This polity begins with the start of the Tudor dynasty, commencing with Henry VII’s reign, and runs until the end of the Glorious Revolution in 1689.
This period incorporates immense changes in technology, science, medicine, demographics as well as seeing the creation of the British Empire and its widespread colonisation of countries around the world.
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[1]: (Bucholz et al: 2013) Bucholz, Robert, Newton Key, and R.O. Bucholz. 2013. Early Modern England 1485-1714: A Narrative History. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons. http://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/uvic/detail.action?docID=1166775. https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/items/XQGJH96U
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British Empire I |
Succeeding: British Empire I (gb_british_emp_1) [continuity] | |
Preceding: Plantagenet England (gb_england_plantagenet) [None] |
60,000 people | 1520 CE |
200,000 people | 1600 CE |
209,331 km2 | 1601 CE |
2,260,000 people | 1525 CE |
3,270,000 people | 1571 CE |
4,100,000 people | 1601 CE |
901 |
Year Range | England Tudor-Stuart (gb_england_tudor_and_early_stuart) was in: |
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“Of England’s 2.2 million people in 1485, less than 10 percent lived in cities. Of these, London was by far the largest (see map 3). It was at once the capital, the legal center, and the primary seaport for trade with Europe.” [1]
[1]: (Bucholz et al 2013: 16) Bucholz, Robert, Newton Key, and R.O. Bucholz. 2013. Early Modern England 1485-1714: A Narrative History. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons.http://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/uvic/detail.action?docID=1166775. https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/items/XQGJH96U