Tudor period

Tudor period
1485–1603
The red and white rose of the House of Tudor
Including	Elizabethan era
Monarch(s)	Henry VII Henry VIII Edward VI Mary I Elizabeth I
Leader(s)	Regents Catherine of Aragon Catherine Parr Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland
Chronology Late Middle Ages Jacobean era

In England and Wales, the Tudor period occurred between 1485 and 1603, including the Elizabethan era during the reign of Elizabeth I (1558–1603). The Tudor period coincides with the dynasty of the House of Tudor in England, which began with the reign of Henry VII. Under the Tudor dynasty, art, architecture trade, exploration and commerce flourished.^[1] Historian John Guy (1988) argued that "England was economically healthier, more expansive, and more optimistic under the Tudors" than at any time since the Roman occupation.^[2]