In the London Review of Books, Irina Dumitrescu writes about reading and language learning in Renaissance England in a review of two books on the subject. The early modern classroom was no safe space.

It was a consequential 118 years. Emerging after England’s War of the Roses, the Tudor dynasty — lasting from 1485 to 1603 — saw only three generations rule the country. And yet it was a time of major ...

MUSKOGEE, OK -- Imagine taking a step back in time and living in sixteenth-century Renaissance England in 1539. Thousands of people are doing just that. They're taking a break from reality and ...

A new exhibit at the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C., offers a glimpse at correspondences four centuries old. "Letter Writing in Renaissance England," which runs through April 2005, ...

Tanya Anderson, dressed as Queen Elizabeth I, is pictured at a Sagle castle. This weekend, Anderson and the rest of the Sandpoint Renaissance Faire will transport the community back into to the 1500s ...

The Tudor dynasty was short in duration, but it has become perennial in memory. Just over a century passed between 1485, when Henry Tudor became Henry VII, and 1603, when his granddaughter Elizabeth I ...

Music from England’s Golden Age: Sublime sacred music soaring above intrigues of church and state, and intimate lute songs full of love and longing. This Air is from Royall Consort — Sett No. 2. This ...

Sign up for City Lights, our twice-weekly guide to arts and nightlife in the D.C. area. It lands in your inbox every Sunday and Thursday. Since none of my own ...

A visit to the Met for "The Tudors: Art and Majesty in Renaissance England." Now on view at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, “The Tudors: Art and Majesty in Renaissance England” offers a history of the ...

CARVER - The longest running Renaissance festival in New England, King Richard's Faire opened for its 42nd season on September 2. The faire has fun for kids of all ages on their 80-acre wooded site, ...