Tudor History

Facts and articles about the history of Tudor England.

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A site often used for public executions was an open space outside London - in what is now Hyde Park

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The ruins of Glastonbury Abbey dissolved in 1539 following the execution of the abbot on charges of treason

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The six wives of Henry VIII

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Sir Francis Drake became even more of a hero than he already was after The Spanish Armada's demise

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Cardinal Wolsey founded Cardinal College in Oxford. It is now known as Christ Church college

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Thomas More the martyr

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Thomas Cromwell, the chief minister to Henry VIII from 1532 to 1540

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The young Elizabeth I at her coronation

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All of the crowned Tudor monarchs except for Henry VIII are buried in Westminster Abbey

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A sketch of John Poyntz by Hans Holbein the Younger

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A common treatment for baldness during Tudor times was to smear grease from a fox onto the scalp

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Greenwich Palace (or the Palace of Placentia) was the birthplace of Tudor monarchs Henry VIII and Elizabeth I

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Jousting was a popular pastime for the nobility in Tudor England. It was enjoyed by the likes of Henry VIII

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Tudor London was effectively a wooden city. It escaped a major fire mainly due to good luck which ended in 1666

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Mary Queen of Scots was a major focal point of opposition to Elizabeth I

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Shakespeare's Richard III was popular with Tudors as it presented the defeated pre-Tudor King as a corrupt man

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The Tudor family coat of arms

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A vagrant being punished in the streets of Tudor England

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A copy of the Dynasty Portrait/The Whitehall Mural. The original by Hans Holbein was destroyed in a fire at Whiteha

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The well known full body portrait of Henry VIII by Hans Holbein the Younger