Title: The landscapes and buildings of Tudor England

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1 Title: The landscapes and buildings of Tudor England Start date 7 Oct 2011 End date 9 Oct 2011 Venue Madingley Hall Madingley Cambridge Tutor Dr Graham Winton Course code 1112NRX028 Director of Public Programmes and Professional Studies: For further information on this course, please contact Dr Ian Baxter Linda Fisher, Academic Programme Manager on To book See: or telephone Sandy Haylock, Administrative Secretary on Tutor biography Dr Graham Winton retired as Principal of a College of Adult Education in 2008 to concentrate on research, publishing and teaching. He continues to tutor for the University of Cambridge Institute of Continuing Education and has lectured in the USA and across England. His teaching has predominantly been in adult education at certificate, diploma, undergraduate and Masters degree levels. Having enjoyed the experiences of studying and practicing as an historian and amateur archaeologist, Graham moved into landscape history and field archaeology, which offered the perfect vehicle to bring together all of these fascinating subjects. This type of approach allows for a greater degree of empathy with the past, allowing one to appreciate past events, peoples and the landscape through which we ourselves pass and enabling exciting detective work to understand and recreate the past. University of Cambridge Institute of Continuing Education, Madingley Hall, Cambridge, CB23 8AQ

2 Course Programme Friday 7 October 2011 Please plan to arrive between 4:30 and 6:30. You can meet other course members in the bar which opens at 6:15. Tea and Coffee making facilities are available in the study bedrooms pm Dinner 8.30 pm pm Introduction The Tudor Age pm Terrace bar open for informal discussion Saturday 8 October am Breakfast 9.00 am am Landscapes of Change am Coffee am pm Tudor Buildings 1.00 pm Lunch 2.00 pm Free 4.00 pm Tea 4.30 pm 6.00 pm Tudor estates, parks, gardens and buildings 7.15 pm Dinner 8.30 pm pm A godless landscape? pm Terrace bar open for informal discussion Sunday 9 October am Breakfast 9.00 am am Landscapes of defence am Coffee am pm A fuller landscape? 1.00 pm Lunch Playhouses and Shakespeare a new urban landscape The course will disperse after lunch

3 Course syllabus Aims: 1) To develop an understanding of the complex developments and changes relating to the landscapes and buildings of Tudor England change through time. 2) To have an understanding of the landscape impact and legacy of the Tudor Age. Content: The course will begin with a background introduction to the Tudor Age in relation to landscapes and buildings. A period that saw the flourishing of local history and topography; the works of John Leland and John Stowe with accounts of their travels through the country. The Tudor Age saw significant changes in landholding and the use of land for agriculture and industry. We will explore some of those changes such as enclosure; clearance; sheep and woollen industry; introduction of water meadow; urban growth and a growing population set against political and economic changes. Our present landscape is rich with a wide variety of buildings from the Tudor period; a legacy of new men, new money, new ideas and an outburst of building. Our exploration of these developments leads comfortably into the impact on estates and the countryside generally. Increased wealth spent on parks, gardens and display. Religious changes had a massive impact on landscapes and re-distribution of wealth. What was the impact of the Dissolution of the Monasteries and Reformation? What replaced the old buildings, patterns of worship and social support? Was it a godless landscape lacking in philanthropy and care? How can we evidence these changes in our own landscape? Did the Tudor Age really see an end to warfare, civil strife and dynastic uncertainty? Despite decline in castle building, there was still a need for defence as evidenced for example in the Henrician forts. The Tudor period ended with a fuller landscape, one that had undergone significant changes, in number and type of building, in scale of production and use of the land. Finally, the playhouse, a new phenomenon on the urban landscape of London, with a legacy to be found in urban and rural communities world-wide. Presentation of the course: Class discussion, visual presentation/slides, Madingley Hall and grounds Outcomes: As a result of the course, within the constraints of the time available, students should be able to: 1) Begin to understand the complexities of the Tudor Age within a landscape setting 2) Have an understanding of the chronological and economic development of style, location, use, change and variations of buildings, estates, parks and the countryside generally 3) Be able to recognise some of the landscape features and buildings resulting from the Tudor Age 4) Have an understanding of change through time within the context of Tudor landscapes and buildings.

4 Reading and resources list Listed below are a number of texts that might be of interest for future reference, but do not need to be bought (or consulted) for the course. Any general histories of the late Medieval, Tudor and Early Stuart England will be useful for background reading and understanding. Current Archaeology did a Tudor Special, No218, May 2008 Author Title Publisher and date Airs, M The Tudor and Jacobean Country House London 1995 Bowsher,J and Miller,P The Rose and the Globe Playhouses of Shakespeare s Bankside, Southwark (Excavations ) Museum of London Archaeology, MOLA Monograph 48, 2009 Chandler, J John Leland s Itinerary Glous 1993 Foyle, J Hampton Court Current Archaeology No181, Sept.2002 Girouard, M Robert Smythson And the Architecture of the Elizabethan Era London 1966 Gurr, A Playgoing in Shakespeare s London Cambs Univ Press, 2000 Harvey, PDA Maps in Tudor England London, 1993 Lyon, J This wooden O; Shakespeare s Theatre Current Archaeology, No225, Dec 2008 McKisack, M Medieval history in the Tudor Age Oxford Univ Press, 1971 Platt, C The Great Rebuildings of Tudor and Stuart England UCL Press 1994 Scarisbrick,JJ The Reformation and the English People Oxford,1988 Stow, J The Survey of London (1598) History Press, 2009 Thurley,S The Royal Palaces of Tudor England London,1993 Yarwood,D The Architecture of Britain London,1976 Website Addresses Note Students of the Institute of Continuing Education are entitled to 20% discount on books

5 published by Cambridge University Pres (CUP) which are purchased at the Press bookshop, 1 Trinity Street, Cambridge (Mon-Sat 9am 5:30pm, Sun 11am 5pm). A letter or confirming acceptance on to a current Institute course should be taken as evidence of enrolment.