House of Tudor rose) and the House of York (whose badge was a white rose). He married Elizabeth of York to bring all factions together. On his marriage, Henry adopted the Tudor Rose badge conjoining the White Rose of York and the Red Rose of Lancaster. It symbolized the Tudor's right to rule as well the uniting of the kingdom after the Wars of the Roses. It was used by every English, then British, monarch since Henry VII as a royal badge. The Tudors also used monograms to denote themselves: As noted above Tewdur or Tudor is derived from the words tud "territory"
The Oxford Book of Tudor Anthems The Oxford Book of Tudor Anthems The Oxford Book of Tudor Anthems is a collection of vocal scores of music from the Tudor era of England (c.1550-1625). It was published in 1978 by Oxford University Press and was compiled by the organist and publisher Christopher Morris (1922-2014), the editor of OUP who also launched the popular "Carols for Choirs" series of books in the 1970s. The preface is written Sir David Willcocks. A recording was issued in 1979, "Tudor Anthems" (OUP 153), featuring 13 anthems from the "Oxford Book of Tudor Anthems" sung by the Choir of Christ Church Cathedral,