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| Society for Tudor Studies | |
|---|---|
| Name | Society for Tudor Studies |
| Formation | 1985 |
| Purpose | Promoting study of the Tudor period |
| Headquarters | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Leader title | President |
Society for Tudor Studies is a learned organization devoted to the study of the Tudor dynasty, encompassing the reigns of Henry VII of England, Henry VIII, Edward VI, Mary I of England, and Elizabeth I. The society facilitates scholarship on subjects including the English Reformation, Court of Henry VIII, Anglo-Spanish relations, Pilgrimage of Grace, Field of the Cloth of Gold and cultural production such as the works of William Shakespeare, Thomas More, Erasmus, Anne Boleyn and Thomas Cromwell. It interacts with institutions like the British Library, Bodleian Library, National Archives (United Kingdom), British Museum and universities such as University of Oxford, University of Cambridge, King's College London, University of York and University of Exeter.
The society was founded amid renewed interest following conferences at The British Museum, Institute of Historical Research, Royal Historical Society and collaborations with centres like the Folger Shakespeare Library, Society of Antiquaries of London, Camden Society and Selden Society. Early members included historians associated with publications from the English Historical Review, Past & Present, The Historical Journal, Journal of Ecclesiastical History and monographs published by Cambridge University Press, Oxford University Press, Routledge and Boydell & Brewer. Founding chairs drew on research traditions from figures linked to the Victoria County History, British Academy, Hertford College, Oxford, Magdalen College, Oxford and projects such as the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography and the Calendar of State Papers. The society's institutional memory intersects with archives from Hatfield House, Tower of London, Syon House, Hampton Court Palace and manuscript collections at Lambeth Palace Library.
The society promotes study of Tudor-era politics evident in episodes like the Acts of Supremacy, Act of Succession 1534, Treaty of Tordesillas, Treaty of Greenwich and the Anglo-French War (1512–1514), as well as biographical work on figures such as Cardinal Thomas Wolsey, Margaret Tudor, Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset, John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland and Catherine Parr. It supports research into cultural artifacts associated with Hans Holbein the Younger, Nicholas Hilliard, John Skelton, Christopher Marlowe and architectural studies of St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, Chartley Manor and Kenilworth Castle. The society liaises with museums like the Victoria and Albert Museum, Royal Collection Trust, Ashmolean Museum and heritage agencies including Historic England and National Trust.
The society publishes a regular journal and occasional volumes drawing on scholarship comparable to the output of Transactions of the Royal Historical Society, English Historical Review, Renaissance Quarterly, Sixteenth Century Journal and series from Boydell & Brewer. Its publications include edited papers on subjects ranging from the Black Death's long-term effects on Tudor demography to studies of Anglo-Scottish Wars, Siege of Boulogne (1544), Spanish Armada, Elizabethan Religious Settlement and the diplomacy of Thomas Wyatt (poet). Contributors often reference source collections such as the State Papers Online, Paston Letters, Court Rolls, Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII and estate records from Fitzwilliam Museum and Chatsworth House.
Annual conferences and thematic symposia are hosted at venues including Institute of Historical Research, Warburg Institute, Bodleian Library, King's College London and regional partners like University of Leeds, University of Sheffield and University of Warwick. Programmes feature panels on the Dissolution of the Monasteries, Pilgrimage of Grace, Acts of Union 1707 (in comparative perspective), Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604), and sessions on material culture tied to collections at Windsor Castle, Hampton Court Palace and the British Museum. The society coordinates with projects such as the Tudor Court Project, Women and the Reformation, Cultural Heritage Research Institute and exhibition collaborations with the National Portrait Gallery and Museum of London.
Membership draws scholars and independent researchers affiliated with institutions like University of St Andrews, University of Glasgow, Trinity College Dublin, Queen's University Belfast and research centres including the Victorian Studies Centre and the Centre for Early Modern Exchanges. Governance is overseen by an elected council, officers and trustees who liaise with funders such as the Arts and Humanities Research Council, Leverhulme Trust and British Academy. Officers have historically included presidents and secretaries noted for work on biographies of Elizabeth I, Henry VIII and editorial projects for the Oxford English Dictionary and county histories.
The society fosters archival research using collections at Public Record Office, National Library of Scotland, National Archives of Ireland, State Papers Online and manuscript holdings at Jesuit Historical Institute and Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. It promotes outreach through public lectures at Royal Geographical Society, school workshops in partnership with English Heritage and digital initiatives that draw on the Early English Books Online and digitised manuscripts hosted by Bodleian Libraries Digital Library Systems and Services. Collaborative research projects have addressed topics like Tudor coinage studied alongside the Royal Mint archives, maritime history linked to Sir Francis Drake and economic studies referencing the Mercers' Company.
The society administers prizes for doctoral research, essay competitions and publication awards, comparable to accolades from the Royal Historical Society, British Academy and the Wolfson History Prize. Awards recognise scholarship on subjects including Tudor diplomacy, ecclesiastical history, biographical studies of figures such as Anne of Cleves, Lady Jane Grey, Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester and archival editions of the papers of Thomas Cranmer, Nicholas Bacon, William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley and Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex.
Category:Historical societies Category:Tudor England