| Description |
1 videodisc (DVD) (50 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in |
| Summary |
"Before his death in 1547, King Henry VIII had decided that all of his three children would be named as his heirs. His son Edward was to succeed him, but if he died childless, the throne would pass to Henry's elder daughter Mary. If she had no heir then her half-sister Elizabeth would be Queen. The arrangement was embodied both in the King's own Will and in the parliamentary Act of Succession. The succession held but it ushered in profound political turmoil, as each of Henry's children radically imposed a different form of religion on the English. The resulting conflict would send hundreds to a terrible death at the stake, or on the scaffold. They would even force Queen Elizabeth I to execute a fellow anointed sovereign. Toward the end of the reign of Elizabeth I, a fierce nationalistic Protestantism took root in England and it was becoming clear that any future monarch, or heir, who fell too far out of step with the religious preferences of the nation, would do so at their peril." -- website |
| Notes |
Off-air recording of ABC-TV broadcast December 11, 2007. Copied under Part VA of the Copyright Act |
| Credits |
Produced and directed by David Hutt; series producer: Steven Clarke |
| Performer |
Presenter: David Starkey |
| Notes |
No rating given |
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DVD |
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Available for Deakin University staff and students only |
| Subject |
Monarchy -- Great Britain
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| SUBJECT |
Great Britain -- History -- Tudors, 1485-1603
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Great Britain -- Kings and rulers -- History
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| Author |
Starkey, David
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Hutt, David
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Clarke, Steven
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ABC-TV (Australia)
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