Sixteenth century

Book Review: Everyday Life in Tudor London

June 27, 2017 by Early Modern England

I love books about London. Just when you think you’ve heard it all, another writer falls in love with it and gets the inspiration to churn out a new chapter in this city’s unique history. While most books attempt to encompass the entire story from its Roman past to the present day (an exhausting task), […]

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: Daily Life, Dissolution of the Monasteries, Drama, Elizabethan, London, Politics, Queen Elizabeth I, Reformation, Seventeenth century, Shakespeare, Sixteenth century, Social History, Stuarts, Tudors

The Turbulent Crown: The Story of the Tudor Queens: Book Tour and Giveaway!

February 27, 2017 by Early Modern England

Tudor fans! Today, we’re hosting day 1 of Roland Hui’s Book Tour and running an international contest to give away a copy of his latest novel: The Turbulent Crown: The Story of the Tudor Queens Want a chance to win it?

Filed Under: Books, Features Tagged With: Anne Boleyn, Books, Elizabethan, Henry VIII, Literature, London, Marriage, Mary I of England, Mary Queen of Scots, Politics, Protestant, Queen Elizabeth I, Queenship, Sixteenth century, Tudors, Women's Studies

Book Review: Winter: A Book for the Season by Felicity Trotman

February 23, 2017 by Early Modern England

This book couldn’t have come at a better time. Felicity Trotman has gathered some of the best stories, recipes, poems, and diary entries about the season in one fantastic book: Winter: A Book for the Season. From the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, to pieces Samuel Pepys, Charles Dickens, and Dan Runyon, this delightful collection spans across the […]

Filed Under: Books, Features Tagged With: Agriculture, Book Reviews, British Regency Era, Daily Life, Eighteenth century, Elizabethan, Georgian, Jacobean, London, Samuel Pepys, Sixteenth century, Social History, The Enlightenment

1603 AD: Shakespearean London

November 23, 2016 by Early Modern England

What kind of a place was Shakespeare’s London? We’re taking a peek into the first lecture of the series, a ‘teaser’ on London in 1603.

Filed Under: Features, Places to See Tagged With: Bull and Bear Baiting, Daily Life, Demography, Donne, Economics - urban, Education, Huguenots, James I of England, King James VI of Scotland, London, Matthew Green, Queen Elizabeth I, Religion, Seventeenth century, Shakespeare, Sixteenth century, Social History, Stuarts, Thomas Platter the Younger, Tobacco, Urban History

Hampton Court Celebrates 500 Years!

November 7, 2015 by Early Modern England

Thinking of visiting Hampton Court? Check out this list of things to see while you’re there!

Filed Under: Features, Places to See Tagged With: Architecture, Baroque, Catherine of Aragon, Catherine Parr, Daily Life, Eighteenth century, Elizabethan, George II, Georgian, Hampton Court, Henry VIII, King George I, King William III and Queen Mary II, London, Places to See, Politics, Protestant, Queen Elizabeth I, Religion, Renaissance, Seventeenth century, Sixteenth century, Tudors

5 Frightening Reads for Halloween!

October 27, 2014 by Early Modern England

Halloween is just around the corner so here are some ghoulish books to get your into the spooky spirit!

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: Anne Gunter, Anthropology, Christianity, Ghosts, Nineteenth century, Occult, Reformation, Seventeenth century, Sixteenth century, Supernatural, Theology, Vampires, Victorian Age

An evening with Philippa Gregory : The King's Curse

September 23, 2014 by Early Modern England

British author Philippa Gregory delighted a packed auditorium last night in Toronto, as she spoke about the way she writes historical fiction, her views on Henry VIII, and the travails of going on tour.

Filed Under: Books, Features, Fiction Tagged With: Biography, Books, Catherine of Aragon, Catherine Parr, Fiction, Henry VIII, Margaret Pole, Philippa Gregory, Politics, Reformation, Religion, Sixteenth century, The King's Curse, Tudors

Renaissance Clothing at the Victoria and Albert Museum

July 6, 2014 by Early Modern England

Exploring some of the fashion of Renaissance England at the V&A Museum in London.

Filed Under: Features, Places to See Tagged With: Daily Life, Eighteenth century, Elizabethan, Fashion, Jacobean, Places to See, Renaissance, Seventeenth century, Sixteenth century, Stuarts, Textiles, Tudors

Never the Twain Shall Part: A Comparison and Analysis of Irish and English Marriage Laws Following the English Conquest of Ireland

June 13, 2014 by Early Modern England

The expansion of English rule into Ireland during the reign of the Tudors has generated a tremendous amount of historical writing. Within this subject, several schools of thought have emerged. One has examined the English invasion in light of the Tudors themselves.