Why the Tudors fell for courtly love
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Courtly Love and the Tudor Monarchs
Courtly love came to an end in six ten o three a.m., but it never truly went away. The most important tudor monarchs were the two henries, and elizabeth, mary slightly marched to a different drama. They all absolute y consciously made use of the arthurian patterns. You can read sarah's feature on the tudor obsession with courtly love in the october 20 21 issue of b b c history magazine,. It also includes pieces on mediaeval anxieties, tudor romance, the legacy of nine 11, and how the british monarchy survived the first world war.
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