tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16981893.post242055067591794762..comments2024-03-28T15:16:29.965-05:00Comments on Tudor Q and A: Question from Shahzeb - How the Tudors influence us todayLarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16630629272030282584noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16981893.post-68545779605415032722013-08-25T11:00:29.858-05:002013-08-25T11:00:29.858-05:00Protestantism came about because of the Tudors. Ma...Protestantism came about because of the Tudors. Martin Luther published a 'heretical' book, which was read by Anne Boleyn, and she changed Henry VIII away from Catholicism. <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16981893.post-46054897600824573862013-05-15T15:54:37.160-05:002013-05-15T15:54:37.160-05:00I think centralisation of government is the main T...I think centralisation of government is the main Tudor theme.<br /><br />It happened all over Europe, but England was probably the most efficient at this - maybe because of the underlying organisation of property information from the Norman conquest and the Domesday Book.<br /><br />Confiscation of the monasteries, abolition of manorial/palatine jurisdictions, stabilisation of currency, regular taxation, suppression of outlying territories and their lords/ tyrants.<br /><br />We are still centralising, and as always a lot of people are not happy with the restriction of their freedoms. So that's a modern theme.<br /><br />ps. I did not know Dee inveted mind-mapping, will check it out.shtovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16109559722715781557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16981893.post-36565269805915911312013-05-08T08:36:58.994-05:002013-05-08T08:36:58.994-05:00You could kick off by reading "What the Tudor...You could kick off by reading "What the Tudors and Stuarts Did for Us" by Adam Hart-Davis. This was also a television series and it may be possible to find clips on YouTube.<br /><br />Anyway, the book will give you some ideas eg Sir John Harrington (godson of Elizabeth I) invented the WC, Anne of Cleves was a "mail order Queen" as Henry VIII picked her from her portraits.<br /><br />It may be worth checking out Doctor Dee, too as he invented the concept of mind-mapping and also the concept of the British Empire.<br /><br />Have fun!tudor princesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07243385495901442111noreply@blogger.com