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The '''Tudor dynasty''' or '''House of Tudor''' ({{lang-cy|Tudur}}) was a series of five [[monarch]]s who ruled [[Kingdom of England|England]] and [[Kingdom of Ireland|Ireland]] from [[1485]] until [[1603]]. Three of them, ([[Henry VII of England|Henry VII]], [[Henry VIII of England|Henry VIII]] and [[Elizabeth I of England|Elizabeth I]]) played important roles in transforming [[England]] from a comparatively weak European backwater into a powerful state that in the coming centuries would dominate much of the world.
name=Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas|
image=Howthegrinchstolechristmasposter.jpg|
caption=[[Jim Carrey]] as ''The Grinch''.|
director=[[Ron Howard]]|
writer=[[Dr. Seuss]] (book)<br>[[Jeffrey Price]]<br>[[Peter S. Seaman]]|
producer=[[Linda Fields]]<br>[[Brian Grazer]]<br>[[Todd Hallowell]]<br>Ron Howard<br>[[Aldric La'Auli Porter]]<br>[[Louisa Velis]]|
starring=[[Jim Carrey]]<br>[[Taylor Momsen]]<br>[[Jeffrey Tambor]]<br>[[Christine Baranski]]<br>[[Bill Irwin]]<br>[[Molly Shannon]]<br>[[Clint Howard]]<br>[[Mindy Sterling]]<br>[[Rance Howard]]|
distributor=[[Universal Studios]]|
music=[[James Horner]]|
released=[[November 8]], [[2000]]|
runtime=|
language=[[English language|English]]|
imdb_id=0170016|
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'''''Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas!''''' is a [[2000]] [[live-action]] [[film]], based on the [[1957]] [[book]] by [[Dr. Seuss]]. Due to additions made to the storyline so that it could be brought up to feature-length, it was considerably less faithful to the original book, creating a new [[back-story]] to explain the Grinch's motivations and reasons behind his hatred of Christmas. The film was directed by [[Ron Howard (American director)|Ron Howard]], produced by [[Brian Grazer]], and starred [[Jim Carrey]] in the title role of the Grinch. [[Taylor Momsen]] starred as [[Cindy Lou Who]], who in this version seems to be about eight years old, where the character in the book was "no more than two". While this version is often referred to as simply ''The Grinch'', the on-screen title is ''How the Grinch Stole Christmas!'', with the words "The Grinch" written in much larger letters than the rest of the title. The movie received mixed critical reaction but became the highest-grossing film released in [[North America]] in the year 2000, earning $260 [[million]] at the box office.
 
The House of Tudor began with [[Owen Tudor|Owain ap Meredith ap Tewdur]], a Welsh squire in [[Henry V of England|Henry V]]'s court better known by the Anglicized version of his name, Owen Tudor. Owen Tudor married the King's widow, [[Katherine of Valois]], and had five children with her. Their eldest surviving son, [[Edmund Tudor]], married [[Lady Margaret Beaufort]], a descendant of [[John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster]], who in her own right was at one point a potential heiress to Edmund's half-brother, [[Henry VI of England]]. At the age of thirteen, Margaret bore a son several months after her husband's death. Following the [[Wars of the Roses]] in which the Houses of [[House of Lancaster|Lancaster]] and [[House of York|York]] struggled for control of the English throne, this child would become [[Henry VII of England]].
Other cast members include the late [[Josh Ryan Evans]] as the young Grinch, [[Bill Irwin]] as Lou Lou Who, [[Jeffrey Tambor]] as Mayor Augustus May Who, and [[Christine Baranski]] as Martha May Whovier.
 
During the Tudor period, the dynasty created the [[Church of England]] and also strengthened the [[Royal navy|navy]].
== Summary ==
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[[Image: thegrinchjimcarrey.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Jim Carrey as ''The Grinch'']]
[[Christmas]] is coming, and all of Whoville is rushing to get ready. In the middle of it all is Cindy Lou Who, a young Who who thinks that due to the Christmas rush and the hubbub, the true meaning of Christmas may have gotten lost. When she goes to the post office with her dad, she runs into [[the Grinch]], who's come down from his cave on Mount Crumpet to stir up some trouble. Spooked by his appearance, Cindy Lou falls into the mail-sorting machine. To her surprise, the Grinch rescues her, but he won't admit that he was "saving" her, instead noting that she was "improperly packaged." He wraps her up in wrapping paper, complete with stamps and a bow, and leaves.
 
