David Starkey -- Henry VIII 2009 Exhibition

The music in this clip is by Philip Sheppard, a composer specialising in film and television soundtracks. He is also a solo cellist and professor at the Royal Academy of Music.

For more information regarding this programme and Sheppards score please visit:

http://radiomovies.wordpress.com/



This year marks the 500th anniversary of Henry VIII's accession. Across the UK there are numerous events and exhibitions being held in commemoration.


David Starkey is involved in several of these events and is the guest-curate of the major new exhibition at the British Library entitled Henry VIII: Man and Monarch.


His four part documentary on Henry VIII will begin on the 6th April on Channel Four.


For a list of the events:

http://tudorhistory.org/files/henry500.html

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[Antoinette1793]

henry always wanted to be remembered and he got his wish i wish i could go back in time and meet him

[UndeadTurk]

1:48 - 1:52

What building is that? And where is it? It looks way cool.

Britain has a great history.

[RoyalWeddingRing]

I wonder how long it will be before the sound of little feet can be heard in the corridors of Buckingham Palace

[chrisjoneschrisjones]

this guy is a prick

[Catholicboy4life]

Sorry excuse the typo, I should have wrote tailor, not taylor.

[Catholicboy4life]

Modern social scientists, on the other hand, can collect data specifically for their research project. To return to the example of unemployment, a modern sociologist would be able to advertise for unemployed people and taylor his questions to them to suit his research.

Historians do not have this luxury.

[Catholicboy4life]

One extra point:

Historical research is sometimes harder than modern social scientific research. This is because the evidence historians use was often not originally collected for the purpose of their research. For example, the stusy of unemployment in London in the 1560s would require the use of records that were kept for purposes other than research on unemployment (such as guild records, arrests of vagrants etc)

Thus historians have to use intelligence to interpret difficult evidence.

[Catholicboy4life]

History is a social science that is patterned. Higher level historical analysis can get very theoretical at times and a high level of intelligence is needed to place research findings into the framework of larger social theory.

I have an MA in history myself, and I must say that engaging with the evidence, interpreting past scholarship and making sure that your argument and findings are logically consistent requires just as much intelligence as a medical doctor or engineer.

[Catholicboy4life]

Being a historian requires a reasonable degree of "intelligence". Professional historical research is far more difficult than being able to "look up the past", as the past is often not cut and dried and thus historians have to engage with evidence and develop a logical argument out of their research.

[Catholicboy4life]

Your comments are an insult to all the minimum wage people that are working hard and have dreams.

I have a friend who works for minimum wage as a farm hand. He got c$25k for his first year and saved half of it, he got the governments $10k first home owners grant and got a loan for a block of land. Last year he just finished building his house- He worked hard to acquire his dream of owning a home.

You are an insult for all the hardworking people out there.

[Catholicboy4life]

There are many people working at minimum wage jobs that are responsible, hardworking people who have families, savings deposits, and own their own home. Many of them even have a few stocks in companies.

Perhaps we live in different countries, but in Australia the minimum wage is $560 a week, that is quite a bit of money and without a family you can save quite a bit.