Henry VIII and the Tudors Contact Us Further Information     * Books to read     * What are Roman Numerals?     * Parents and Teachers     * Web sites of interest.     * Picture credits     * Advertising on the site   Books about Henry VIII and the Tudors There are lots of great books for kids about the Tudors - we have made some recommendations here. What are Roman Numerals? Kings and Queens of Britain often have the same names. In order to avoid confusion we call them their name and then a number. Our present queen is the second Queen Elizabeth and so we call her ‘ Elizabeth the Second’ As a short hand for the numbers we use ‘roman numerals’ (numbers that the Romans used) – you’ll see a few of these on this site. Here’s a table of our numbers against roman ones. Can you spot how they counted? Instead of having ten different symbols like we do (1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,0), for the numbers one to ten they only use three! (I,V,X) The king that this site is about was the eighth "King Henry", or Henry the eighth. Rather than put Henry 8, we put Henry VIII ( but you still say ‘Henry the eighth’) So now you know what all those funny symbols after the names are! Parents and Teachers All the information is historically correct as far as can be ascertained. Most of it has been gained from childrens books, especially "Terrible Tudors" and from various websites on the subject. A full list is impossible but no-one has ever disputed a fact on the site in nearly 10 years. However it is a well known fact that names and dates can vary from text to text and anomalies do occur. For instance it is a well known problem spelling the names of Henrys wives – there were 3 Catherines! I have used the method of spelling the name 3 different ways in order to minimise confusion. (eg Catherine,Katherine and Kathryn). Other Web sites to Visit BBC History Site English History.net - Tudor England Mary Rose William Shakespeare Henry VII - the first Tudor King Queen Elizabeth I   Other Sites of interest... David Brims Photography The history of the Brimses Home of Brims sites Bed and Breakfast in Glendalough, Co Wicklow, Ireland Warsash Tennis Club Make my summer   Credits   Catherine of Aragon, Anne Boylen, Katherine Parr: Unknown artists, National Portrait Gallery, London. Jane Seymour: Holbein, Kunsthistorisches, Vienna; Anne of Cleves: Holbein, Musee du Louvre, Paris Kathryn Howard: Holbein, Royal Collection, Windsor; Henry VIII :Hans Holbein the Younger (1497-1543) made c. 1536 Oil on panel, 28x20 cm. Madrid, the Thyseen-Bornemisza Collection and Hans Eworth c. 1545 Bridgeman Art Library, London. Mary Rose: Roger Purkis. The Life and Times of Henry VIII - Robert Lacey (Bookclub Associates). DC and EJ Perkins The Terrible Tudors Why does this site carry advertisements? This site is a victim of it's own success - started as a bit of fun, it now gets thousands of hits from around the world.  Unfortunately this means that the costs of hosting the site can be high.  FutureServers our ISP sponsors the site and shoulders some of the cost, but the rest is met by myself.   I do not want to have to remove this site from the Internet because it becomes too expensive, so I have decided to put carefully chosen advertising which will bring me a small amount, enough to keep the site up and running. futureservers ©ALBrims2010. Site sponsored and hosted by FutureServers This site is used by schools across the world to help teach about the Tudors and the Romans. It is funded by our sponsors FutureServers and by the contributions from Amazon Products purchased through the site. Please support this site by purchasing your Amazon products here! Thank you. make my summer. com Books about the Tudors