What is the Tudor myth?

Why should you care about The Tudor Myth in William Shakespeare’s Richard III? We have the answers here, in a quick and easy way. read more

Like we said, Henry VII was the grandfather of Shakespeare's very own monarch, Elizabeth I, so Shakespeare is sort of obligated to promote the idea that the Tudors brought about a golden age in England. read more

The Tudor myth depicted the previous century (15th) and especially the Wars of the Roses as an era of bloodshed, war and instability, and therefore contrasting this horrid period with their “golden age”, if you will, which is an age of peace, order and stability. read more