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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The Cardinal
Alchemy (Giordano Bruno, #7)
The City of Tears (The Joubert Family Chronicles, #2)
The Passionate Tudor: A Novel of Queen Mary I (Tudor Rose, #3)
Anne Boleyn & Elizabeth I: The Mother and Daughter Who Changed History
The Burnings
Katharine Parr: The Sixth Wife (Six Tudor Queens, #6)
The King's Pleasure (Tudor Rose, #2)
Super-Infinite: The Transformations of John Donne
The Last White Rose (Tudor Rose #1)
The Six Loves of James I
Daughter of Fire
Summer of Fire and Blood: The German Peasants' War
The African Samurai
Spice: The 16th-Century Contest that Shaped the Modern World
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)
Dr. Faustus
Bring Up the Bodies (Thomas Cromwell, #2)
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As You Like It
Hamnet
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