The Tudors: Love and Power. How Love Created and Led to the Decline of the Most Famous Dynasty of the Middle Ages

The history of the Tudors is a story of power and love. The founder of the dynasty, King Henry VII, used legends about King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table to justify his claims to the throne. Henry... VIII saw courtly love as a justification for his turbulent marital life. When his daughter Elizabeth ascended to the throne, courtly love played a special role in her feminine monarchy. Researcher Sarah Gristwood tells the story of how the Tudors loved – the most famous dynasty of the Middle Ages. The Siege of the Castle of Love and jousting tournaments, the code of courtly love and the romantic tradition of Guinevere – all of this formed the basis of Tudor power and permeated the era in which they lived. It was an era defined by the passionate hearts of princes and poets, maids of honor and queens.