==Feudal circumstances==
Cindy Lou begins to doubt the frightening rumors that she's heard about the Grinch. She does some research and discovers that the Grinch is an outcast, who was adopted by two old lady Whos. Growing up, Grinch was known for his bizarre, mischievous behavior and devilish personality, but he was never actually malicious. However, he was constantly bullied by Augustus May-Who, the future mayor of Whoville. One Christmas, to impress his crush, Martha May Whovier, The Grinch made her an angel ornament out of an old trumpet, and some pilfered silverware and jewelry. He also decided to shave, after May-Who taunts "You're eight years old and you have a beard!" When he came to [[school]] the next day, the whole class (except for Martha) laughed at his gift and his many shaving cuts. The Grinch went berserk, smashing the gift and destroying all the Christmas decorations in the room. As he threw the tree across the room, he screamed, "I hate Christmas!"
While Tudors made much of their feudal title to [[Richmondshire]], [[Middleham]] and its subsidiary [[Snape, North Yorkshire|Snape]] were [[Neville]] bases. [[Bedale]] Ricardian [[Francis Lovell, Viscount Lovell]] resisted Henry VII. Robert Aske, of the family of Aske Hall in Richmond took complaints to Henry VIII in the [[Pilgrimage of Grace]], objecting to the King's "casting off" of Queen Catherine of Aragon and his daughter Princess Mary. [[Simon Digby]] resisted Elizabeth I, even though Digby's family were installed in the region by Henry VII as a replacement for Lovell. Sir George Bowes complained in defence of Digby's son's innocence, saying further that the rebels had not been able to be quelled by Lord Latimer. This [[Rising of the North]] for Charles Neville of Westmorland resulted in another installment of a dignitary puppet over Bedale by the Queen Elizabeth—Ambrose, Earl of Warwick.
 
Although dynastically [[House of Lancaster|Lancastrian]], the Tudors were politically [[House of York|Yorkist]]. In this sense, they were dual like the Nevilles (dynastically Yorkist, politically Lancastrian) and which was the point of union between both houses, supposedly resolving the [[Wars of the Roses]]. The Tudors, superseded this Neville crossover precedent, effectively balancing rival factions, as the Rising of the North itself ended the [[Percy-Neville feud]]. The Tudor dynasty and its unification of Richmondshire (like Wales, or Brittany to France) into the body politic of the English Royal Domain, thus contributed to the future Stuart succession by dominating foreign influences (e.g. the Castilian intrigue formed by John of Gaunt and pursued by Henry VII). The [[border country]] had become the pivot upon which the monarchy was secured, by subordination of the "Middle Shires"—as they came to be known under King James I.
After that, he ran away, making his way up Mount Crumpet, and has lived there ever since. His amazing engineering skills helped him turn a small cave in the side of the mountain into a comfortable home; however, the Grinch falls into a depression due to the events of his school days, and he begins to hate the Whos who were so cruel to him.
 
This consolidation of power under the Star Chamber Court and its reliance upon the subordination of palatine agricultural districts (e.g. Council of Wales, Council of the North, etc.) was to resemble the original Lancastrian high court party of Henry VI, instigating once again a Low Country (Burgundian Flanders) mercantile and Estuary opposition in the heirs of [[Mary Tudor (queen consort of France)|Mary Tudor, Duchess of Suffolk]] and their Dudley allies (carrying the notorious Warwick title). These economic and dynastic alliances of the Yorkists would re-emerge in the wake of the beheading of the last Plantagenet, [[Margaret Pole, 8th Countess of Salisbury]]. Religion became intertwined with politics with the declaration of [[cuius regio, eius religio]]. This meant that English society had become divisive once more; even more so than before. Future Stuart succession would attempt to align the high court party with the high church party, in the same manner as the Spanish Habsburg standard.
Feeling sorry for the Grinch, and realizing that she may be the only one who understands his problem, Cindy Lou invites the Grinch to the one-thousanth Who-Bilation, to be the "Holiday Cheermeister" (a variation of Master of the Ceremony). Grinch grudgingly agrees to come, wins the title of Cheermeister to the dismay of the Mayor, and even has fun. But the bitter Mayor May-Who finally manages to humiliate Grinch by giving him a razor "The Gift of a Christmas Shave" while at the same time proposes to Martha May, offering her "along with a lifetime supply of happiness," a brand-new car and a very large diamond ring. The Grinch finally makes his reasons for hating Christmas clear, stating, "That's what it's always been about! Gifts! Gifts! GIFTS GIFTS GIFTS GIFTS GIFTS!" He goes berserk, setting fire to the Whos' Christmas tree (luckily, they had a spare) and escapes the chaos of the ensuing riot by diving into a garbage chute back up to Mt. Crumpit. The Mayor then scolds Cindy for inviting him and takes the Cheermeister crown for himself. Once he returns to Mount Crumpet, Grinch plots to steal Christmas. He makes himself a Santa suit and builds a rocket sled. He flies over Whoville, stealing anything that has to do with Christmas (and also goes into the Mayor's bedroom while he sleeps and rigs a trap to retaliate against his rival). Once he's finished, he takes his goods back up the mountain and attempts to dump it off the side.
 
