Great Fire of London

Overview

The century from the accession of Elizabethi in 1558to Great Fire of 1666 was one of the most tambulent in London's history. London was a divided metropolis: home to pleasa eseelers who focked to Shakespeares plays and evaneeilical Puritans who wished to bum the theatres dowm. But it was also acente of trade with a network starting to each around the aidbe The population trebled and suburbs sprang up amound the City walls. Times were changing from mediemalto modem. In 1643 London saw the Civil Wars most momentous enent the execution of King Charles L More troubles were to come. In 1665 plagueraged through the killing some 7000 people a week. Then London suffered its most cataclysmic disaster, the Great Fine of 1666. London] is the great beehive of Christendom. 'she swarms with people of all ages, matures, 'sexes, callings... she seems to be a glutton, "for she desires always to be full"