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Tudor end Elizabethan London
Henry VII became king in
1485, followed by Henry VIII.
They were the first Tudor kings
(Tudor was their family name).
Henry VIII’s daughter, Elizabeth
I, was the last Tudor; the time
when she was queen is called the
Elizabethan period. Under the
Tudors, London grew wealthier
and bigger, spreading beyond the
old City walls. By 1600, it had a
population of about 200,000
people.
Elizabethan Theatre and
Shakespeare's Globe.
The first London theatres were built in
Elizabethan times. The Globe Theatre was the
most famous. Shakespeare owned part of the
Globe and his plays were performed there. The
theatre was built in a ring. It had no roof in the
middle. Wealthy people could watch from seats
in the galleries. It was cheapest to stand in front
of the stage and watch. People who stood here
were called “groundlings”. The stage stuck out
into the middle of the theatre
The modern Globe
The modern Globe opened in 1997. A copy
of the Globe has been built by the
Thames. There are performances of
Shakespeare’s plays here in the summer.
Ships and Boats.
The Tudors built lots of ships,
including magnificent sailing ships, or
“galleons” like the Golden Hinde. They
can visit a copy of the Golden Hinde, a
famous Elizabethan galleon, which he
is moored at Saint Mary Overie Dock
in London. Some Tudor ships left
London to explore new parts of the
world, such as America and India. The
best way to travel around Tudor in
London was by boat along the Thames.
You can still travel up and down the
Thames by boat today, although
modern boats look rather different
from Tudor ones.