Jealous heirs to the Yorkists would challenge the stratifying intentions of these Lancastrian heirs, championing "the underdog"—themselves and the mercantile, industrial classes. Feudal structure in which a monarch was held in check by peers of the realm was challenged by nationalism under the monarchy; the Tudors having broken [[bastard feudalism]] upon the support of civil servants who demanded compensation. In the traditions of Simon de Montfort and Richard of York, Parliament became the vehicle for upward mobility by those dispossessed by the Crown. These officers of state decided to do their own kingmaking when the opportunity presented itself, but choosing the rival faction established under the Burgundian and ultimately German alliances of the [[Hundred Years' War]] (against the French peace of [[Margaret of Anjou]]).
Back in Whoville, the Whos are just waking up and seeing what the Grinch has been doing all night. The Mayor leads a large group of people in stating that the Grinch has destroyed Christmas, but Cindy Lou's family speaks up and says they've realized that the Grinch hasn't stolen the most important part of Christmas; the Christmas Spirit, the one thing that doesn't come from a store. The whole town begins to sing. Meanwhile, Cindy Lou sneaks away to see the Grinch.
 
==Marriage==
Up on Mount Crumpet, the Grinch hears the Whos singing and realizes the true meaning of Christmas. He has a change of heart (plus three sizes, to be precise), and seeing the sleigh full of "Christmas stuff" about go off the cliff, tries to save it. At one point, he thinks about just letting it all go, saying "It's just toys, right?" But then he sees Cindy Lou hiding on the back of the sleigh, he uses his vast strength to save her and the presents. They sled back to Whoville, where the Grinch returns all the Christmas items to the Whos and both get a warm reception from everyone, except the Mayor. Martha May digs into the sleigh to find the ring the Mayor proposed to her with, and she gives it back, saying her heart truly belongs to the Grinch. The whole town goes back to Grinch's cave on Mount Crumpet for Christmas dinner, where the Grinch himslef carves the Roast Beast.
 
Owen and Edmund married Lancastrians, but Henry VII and Henry VIII, including [[Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Richmond and Somerset]] wed Yorkists.
Reflecting the attitudes of the writers or modern society, the film teaches a somewhat different moral lesson than the Dr. Seuss original. The original Grinch story celebrates more traditional and conservative values than the film version. It features an evil Grinch with no excuses for his bad behavior, other than possessing a heart “two sizes too small” who at the end repents and is forgiven for his sins, as a typically conservative Christian morality sketch. By contrast, the film version encourages a more liberal and secular viewpoint, weaving a story designed to make the audience understand how society is the real villain, having mistreated him and so being at least as much to blame as the Grinch himself. This view tends to echo and support the modern liberal attitude towards criminality and its causes.
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The first marriage of Henry VIII was Lancastrian and to [[Catherine of Aragon]], strategically poised to court [[Catholic]] (specifically, Spanish and Imperial) powers, a policy seen again in Mary's marriage to [[Philip II of Spain]]. After many attempts, Catherine only succeded in having one child—a girl—Mary. Henry VIII wanted a male heir, however, and the refusal of the Papacy to grant an annullment of the marriage was a key factor in Henry's split from the [[Roman Catholic Church|Church of Rome]].
==Trivia==
 
*[[Anthony Hopkins]] recorded all the narration for the movie in one day.
Henry VIII's second marriage was to [[Anne Boleyn]]. She too failed to give Henry any sons, only a daughter, Elizabeth. She was accused of treason to the King and was executed.
*The photo of The Grinch in the Whoville newspaper has The Grinch in the same pose as an infamous alleged photo taken of the "[[Yeti]]" or "[[Sasquatch]]."
 
*[[Eddie Murphy]] and [[Jack Nicholson]] were both at one time considered to play The Grinch.
The third marriage was to [[Jane Seymour]]. She bore Henry a son, Edward. Unfortunately she died about two weeks after childbirth. Henry was heartbroken—many people think that Jane was the only one of his wives that Henry really loved.
*The line "6:30 p.m. 'Dinner with me' I can't cancel that again." was improvised by Jim Carrey.
 
*When the Grinch is pretending to be a director, he is imitating [[Ron Howard]], the director of the film.
The fourth marriage of Henry VIII was Yorkist [[Anne of Cleves]], strategically poised to court [[Protestant]] German powers. This idea was later picked up by the marriage between [[William and Mary]].
 
