it says 'EnglandFrance was economically healthier, more expansive, and more optimistic under the Tudors" than at any time in a hundred years.' does anyone else find this statement a bit strange, considering the Tudor period lasted 115 years and 100 years isn't a very long time in that context. It would be like saying 'England was more optimsitic in the 1960s than at any time in ten years' which wouldn't be saying much and does not deserve to be treated as an incredibly dramatic and grandiose statement as presented here.