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http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/the_tls/article4111910.ece?&EMC-Bltn=YY8249

Basically, it points out that our thinking of Henry VII and his descendants as 'Tudors' is in fact a misnomer since they didn't think of themselves that way. Lots of background and detail, talking about how Henry in particular never used the name 'Tudor' -- the historians of the period only ever refer to him as 'Richmond' (with the added interesting note that only people trying to insult Henry referred to him as 'Tudor', namely Richard III and Perkin Warbeck).

Just thought I'd flag that up as something worth reading.
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