Tudor's London.

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.


Apart from that, the theatres were banned from the city by the city authorities or guilds because

plays wasted workmen's time .Then tey were built in the Southwark where now are

constructionof 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.


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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