Designing Tudor tombs

Key stage

Post-16

Subject

History

Collection

Tudors

Format

Video , PDF (133kb)

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Photograph of the tombs of Henry VII and Elizabeth of York within the Lady Chapel at Westminster Abbey
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Enhance your lessons on the young Henry VIII with this short clip, and accompanying discussion questions. Find out how decisions about the designer for his parents and grandmother’s tombs at Westminster Abbey shaped how the young king established himself as a ruler on the European stage.

Themes covered in this resource are aligned to:

OCR

  • Henry VII’s rule in England 1485–1509

AQA

  • Henry VII, 1485–1509
  • Henry VIII, 1509-1547

Edexcel

  • Monarchy and government, 1509–88