The REED London Online project showcases performance events in early modern London centered around notable royal women. The REED London website allows users to examine these performance events through collections of archival materials as well as interactive story maps. The events highlighted on this website span over a century of early modern London history: the Royal Entry of Katherine of Aragon in 1501; the events surrounding the Coronation of Elizabeth I in 1558/9; and the Wedding Performances for Princess Elizabeth Stuart. For each of these events, we demonstrate the relationship between Worshipful Companies, legal fraternities, aristocracy, and religious officials in the development and enactment of early modern performance. We also use historical GIS to depict the interactions of these groups of people with the space of early modern London. Through this project, we hope to offer new ways of reading and experiencing performance history in early modern London.
