Curated playlist
Tudor England
- Lucas HorenboutA miniature long taken for Holbein's self-portrait is now attributed to Lucas Horenbout.
- Artists of the Tudor courtElizabeth I reportedly ordered paintings of herself destroyed if they missed her official image.
- Tudor LondonIn 1564, the Thames froze so solidly that Elizabeth I held archery practice on it. It was the main road of Tudor London.
- Tudor periodThe Tudor period began when Henry Tudor killed King Richard III at Bosworth Field in 1485.
- Tudor Royal ProgressesHenry VII rode north in 1486 into Yorkist country and broke up a rising against him.
- Elizabethan eraIn 1588, Spain sent its Armada to invade England, and the plan fell apart. English ships destroyed the fleet.
- Tudor navyThe Tudor navy began with just seven small warships. By 1603, England had a permanent, Crown-funded fleet.
- English RenaissanceBy the 1550s, Italy was already moving past the Renaissance into Mannerism and the Baroque. England was only starting to feel the pull of the older style. The English Renaissance was a cultural and artistic movement in England, and it grew…
- Tudor architectureBolton Priory's west tower stands half-finished because royal commissioners sent the masons home in 1539.
- Spanish ChronicleThe Spanish Chronicle of Henry VIII's court has no known author. Historians still argue over how much of it is true.
- Spanish ArmadaThe Spanish Armada's commander wrote the king doubting the whole invasion, but courtiers intercepted the letter.