Was Tudor London a filthy wasteland or a delightful garden?
In short: Explore the conflicting environmental realities of the Tudor era. This lecture uses contemporary maps, paintings, and modern science to reconstruct the air, water, soil, and wildlife of the City.
Professor Carolyn Roberts leads a virtual walk through the City alongside Sir Thomas Gresham to evaluate whether Tudor London was a squalid, fume-choked mass of humanity or a sensory delight of babbling brooks and flowers enjoyed by figures like Elizabeth I, Shakespeare, and Erasmus.
By synthesizing historical writings with modern environmental science, the presentation examines the true state of the City's natural landscape.
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