From medieval cloisters to the modern classroom, the university has always been a reflection of its time. This article explores how the Church founded and shaped the earliest universities, and how Sir Christopher Hatton navigated Oxford’s religious identity during the Elizabethan age.
Holdenby House: An Elizabethan palace built for Queen Elizabeth I, but it bankrupted Sir Christopher Hatton and became a prison for King Charles I.
In Tudor England’s ruthless political arena, Sir Christopher Hatton’s ascent defied convention—trading battlefield glory for emotional intelligence, wooing a queen not with lineage but loyalty, transforming a galliard into the ultimate power move.
