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Tudor England
- Lucas HorenboutLucas Horenbout arrived in England sometime in the mid-1520s carrying a tradition that had almost nowhere else to go. He had grown up in Ghent, trained by a…
- Artists of the Tudor courtArtists of the Tudor court shaped how England's most powerful dynasty chose to be seen. Between 1485 and 1603, from the accession of Henry VII to the death…
- Tudor LondonTudor London began in 1485, the year Henry VII took the throne, and ended in 1603 with the death of Elizabeth I. In that same final year, 40,040 deaths were…
- Tudor periodThe Tudor period began on a battlefield in 1485, when an obscure Welshman named Henry Tudor defeated and killed King Richard III at Bosworth Field and…
- Tudor Royal ProgressesHenry VII stepped onto the field at Bosworth in August 1485 to claim a crown stained with blood. He secured his victory but faced a kingdom fractured by…
- Elizabethan eraQueen Elizabeth I ascended to the throne in 1558, inheriting a nation that had been financially bankrupt and religiously fractured.
- Tudor navyIn 1495, Sir Reginald Bray constructed a dry dock at Portsmouth that remains the oldest surviving example of its kind. This infrastructure project marked…
- English RenaissanceScholars argue over the exact moment when the English Renaissance began. Some point to the late 15th century while others insist it started in the early 16th…
- Tudor architectureTudor architecture spans the years 1485 to 1603, a century and a quarter during which England's built environment shifted more dramatically than at almost…
- Spanish ChronicleThe Chronicle of King Henry VIII of England emerged from the shadows of an unknown author. This writer worked during the reigns of Henry VIII and Edward VI…
- Spanish ArmadaThe Spanish Armada set sail from Lisbon in late May 1588 carrying 10,138 sailors, 19,315 soldiers, and an ambition that had been building for years: to…