• ISBN-13: 9780750969284 / 9780750969284