Art Criticism The Tudor Dynasty Seethed With Insecurity and Intrigue. A New Met Show Suggests That’s What Made Its Art So Lasting “The Tudors" at the Metropolitan Museum of Art shows a ...

It was a consequential 118 years. Emerging after England’s War of the Roses, the Tudor dynasty — lasting from 1485 to 1603 — saw only three generations rule the country. And yet it was a ...

The new Tudor exhibition at the Met is not about politics: it is a brilliant collection of paintings, manuscripts, textiles, metalwork, and even armor as a symbol of the dynasty’s power and legacy.

His father, Henry VII, established the Tudor dynasty by defeating Richard III in the Battle of Bosworth Field, ending the War of the Roses between the houses of Lancaster (Henry’s side) and York ...

The Tudor dynasty ruled England for 118 years, just three generations, but leaving an indelible mark on the country and embodying for many the paradigmatic English monarchy.

“The Tudors” shows how the English Renaissance was the work of wily leaders and enterprising foreigners. No dynasty has better captured the modern imagination.

The Tudor dynasty was short in duration, but it has become perennial in memory. Just over a century passed between 1485, when Henry Tudor became Henry VII, and 1603, when his granddaughter ...

Henry VII’s victory over Richard III in 1485 catapulted the Tudor dynasty to the pinnacle of power. For the next 118 years, they would be the most powerful family in England and make the country ...

End of the Tudor dynasty. Elizabeth I dies aged 69. The Virgin Queen never married or had children. James VI of Scotland was her closest royal relative as they were both direct descendants of ...

“The Tudors in Love” does offer a fresh look at royal women who chafed at the constraints of their era, including Anne Boleyn, Henry VIII’s two sisters, and his daughter, Elizabeth I ...