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. 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 , the an international exchange, was created in 1566. 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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