Lunchtime Lecture: London's Triumph: Merchant Adventurers and the Tudor City

Stephen Alford, Professor of Early Modern British History at the University of Leeds, tells the story of London’s transformation throughout the 16th century.

Stephen Alford is the author of the highly acclaimed The Watchers: A Secret History of the Reign of Elizabeth and is also a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. He taught for fifteen years at Cambridge University, where he was a Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of History and a Fellow of King’s College. He is now Professor of Early Modern British History at the University of Leeds.

Location details 

Ondaatje Wing Theatre, National Portrait Gallery, London