It was a consequential 118 years. Emerging after England’s War of the Roses, the Tudor dynasty — lasting from 1485 to 1603 — saw only three generations rule the country. And yet it was a time of major ...

Renaissance England is inseparable from the reign of King Henry VIII, the notorious monarch who famously had six wives—most of whom met unfortunate ends. Initially married to Catherine of Aragon, ...

In the London Review of Books, Irina Dumitrescu writes about reading and language learning in Renaissance England in a review of two books on the subject. The early modern classroom was no safe space.

The Tudor dynasty was short in duration, but it has become perennial in memory. Just over a century passed between 1485, when Henry Tudor became Henry VII, and 1603, when his granddaughter Elizabeth I ...

Music from England’s Golden Age: Sublime sacred music soaring above intrigues of church and state, and intimate lute songs full of love and longing. This Air is from Royall Consort — Sett No. 2. This ...

A new exhibit at the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C., offers a glimpse at correspondences four centuries old. "Letter Writing in Renaissance England," which runs through April 2005, ...

MUSKOGEE, OK -- Imagine taking a step back in time and living in sixteenth-century Renaissance England in 1539. Thousands of people are doing just that. They're taking a break from reality and ...