Thursday, March 31, 2011

Historical Innacuracies - 'The Tudors', Series 3, Episode 2

  • When Brandon is arguing with the man about the cannons (or lack of), there is a large coach in the background. This type of coach would not have been around until the Victorian era, many hundreds of years later.
  • Lord Darcy of Pontefract Castle is shown talking to, and then joining the rebels. The actual truth of Darcy's situation was much more complicated. He did indeed write many times to the King, asking for more men to hold the castle. Henry ignored him. However, Darcy may have gone along with the rebels fearful that, if he did not, he would be killed. 
  • Lady Miselden, Henry's supposed mistress, is a completely fictional character. Henry did not take a mistress in the time he was married to Jane Seymour, although he was overheard making remarks about other 'beautiful' ladies etc.
  • When Francis Bryan goes to touch Lady Miselden, she remarks 'you cannot touch me, for ceasar's I am'. This was actually a refrain from a poem by Thomas Wyatt (another character who has disappeared after season 2), and the poem is believed to be about Anne Boleyn.
  • Robert Aske is shown with his family when, in reality, he was unmarried.

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