Course: Good King Hal and Good Queen Bess

	Good King Hal and Good Queen Bess? or The Terrible Tudors? What would you like to know?

1	The Tudor Rose Blooms Did the Tudors unite England after decades of civil war?

2	The New Church of England Why did Henry VIII break England away from the Roman Catholic Church?

3	What was the Pilgrimage of Grace? And why did Henry wreak bloody revenge on its leaders? Video: What was the Pilgrimage of Grace?

4	What's the difference - Protestants and Catholics? From 1500 onwards Europe has constantly been stricken with trouble between Protestants and Catholics. Both groups are Christians - so what's the difference?

5	Were Tudor times more violent than today? How were criminals treated in the Sixteenth Century? Video: The Tudor Executioner Video: The Violent Tudors (18 minutes)

6	Why were husbands expected to beat their wives? What was the scold's bridle and the ducking stool? Video: Women in Tudor Times

7	How were the Poor treated in Tudor times? The Tudors were obsessed with people they called 'vagabonds'. Why?

8	How did Elizabeth I want to be portrayed? Good Queen Bess, Gloriana, The Virgin Queen - who was Queen Elizabeth really?

9	Elizabeth's Spain in the Bum Why the war with Spain launched England as the world's leading superpower for the next 300 years.

10	Silver, Cigars and Spuds How Elizabethan exploration of the New World changed the way we live.

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