The importance of Henry VII is the subject of heated debate. Did his reign mark the start of a new era, or was its prevailing characteristic continunity with the past? The pamphlet: emphasizes the lasting political stability established during the reign demonstrates the difference between Henry's policies and those of the Yorkists shows how successors built on Henry's legacy argues that victory at Bosworth in 1485 can be seen as initiating a genunine 'Tudor revolution in government'.