Showtime is offering free viewing of their miniseries, "The Tudors"

[CatWoman]

http://www.sho.com/site/tudors/video.do

The line ended with Elizabeth, who was the sanest and most competent of them all :)

[Fenris]

1. I think Henry VII was the most competent, personally.

He restored solvency to the exchequer and amassed a great personal fortune in his 24 years as monarch. Plus he maintained his hold on power through his thorough, draconian law enforcement and his marriage to Elizabeth of York, which united the dueling Lancaster and York dynastic houses.

Elizabeth, while certainly competent in many regards, failed to produce any issue, allowing the dynasty to die and the throne go to the Scottish James I. Plus she never settled the religious strife between Protestant and Catholics that her father was largely responsible for, nor did she explicitly solve the power struggle between her office and that of Parliament. Plus her reign ended with England financially and economically in a tight situation.

I'm an Elizabeth detractor, what can I say? :D

:hi:

[ruiner4u]

3. Well gee... Get all historical...

:)...

Cmon, thats not fair.. the religious fight between prot and cath has never been settled.. in one way or another it has always plagued GB.. Up until NIreland a few years ago..

And im going to stop right there because I can see how a flamewar can erupt since I almost wrote that Im an Elizabeth defender...lol...

[CatWoman]

5. P-SHAW!!!!

You men and your "issue" :puke:

Look at what Henry did in the pursuit of "issue" :puke:

SO THERE!!!

:)

:hi:

[supernova]

2. Might have to let go of HBO

and switch over the Showtime. I like The Tudors preview episodes and I also like Dexter.

[texanwitch]

4. Thanks for the info about the show, just watched the first episode.

Henry is hot, never will think about him the same way again.

I really enjoyed watching the show.

Thanks again.

[CatWoman]

6. from what I read, Henry was quite the "stud'

until he developed a passion of drumsticks by the barrel load :)

[texanwitch]

7. This Henry is a stud.

The old picture of old fat Henry eating drumsticks won't work anymore.

I have always liked history.

[CatWoman]

8. me too!!!

DUer Aristus got me hooked on Roman history, and I've always had a passion for English history :)

I detest Henry for the way he treated Catherine of Aragon. Poor woman tried, but the only child of theirs to survive was Mary, AKA "Bloody Mary" :scared:

Now you've done it!!! for some reason, I have "the inquisition" ringing in my head :)

http://youtube.com/watch?v=X5McSEU48Y8

[texanwitch]

9. I haven't seen that for a long time.

That is still funny.