tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post1161103723645667042..comments2024-03-23T12:38:46.260+00:00Comments on The History Girls: ARE THE STUARTS THE NEW TUDORS? Elizabeth FremantleMary Hoffmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06241989732624913706noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-61324688593929314242016-06-15T17:05:36.378+01:002016-06-15T17:05:36.378+01:00I think people are very interested in the Georgian...I think people are very interested in the Georgians! But let's certainly have more interest in the Stuart era, the English Revolution, and so on. If Cromwell closed the playhouses, he also abolished censorship and allowed pamphlet publications, which meant that free and interesting thought could flourish as at no other time; this is another kind of cultural enrichment. The 'Merry Monarch' did quite a nice line in religious persecution; his successor introduced the Toleration Act which took the heat off the Quakers, but I have a feeling that if he'd remained, and had reinstituted Catholicism, the Inquisition might well have followed. Let's not just talk about royalty, but about the people, who during this fascinating and turbulent period got a chance to speak out as perhaps never before. They are the ancestors of most of us, after all.Leslie Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15105465949970430998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-82098589970436509422016-06-13T12:46:19.733+01:002016-06-13T12:46:19.733+01:00Although I find the Tudors of interest as I do mos...Although I find the Tudors of interest as I do most periods of British history,I have never liked "horrid Henry" or Elizabeth for that matter. From an early age, the Stuarts have interested me far more. I can even remember, as if it were yesterday, illustrating my history exercise book (ours books were a combination of lined and blank pages) with a Stuart man and lady in their long curly wigs, lace flounces and vibrant colours. I was 9 or 10 and already an ardent Royalist! (although later I sympathised more with things more radical.) I think my love of historical costume was born then as well. How early in life do we form our historical preferences.<br /><br />Although there have been attempts to make us all admire the Georgians, it is proving a struggle. However, with more emphasis on the Stuarts than the Tudors, the tide may well be turning. We shall see. Sally Zigmondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07520579251842006765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-44665625863443642812016-06-13T08:14:28.665+01:002016-06-13T08:14:28.665+01:00It's an interesting one the whole Tudor mania ...It's an interesting one the whole Tudor mania (which I have to say I'm still very happy to read good novels about ) - the agent I'm currently doing the dance with said she wouldn't have looked at me twice if I was writing about the Tudors as 'they're all sick of it". I think its like all eras - a good story well told is a good story well told!Catherine Hokinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16251036106757891834noreply@blogger.com