The five Tudor monarchs--Henry VII, Henry VIII, Edward VI, Mary I, and Elizabeth I--were some of the most influential rulers in British history. This volume explores all aspects of life in the Tudor age, from life at court (and at the grand country estates where Queen Elizabeth paused during her famous "progresses") to the day-to-day activities at the teeming taverns and plague-ridden cities of the Tudor kingdom. With chapters on the people, palaces...