Why did Henry VII marry so many women?
- The usual answer was that he wanted a son to be his heir. But actually he had plenty of sons, sadly most of them died
- but one survived, born to his third wife so why did he have another three wives after that?
- Although he had one son, children died very easily in Tudor times, so he really needed a second one to make sure.
- Plus maybe he just fell in love easily and he was extremely spoilt and used to having what ever he wanted. He wouldn't
- let anything stand in his way.
| Whitehall Palace | Somerset House |
| Greenwich Palace | St. Bartholomew & St. Thomas's Hospitals |
| Richmond Palace | Middle Temple |
| Bridewell Palace | Christ's Hospital School |
| Lambeth Palace | Gray's inn |
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In
Tudor times the City was the centre of trade and commerce as well as the
overcrowded home of thousands. Westminster housed both the king and parliament
while Southwark was devoted to louche pleasures such as bear-baiting,
prostitution and the theatre. These three distinct areas were surrounded
by countryside. Find out a bit more about the London where both Elizabeth and Shakespeare lived. |
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| Wenceslaus
Hollar's Long View of London 1647 The Guildhall Library, Corporation of London (U.K.) |
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View
of London by J.C. Visscher, from Londinum Florentiss[i]ma Britanniae Urbs,
1616 The Guildhall Library, Corporation of London |
London
Bridge and St Mary Overies in 1616 by Claes Van Visscher
The Guildhall Library, Corporation of London |
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After reading the
website below, fill in the gaps in the following text about Tudor London
. http://www.britainexpress.com/London/tudor-london.htm |
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Tudor
London can be described as a prosperous, bustling
city during the Tudor dynasty. In fact, the population increased
from 75,000 inhabitants with Henry VII to
200,000 at the end of the 16th century.
The
Tudor monarchs had a royal residence in London called Whitehall
Palace and another in the countryside,called Hampton
court , after Cardinal Wolsey gave
it to Henry VIII.These Tudor kings and queens used what are now famous
parks , such as Hyde Park or
St. James's Park , as Royal Hunting forests.
Not
many Tudor buildings survive today, mostly because of The
Great Fire , which happened in 1666.
Besides, , the 13 religious houses in London were __ converted
for private use or pulled down for building
materials____ after the Dissolution of the monasteries, which was
Henry VIII's most decisive step against the power
of the church in 1538. First the small, less powerful houses had their
property confiscated and their buildings blighted (made unsuitable for
use). They were followed the next year by the large houses.
Philosophical
concepts of the power of the king over church may have played a part in
Henry's decision to suppress the monasteries, but so did greed. The monasteries
were rich, and a lot of that wealth found its way directly or indirectly
to the royal treasury. Some of the monastery buildings were sold to wealthy
gentry for use as country estates. Many others became sources of cheap
building materials for local inhabitants. One of the results of the Dissolution
of the Monasteries is that those who bought the old monastic lands were
inclined to support Henry in his break with Rome, purely from self interest.
Apart
from that, the theatres were banned from the city by
the city authorities or guilds because plays
wasted workmen's time ( so it wasn't for
religious objection to the play's contents ). Then, they were built
in the Southwark, where now a reconstruction
of the Globe can be visited to learn about
Tudor theatre.
At
that time, London's financial rival was the city of Amsterdam,
and to be able to compete with it , an international
exchange was
created in 1566.
(It
was founded by the mercer Thomas Gresham in 1566 to enable London to compete
for financial power with Amsterdam. This became the Royal Exchange in
1560, and is now housed in a massive Victorian building beside the Bank
of England Museum in Mansion House Square.)
So,
all in all, and because of many other events and facts, we can say that
both London and England were powerful.
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1.Write
a list of the most oustanding buildings in Tudor London. If you need any help, try the next websites. http://www.britannia.com/history/londonhistory/tudlon.html
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2.
Now that you already know which these buildings were, identify them in
the map that you will find in the next website. http://renaissance.dm.net/compendium/maps/masters/london-large.gif Print it and then write the names of the buildings . |
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3. Why were these
buildings famous ? Write a brief account of the most impostant events which took place in each one of them. |
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