Date:1572 - 1580 (c.)
Description:Westminster, and Whitehall Palace in Shakespeare's time. To the west of the city of London, reached by road through semi-rural suburbs or by river boat, lay the centre of government at Whitehall Palace and Westminster Hall. The London base for the royal court of Queen Elizabeth I, and later King James I, lay at Whitehall, the palace built by King Henry VIII. Here the monarch lived, surrounded by members of the nobility serving as politicians, and courtiers. Full title: Georg Braun and Franz Hogenberg, Londinium, [from Civitates orbis terrarum. Coloniae Agrippinae, 1572 - c.1580](hand-coloured)
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'Londinium': ancient capital of Shakespeare's England. London had been founded ...
London Bridge, looking upstream in Shakespeare's time. London's medieval bridge ...
The Americas in the reign of James I, Shakespeare’s patron. Courtiers of ...
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