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Tudor
Elizabethan Theatre
Tudor Mystery Objects (Interactive Quiz)
Tudor Warfare
Timber Framed House (interactive 360º viewer)
Tudor Galleon
Tudor Shoes
Tudor Food & Drink
Tudor Costume
See also Monastery (dissolution) from the Medieval section.
Introduction. The Tudors came to power when Henry VII defeated Richard III at the Battle of Bosworth in 1485. They ruled until the death of Elizabeth I in 1603.
Henry VIII, came to the throne in 1509. During his reign he changed the official religion and destroyed the monasteries. The first three of Henry VIII’s six wives had children who became kings or queens.
From 1547, Henry's son Edward ruled for six years, then died of tuberculosis; Mary ruled for five years, then died of cancer. Elizabeth became queen in 1558 and died in 1603.
The Tudor period was a time of exploration and discovery all over the globe. John Cabot, Francis Drake and Walter Raleigh visited new lands and claimed them for Britain.
For ordinary people life was hard, but towns began to grow and the people in them started to take more interest in fashion and in entertainment.
