[Ansteorra] The Tudors' Accuracy

[Elizabeth Crouchet]

Another caution, the costuming, while lovely is not accurate and that is
deliberate. Rent the season and check out the extras. The costumer waxes on
about her designs. If you are into that kind of thing it will help it all
makes sense and be easier to take if you are an authenticity maven.

Claire

On Tue, Feb 2, 2010 at 7:24 PM, Liz Wilson <ewilson618 at tx.rr.com> wrote:

> I think that a lot of the source material for The Tudors comes from Henry
> VIII:
> The King and His Court by Allison Weir.  I believe that there is a
> discussion
> somewhere in that book of the Master of the Revels and the pageants that he
> put on, as
> well as of the Field of Cloth of Gold.  I have found that, fun as it is,
> The Tudors
> does depart from Allison Weir on occasion.  For example, she says clearly
> that Henry VIII did not compose "Greensleeves." although he does in the
> show.
> Also, she did not cite any evidence that Cardinal Woolsey killed himself;
> he was ill
> and died on the road as he was being taken to London and, presumably, The
> Tower.
> I find it rather hard to believe that a church cardinal, even Woolsey who
> was very
> secular in his lifetime, would commit suicide knowing what the church's
> position
> would have been on it.  If anyone out there has evidence to the contrary
> about
> Woolsey I would love to know, because this is the one presumed inaccuracy
> in the series that bugs me the most.  Otherwise, I love it anyway, and now
> you know what I do when I'm doing laundry.
>
> Christianna
>