16th Century

As a means of recording the passage of time, the 16th century lasted from 1501 to 1600. It is regarded by historians as the century in which the rise of the West occurred.

In England, this roughly coincides with the Tudor Period. In much of Europe the Renaissance was taking place at this time. In the Americas, it marks the era when the first European colonies were established.
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You Dreamed of Empires
Book of Forbidden Words
The Lost Book of Elizabeth Barton
The City of Tears (The Joubert Family Chronicles, #2)
The Cardinal
The King's Witches
Spice: The 16th-Century Contest that Shaped the Modern World
The Pirate Queen
Traitor’s Legacy (Sophia de Wolfe #1)
The King's Pleasure (Tudor Rose, #2)
Daughter of Fire
Alchemy (Giordano Bruno, #7)
Katharine Parr: The Sixth Wife (Six Tudor Queens, #6)
The Passionate Tudor: A Novel of Queen Mary I (Tudor Rose, #3)
The Six Loves of James I
Romeo and Juliet
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
The Prince
Wolf Hall (Thomas Cromwell, #1)
The Merchant of Venice
Much Ado About Nothing
Julius Caesar
Utopia
The Taming of the Shrew
The Other Boleyn Girl (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #9)
Bring Up the Bodies (Thomas Cromwell, #2)
Dr. Faustus
Richard III
Hamnet
As You Like It
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