23 April 2015 A.D. MORE CATERWAULING FROM FIRST THINGS: From a Law Professor (Who Should Stick with Contract Law), More Whining about Thomas More and Thomas Cromwell in Wolf Hall
23 April 2015 A.D. MORE CATERWAULING FROM FIRST THINGS: From a Law Professor (Who Should Stick with Contract Law), More Whining about Thomas More and Thomas Cromwell in Wolf Hall Movsesian, Mark. “Thomas More, Villain: What Wolf Hall Means for Religious Freedom.” First Things. 21 Apr 2015. http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/firstthoughts/2015/04/thomas-more-villain . Accessed 21 Apr 2015. When it comes to up-market historical fiction, nobody delivers like the Tudors. There’s so much entertainment value in that Renaissance dynasty: royalty; costumes; cool accents; lust and murder; political and religious intrigue; the works—plus enough history to make you feel virtuous for watching. In the 1930s, studios turned out films like The Private Life of Henry VIII and Fire over England , which, for my money, still has the best portrayal of Elizabeth on film, by the great British actress Flora Robson. In the 1960s, there was Anne of the Thousand Days . Forty years ago, PBS broa...