History, Fiction, and The Tudors: Sex, Politics, Power, and Artistic License in the Showtime Television Series [Paperback]

This is the first book-length study of the award-winning historical drama The Tudors. In this volume twenty distinguished scholars separate documented history, plausible invention, and outright fantasy in a lively series of scholarly, but accessible and engaging essays. The contributors explore topics including Henry VIII, Catherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn, his other wives and family, gender and sex, kingship, the court, religion, and entertainments.

.Introduction?William B. Robison.-.Chapter 1?Henry VIII in?The Tudors: Romantic Renaissance Warrior or Soap Opera Playboy??William B. Robison.-.Chapter 2?Catherine of Aragon in?The Tudors: Dark Hair, Devotion, and Dignity in Despair?William B. Robison.-.Chapter 3?The Tudors, Natalie Dormer, and Our Default Anne?Susan Bordo.-.Chapter 4?The Last Four Queens of Henry VIII in?The Tudors?Retha Warnicke.-.Chapter 5?The Significance of the Kings Children in?The Tudors?Carole Levin and Estelle Paranque.-.Chapter 6?The Kings Sister(s), Mistresses, Bastard(s), and Uncle in?The Tudors?[Tentative Title]?Kristen Walton.-.Chapter 7?The Kings In-Laws in?The Tudors?Anne Throckmorton.-.Chapter 8?The Kings Friends in?The Tudors?[Tentative Title]?Victor Stater.-.Chapter 9?Postmodern and Conservative: The Kings Ministers in?The Tudors?Robin Hermann.-.Chapter 10?A Cardboard Crown: Kingship in?The Tudors?Glenn Richardson.-.Chapter 11?The Tudors?and the Tudor Court: Know Your Symptom?Tom Betteridge.-.Chapter 12?The Dyers Hands Are Always Stained: Religion and the Clergy in?The Tudors?Caroline Armbruster.-.Chapter 13?Fact, Fiction, and Fantasy: Conspiracy and Rebellion in?The Tudors?Keith Altazin.-.Chapter 14?Crime, Punishment, and Violence in?<l#É