Early modern London

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Early modern London was the rapidly growing, culturally vibrant capital of England between the late 15th and early 18th centuries, marked by commercial expansion, religious and political upheaval, and a flourishing of theatre and the arts.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Elizabethan London 3
17th-century London 1
Early modern London canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (100)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical period of London ⓘ
urban history topic ⓘ
associatedWith Bear-baiting arenas ⓘ
Blackfriars Theatre ⓘ
Houses of Parliament (Palace of Westminster) ⓘ
London Bridge ⓘ
London guildhalls ⓘ
London theatres ⓘ
Royal Exchange ⓘ
St Paul’s Cathedral churchyard book trade ⓘ
The Fortune Theatre ⓘ
linked to: Fortune Theatre

The Globe Theatre ⓘ
The Rose Theatre ⓘ
Tower of London ⓘ
Westminster Abbey ⓘ
Whitehall Palace ⓘ
linked to: Palace of Whitehall

city walls of London ⓘ
linked to: London Wall
capitalOf Kingdom of England ⓘ
country Kingdom of England ⓘ
demographicFeature apprentice-heavy youth population ⓘ
high mortality from disease ⓘ
in-migration from English countryside ⓘ
presence of foreign merchants ⓘ
endTime early 18th century ⓘ
governedBy Court of Aldermen ⓘ
Lord Mayor of London ⓘ
livery companies ⓘ
royal court at Westminster ⓘ
hasCharacteristic commercial expansion ⓘ
crowded housing ⓘ
development of guild structures ⓘ
emerging financial institutions ⓘ
expanding suburbs ⓘ
flourishing theatre culture ⓘ
frequent outbreaks of plague ⓘ
growth of overseas trade ⓘ
growth of print culture ⓘ
increasing literacy ⓘ
political upheaval ⓘ
rapid urban growth ⓘ
religious diversity ⓘ
religious upheaval ⓘ
river-based transport ⓘ
social stratification ⓘ
vibrant popular culture ⓘ
hasCulturalAspect apprentice culture ⓘ
ballads and street literature ⓘ
coffeehouse culture ⓘ
court masques ⓘ
guild pageantry ⓘ
inn-yard performances ⓘ
newsbooks and early newspapers ⓘ
printed pamphlets ⓘ
public executions as spectacle ⓘ
public theatres ⓘ
religious drama (early in the period) ⓘ
religious preaching ⓘ
hasEconomicRole center of English overseas trade ⓘ
distribution hub for domestic trade ⓘ
financial center ⓘ
major port city ⓘ
manufacturing and craft center ⓘ
hasPart City of London ⓘ
Southwark ⓘ
Strand ⓘ
Westminster ⓘ
suburbs outside the city walls ⓘ
languageUsed Early Modern English ⓘ
legalInstitution Guildhall courts ⓘ
ecclesiastical courts ⓘ
royal courts at Westminster ⓘ
legalSystem common law ⓘ
locatedInTimePeriod Elizabethan era ⓘ
linked to: English Renaissance

English Civil War era ⓘ
Glorious Revolution era ⓘ
linked to: Glorious Revolution

Jacobean era ⓘ
linked to: Stuart period

Restoration period ⓘ
linked to: Stuart period

Stuart period ⓘ
Tudor period ⓘ
early modern period ⓘ
majorEvent Dissolution of the Monasteries ⓘ
Elizabethan religious settlement ⓘ
English Civil War ⓘ
English Reformation ⓘ
Glorious Revolution ⓘ
Great Fire of London ⓘ
Great Plague of London ⓘ
Gunpowder Plot ⓘ
linked to: The Gunpowder Plot

Interregnum ⓘ
Restoration of Charles II ⓘ
development of the Bank of England ⓘ
growth of the Royal Exchange ⓘ
populationTrend rapid increase ⓘ
religiousGroupPresent Anglicans ⓘ
Catholics ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism

Huguenot refugees ⓘ
Protestant dissenters ⓘ
Puritans ⓘ
linked to: Cambridge Puritans
startTime late 15th century ⓘ
traversedBy River Thames ⓘ
linked to: Thames

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Caroline theatre → historicalRegion → Early modern London ⓘ
Bear Garden → partOf → Elizabethan London ⓘ
linked to: Early modern London
Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth → setting → Elizabethan London ⓘ
linked to: Early modern London
I, Coriander → narrativeLocationTime → 17th-century London ⓘ
linked to: Early modern London
King of Shadows → setting → Elizabethan London ⓘ
linked to: Early modern London