Tower of London
Thomas More's Utopia
Songs written by Henry VIII
Catherine of Aragon's pregnancy
First printed Bible in English
Dissolution of the Monasteries
Edward VI's diary
Book of Common Prayer
Letter from Elizabeth I
John Foxe’s Book of Martyrs
The First National Lottery
Elizabethan dress codes
Handwritten recipe
Evidence of Royal Scots
Beginnings of an English Dictionary
Speech by Elizabeth I
Spenser, The Faerie Queene
Marlowe, Doctor Faustus
A cure for drunkenness
Shakespeare’s Richard III
Writers at this time were undecided about towns. On the one hand, they recognised them as powerful centres of economic, cultural, political, administrative and spiritual activity. But on the other hand, they saw that towns offered many wicked temptations, the most dangerous of which were taverns and alehouses, gambling dens and brothels. Towns could also be dirty, expensive and riddled with disease.
Shelfmark: Royal 16 F II, f.73.