‘Beginning of modern Britain’: Tudor portraits go on display in Bath

Portraits are reminders of 16th-century issues that are ‘still with us today’, says museum directorA new exhibition of portraits of Tudor monarchs highlights the continuing relevance of the issues that defined the 16th century, including relations with Europe, religious conflict and the birth of empire, according to its host museum.The paintings of the five Tudor monarchs and their key advisers tell a story of the “beginning of modern Britain, Britain in the world,” said