Tudor life

A map of London dating from c1572. (Getty Images)

Life in Tudor London

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A view of Hampton Court Palace, London. (Getty Images)

Simon Thurley on the architectural history of the Tudors . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Cardinal Wolsey going in procession to Westminster Hall. Reproduced from the original by Sir John Gilbert in 1886-7. (Photo by Culture Club/Getty Images)

Through foreign eyes: the forgotten ambassadors to the Tudor court

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The reluctant ambassador: the life and times of Tudor diplomat Sir Thomas Chaloner

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Shakespeare’s London: playing a dangerous game

Swan Theatre, Bankside, London, interior from drawing by Johannes de Witt. The Shakespearian theatre, erected c1593 on Bankside – could hold 3,000 spectators – typical of the time. (Photo by Culture Club/Getty Images)

At the playhouse: watching Shakespeare’s plays in Elizabethan England

Mary, Queen of Scots is executed © Getty

Horrible Histories author reveals 10 ways to die in Elizabethan England

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Chess, gambling and cards: Tudor games and indoor pastimes

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Terror in Elizabethan England . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Life as a Tudor gent: the 16th-century diary of Humphrey Newton

A painting depicting a 16th century wedding feast. (Universal History Archive/UIG via Getty Images)

The other Elizabethan England

This 14th-century miniature shows men enjoying a glass of red wine. Alcohol features prominently in medieval and Tudor accounts of breakfast. (DeAgostini/Getty Images)

How the Tudors invented breakfast