LONDON IN THE TIME OF THE TUDORS BY SIR WALTER BESANT [Illustration] LONDON ADAM & CHARLES BLACK 1904 CONTENTS TUDOR SOVEREIGNS CHAP. PAGE 1. HENRY VII. 3 2. HENRY VIII. 17 3. EDWARD VI. 45 4. MARY 52 5. ELIZABETH 65 6. THE QUEEN IN SPLENDOUR 85 RELIGION 1. THE DISSOLUTION AND THE MARTYRS 109 2. THE PROGRESS OF THE REFORMATION 143 3. SUPERSTITION 162 ELIZABETHAN LONDON 1. WITH STOW 171 2. CONTEMPORARY EVIDENCE 185 3. THE CITIZENS 196 GOVERNMENT AND TRADE OF THE CITY 1. THE MAYOR 209 2. TRADE 216 3. LITERATURE AND ART 244 4. GOG AND MAGOG 263 SOCIAL LIFE 1. MANNERS AND CUSTOMS 269 2. FOOD AND DRINK 292 3. DRESS—WEDDINGS 303 4. SOLDIERS 316 5. THE ’PRENTICE 323 6. THE LONDON INNS 333 7. THEATRES AND SPORTS 342 8. THE POOR 366 9. CRIME AND PUNISHMENT 379 APPENDICES 397 INDEX 421 ILLUSTRATIONS PAGE Queen Elizabeth _Frontispiece_ Henry VII. 3