Watch Reformation, Plague and Fire in Renaissance London

Reformation, Plague and Fire in Renaissance London. The Tudor Reformation saw the destruction of dozens of London's oldest and largest ecclesiastical structures. But during the tumultuous days of the Reformation, Civil War, and Restoration, the city grew by leaps and bounds. The bubonic plague returned in 1665. No sooner had the city recovered, than the Great Fire of 1666 reduced London to ashes.