{"product_id":"history-of-the-tudors-in-100-objects","title":"History Of The Tudors In 100 Objects","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis seminal period of British history is a far-off world in which poverty, violence and superstition went hand-in-hand with opulence, religious virtue and a thriving cultural landscape, at once familiar and alien to the modern reader.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn Matusiak sets out to shed new light on the lives and times of the Tudors by exploring the objects they left behind. Among them, a silver-gilt board badge discarded at Bosworth Field when Henry VII won the English crown; a signet ring that may have belonged to Shakespeare; the infamous Halifax gibbet, on which some 100 people were executed; scientific advancements such as a prosthetic arm and the first flushing toilet; and curiosities including a ladies’ sun mask, ‘Prince Arthur’s hutch’ and the Danny jewel, which was believed to be made from the horn of a unicorn. The whole vivid panorama of Tudor life is laid bare in this thought-provoking and frequently myth-shattering narrative, which is firmly founded upon contemporary accounts and the most up-to-date results of modern scholarship.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57552034660734,"sku":"NW9780750991254","price":18.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9780750991254.jpg?v=1781560035","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/en-eu\/products\/history-of-the-tudors-in-100-objects","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}