The fifth marriage was to [[Kathryn Howard]]. She was very young and didn't really want to marry Henry. It was later proved that she had been unfaithful to him with his chief Minister. She was accused of treason and was executed.
 
Henry's last wife was a rich widow, [[Catherine Parr]]. Though she was in love with Thomas Seymour (Jane Seymour's brother) at the time, she was forced to marry him. However, she was loyal to Henry and nursed him well until he died. She soon remarried.
 
Tudor marital policy with the Spaniards and Dutch (see [[Dutch Revolt]]) thus reflected the wish for "[[via media]]" as pursued in religious affairs, which was in some ways a continuation of the need to balance the Lancastrian and Yorkist camps.
 
The sisters of Henry were wed to the [[Auld Alliance]] dynasties of Scotland and France, but only the Scottish alliance was considered fruitful, with the French alliance lost to Suffolk. The Stuarts would continue this arrangement, through the marriages of [[Mary I of Scotland]] to the [[King Consort]]s [[Francis II of France]] and [[Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley]].
 
==The Tudor Period==
The Tudor [[history|historical]] period usually refers to the period 1485–[[1558]], especially in relation to the [[History of England]]. This coincides with the rule of the Tudor dynasty in [[England]], with the exception of Elizabeth I. Occasionally the term is used more broadly to capture Elizabeth's reign as well, though in general 1558–1603 is treated separately as the [[Elizabethan era]].
 
==Monarchs of England==
The six Tudor monarchs were:
 
*[[Henry VII of England|King Henry VII]] ([[1485]]–[[1509]])
*[[Henry VIII of England|King Henry VIII]] ([[1509]]–[[1547]]); son of Henry VII
*[[Edward VI of England|King Edward VI]] ([[1547]]–[[1553]]); son of Henry VIII
*[[Lady Jane Grey]] ([[1553]]); great-granddaughter of Henry VII
*[[Mary I of England|Queen Mary I]] ([[1553]]–[[1558]]); eldest daughter of Henry VIII
*[[Elizabeth I of England|Queen Elizabeth I]] ([[1558]]–[[1603]]); second daughter of Henry VIII
 
Henry VII's great-granddaughter, [[Lady Jane Grey]] also served as Queen for nine days before being deposed by Mary I. Jane was later executed along with her husband [[Guildford Dudley]], son of [[John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland]]. This was a prelude to the [[Puritan]] usurpations of the Stuart era, as the Dudleys were invested in the [[Pilgrims]]' American colonisation.
 
[[Image:tudors.JPG|thumb|right|200px|''Allegory of the Tudor dynasty'', (detail), attributed to Lucas de Heere, ''ca.'' 1572: left to right, [[Philip II of Spain]], [[Mary I of England|Mary]], [[Henry VIII of England|Henry VIII]], [[Edward VI of England|Edward VI]],
[[Elizabeth I of England|Elizabeth]]]]
 
To the Tudor period belongs the elevation of the English-ruled state in [[Ireland]] from a [[Lordship of Ireland|Lordship]] to a [[Kingdom of Ireland|Kingdom]] ([[1541]]).
 
==[[Kings of England family tree|Tudor's Family Tree]]==
 
Margaret Beaufort was born in 1443, not 1433 as shown in the table.
[[Image:England-Tudor.png|700px]]
 
==Further reading==
*Guy, John (ed). ''The Tudor Monarchy''. St Martin’s Press, 1997.
*Turton, Godfrey. ''The Dragon’s Breed: The Story of the Tudors from Earliest Times to 1603''. Peter Davies, 1970.
 
==External links==
* [http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/index.html Tudor Place]
* [http://tudorhistory.org/ Tudor History]
* [http://www.badley.info/history/House-of-Tudor-England.general.html House of Tudor Chronology]
* [http://www.royal.gov.uk/output/Page11.asp Official British Royal Site Discussion on the Tudors]
* {{PDFlink|[http://www.royal.gov.uk/files/pdf/stuarts.pdf Tudor and Stuart Family Tree from Official British Royal Site]|13.4&nbsp;[[Kibibyte|KiB]]<!-- application/pdf, 13759 bytes -->}}
* [http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/tudor_england.htm Tudor History]
 
==See also==
*[[TheEngland Grinchand Wales]]
*[[Wars of the Roses]]
*[[Tudor style]]
*[[Tudor rose]]
*[[Richmond Castle]]
*[[Richmond, London#Richmond_Palace|Richmond Palace]]
*[[Tudor re-conquest of Ireland]]
*[[The Tudors and the Royal Navy]]
 
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