Ka27 Lecture: Tudors: Dynasty of Lies?

In 1485, the Tudors swept to power at the Battle of Bosworth, ending more than three hundred years of Plantagenet rule.

The dawn of the Tudors heralded a transformative Golden Age for England under some of her greatest monarchs.Or did it? Forged in bloodshed on the battlefield, was the Tudor Dynasty as great as they had us believe or was this a carefully crafted narrative designed to conceal their weakness as usurpers?Join Nicola Tallis, Matt Lewis and Nathen Amin as they seek to strip away centuries of myth-making to expose the dark truth behind the making of the Tudor regime.

Does the dynasty deserve to be celebrated, or is everything we thought we knew nothing more than a lie?Matt Lewis is an author and historian of the medieval period, with a focus on the Wars of the Roses and Richard III.

Matt's books include biographies of Henry II & Eleanor of Aquitaine, Henry III, Richard Duke of York, and Richard III, as well as accounts of The Anarchy, the Wars of the Roses, and The Survival of the Princes in the Tower.

Matt co-hosts History Hit's Gone Medieval podcast and presents documentaries across their platforms.Dr Nicola Tallis is an independent author and historian, and a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society.

She has worked as a curator, researcher, and lecturer, and specialises in the use of jewels in late medieval and Tudor England.

Nicola has made numerous television and radio appearances, including on BBC's Who Do You Think You Are?, Channel 5's The Vikings, The Gunpowder Plot, Inside the Tower of London and Channel 4's Frankie Boyle's Farewell to the Monarchy.

Nicola is the author of five books, and her latest, Young Elizabeth: Princess.

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Queen. was Book of the Week in The Times.Nathen Amin is an author and historian from Carmarthenshire, West Wales, who focuses on the 15th Century, Welsh History, and the reign of Henry VII.

He has written five books, including'The House of Beaufort: The Bastard Line that Captured the Throne' (2017),'Henry VII and the Tudor Pretenders: Simnel, Warbeck and Warwick' (2021) and'Son of Prophecy: The Rise of Henry Tudor' (2024).

An experienced public speaker and tour guide, Nathen features regularly on television, was a founding member of the Henry Tudor Trust in 2020 and elected a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society in 2022 in recognition of his contribution to the field.