Tudor England: a History

The Tudor era (1485-1603) was one of the most culturally significant periods in history. Under three generations of Tudor rulers, the era witnessed the advent of humanism, the birth of the Reformation, and the rise of the British Empire. The literature of this period is marked by complexity of thought and form and reflects the political, religious, and cultural changes of the era. Within slightly more than a century, literture in English evolved from the late medieval, mostly in Scotland, to high renaissance, mostly in England…