lunes, 14 de febrero de 2011

TUDOR LONDON

After reading the website below, fill in the gaps in the following text about Tudor London .

http://www.britainexpress.com/London/tudor-london.htm

Tudor London can be described as a prosperous city during the Tudor dynasty. In fact, the population increased from 75000 inhabitants with Henry VII to 200000 at the end of the 16th century.The Tudor monarchs had a royal residence in London called Whitehall Palace and another in the countryside,called Hampton Court, after Cardinal Wolsey gave it to Henry VIII.These Tudor kings and queens used what are now famous parks , such as Hyde Park or St. James’s Park, as Royal hunting forests.Not many Tudor buildings survive today, mostly because of The Great Fire , which happened in 1666. Besides, , the 13 religious houses in London were converted for private use or pulled down for building materials after the Dissolution of the monasteries, which was Henry VIII's most decisive step against the power of the church in 1538. First the small, less powerful houses had their property confiscated and their buildings blighted (made unsuitable for use). They were followed the next year by the large houses..Apart from that, the theatres were banned from the city by the city authorities or guilds because plays wasted workmen's time. Then, they were built in the Southwark, where now a reconstruction of the Globe can be visited to learn So, all in all, and because of many other events and facts, we can say that both London and England were powerfull about Tudor theatre.

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