An old engraving of an Elizabethan state trial being held in Westminster Hall, Westminster, London, England, UK in the late 1500s. It is from a Victorian history book of Westminster Hall is a large medieval great hall which is part of the Palace of Westminster in London, England. It was erected in 1097 for William II and was the largest hall in Europe at the time. The building was used for judicial purposes from the twelfth to the nineteenth centuries. It also housed state trials, including King Charles I at the end of the English Civil War, William Wallace, Thomas More and Guy Fawkes.
An old engraving of an Elizabethan state trial being held in Westminster Hall, Westminster, London, England, UK in the late 1500s. It is from a Victorian history book of Westminster Hall is a large medieval great hall which is part of the Palace of Westminster in London, England. It was erected in 1097 for William II and was the largest hall in Europe at the time. The building was used for judicial purposes from the twelfth to the nineteenth centuries. It was used to host coronation banquets until 1821, and since the twentieth century has been the usual venue for the lyings in state of state and ceremonial funerals. The fabric of the hall is particularly notable for its hammerbeam roof, a form typical of English Gothic architecture which uses horizontal trusses to span large distances. The roof was commissioned for Richard II in 1393 and built by the royal carpenter, Hugh Herland. At the same time the rest of the hall was remodelled by the master mason Henry Yevele. In addition to regular courts, Westminster Hall also housed important state trials, including impeachment trials and the state trials of King Charles I at the end of the English Civil War, William Wallace, Thomas More, Cardinal John Fisher and Guy Fawkes.
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Location: Westminster Hall, Westminster, London, England, UK
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