Tudor era
Henry VIII's time
The Tudor era refers to the period in English history from 1485 to 1603 when the Tudor dynasty ruled, beginning with Henry VII and ending with Elizabeth I.
It encompasses significant religious upheaval, including Henry VIII's break with Rome, as well as cultural flourishing in literature and the arts.
The adjective Tudor also describes architecture from this period, characterized by half-timbered exteriors with distinctive black-and-white patterns: a Tudor mansion, Tudor-style homes.
- six wivesRoyal marital succession
- Elizabeth IFinal Tudor sovereign
- royal successionOrder of throne inheritance
- madrigalsRenaissance vocal compositions
- Lady Jane GreyShortest-reigning English monarch
Henry VIII · Anne Boleyn · William Shakespeare · Act of Supremacy · wool trade · Book of Common Prayer · Mary I · Age of Discovery · Church of England · Protestant faith · Sir Francis Drake · sea dogs · Elizabethan drama · Catherine of Aragon · Globe Theatre · Protestantism · Thomas Cromwell · Edward VI
- British historyWilliam the Conqueror, English Civil War, Oliver Cromwell, Magna Carta, Industrial Revolution
- royaltyking, queen, prince, princess, kings
- erasepoch, age, bronze age, period, Renaissance Italy
- historical erasStone Age, Bronze Age, Iron Age, Middle Ages, Renaissance
- historical fictionhistorical fiction, historical novel, period drama, Victorian novel, historical mystery
- period dramaperiod costumes, costume drama, period piece, corset, bonnet
Tudor eramodern era
Current historical period
medieval period · 21st century · Middle Ages · Dark Ages · Georgian era
Tudor eramodernist style
Art movement rejecting ornamentation
Brutalism · minimalism · contemporary design · Georgian architecture · Palladian style