Kidnapping, violence, treason... Not exactly what you'd expect from the man behind one of the most influential literary works of Elizabethan England, but George Puttenham’s life was anything but ordinary.
On this day in Tudor history, 6th January 1591, author and literary critic George Puttenham was laid to rest at St Bride's, Fleet Street. He'd led a life full of scandal. From kidnapping a teenage girl to accusations of high treason and violent disputes, this literary critic’s life reads more like a Tudor crime drama.
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