Tudors And Stuarts

Renaissance: The Elizabethan World
An insight into everyday life - food, occupations, games, pastimes, religion, fashion, manners, attitudes, and education in the time of Elizabeth I.

Show Me: Tudors
Colourful and interactive site that explores Tudor life and culture.

Tudor Hackney
Explore the world of 1601 through a virtual reality reconstruction of the lives of John and Jane Daniell who fell foul of the law and had their house and goods seized by the Crown.

Tudor Exploration
Discover where the Tudors lived in the context of world history and what they contributed using illustrated and interactive timelines.

Mary Queen of Scots and the Scottish Reformation 1542-87
Explores in detail six key dates of Mary's life, including her eventual capture and the Catholic plots that surrounded her.

Time Traveller's Guide to Tudor England
Everything the adventurous traveller needs to journey to the time of Henry VIII, Bloody Mary and the Virgin Queen.

Elizabeth's Pirates
Due to England's relatively empty treasury, Elizabeth I supported privateers - licensed pirates - such as Sir Francis Drake to plunder Spanish treasure ships.

The Six Wives of Henry VIII
What did it take to be the wife of Henry VIII? Discover the women behind the legends.

Tudor History
Excellent site profiling the monarchs of the Tudor dynasty and life in Tudor England. Includes features on maps, recipes, table manners and even a section on Tudors in film and television with related links to the Internet Movie Database.

The Mary Rose
The story of Henry VIII's ship now on display in Portsmouth.

Time Traveller's Guide to Stuart England
All you need to know to survive the filthy, dangerous streets of Civil War, Restoration London and beyond.

Civil War
The 17th century was an extraordinary time for England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland. Find out more about the civil wars and the people who lived through them - in their own words.

Samuel Pepys Diary
Learn about the famous diarist and read his first-hand accounts of Stuart life which included the Great Fire and the Plague.

William III: Bigot or Hero?
Discover the truth about Britain's least loved and least understood king in this excellent tabloid-style site .

Plague
The Great Plague stalked England in 1665 - and by the year's end some 100,000 people had died. This site explains the disease and displays its spread throughout England.

War
For a decade from 1642, England was wracked by civil wars and ended with the execution of Charles I and Oliver Cromwell as Lord Protector. This site tells the story of the civil wars and examines the controversy surrounding Cromwell.

Cromwell
Devoted to the champion of the English Civil War, one of the most troubled periods of British history.