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Tudor Architecture Taster Lecture Recording
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Join V&A Academy course leader Caroline Knight for this taster lecture, to discover more about architecture in the Tudor period. Explore royal palaces and country houses, from Hampton Court and Nonsuch Palace, to Hardwick Hall. You’ll learn about the innovations of the period, and continental influences on Tudor design, uncovering court life through an architectural lens.
Join V&A Academy course leader Caroline Knight for this taster lecture, to discover more about architecture in the Tudor period. Explore royal palaces and country houses, from Hampton Court and Nonsuch Palace, to Hardwick Hall. You’ll learn about the innovations of the period, and continental influences on Tudor design, uncovering court life through an architectural lens.
If you enjoyed this taster lecture, discover more with Caroline Knight on our 5-week online course The Georgians: Art and Architecture. Join this Autumn, with live lectures starting on Monday 5 October 2026.
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V&A Academy Course Director
Caroline Knight
Caroline Knight, FSA, is an architectural historian and trained at the Courtauld Institute. She researches British buildings of the 16th – 18th centuries and published 'London’s Country Houses', as well as articles in academic journals. In 2003 she set up the V & A’s 'High Renaissance to Baroque' Year Course and directed it for ten years.
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Online course: Tudor Architecture Taster Lecture Recording
15 June 2026 - 25 September 2026
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Header image: Watercolour by Charles Wild entitled 'The Great Hall, Hampton Court Palace'. Great Britain, ca. 1800-35.