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Elizabethan

Portraits, power and royal wigs.

From left to right: Queen Isabella of Castile; French regent Anne de Beaujeu; and Catherine of Aragon. (Photos by Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/DeAgostini/Imagno/Getty Images)

Game of Queens: when women ruled Renaissance Europe

Pregnant woman before giving birth in the 13th century

16 things you (probably) didn't know about the rituals behind royal births, from the medieval era to the present day

Elizabeth I

QuizHow much do you know about Tudor Queen Elizabeth I?.

Play Reading

Anne Hathaway, Hamnet and Judith: who were William Shakespeare's family?

Blackface: a brief history.

French actor Jean-Louis Trintignant holding the skull of Yorik

The wisdom of Shakespeare: 5 famous quotes explained.

A portrait of William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare: a guide to the life of England's greatest playwright

The Elizabethans: everything you wanted to know.

‘Inkhorn’ was the term for an inkwell made out of a small horn and became a nickname for the new words being created by playwrights and poets, such as William Shakespeare. (Photo by GraphicaArtis/Getty Images)

The evolution of the English language

Rushton Triangular Lodge was ostensibly a warrener's lodge but the biblical references that adorn its three exterior walls tell a different story. (Photo English Heritage/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

History explorer: Catholic resistance to Elizabeth I.

The colonial secrets of Britain’s stately homes.

Shakespeare: everything you wanted to know.

Portrait of an African man, c1530 . (Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

The missing Tudors: black people in 16th-century England.

An official of the British East India Company riding on an elephant with an escort of foot soldiers and mounted Indian retainers, India, end of 18th century (Photo by Getty Images)

The East India Company: everything you wanted to know.

A painting of the Tudor succession

The truth about the Tudors: what 5 kings and queens were really like behind closed doors.

Elizabeth I knights Francis Drake on his ship Golden Hind after his round-the-world voyage. (Photo by: Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

How did Elizabeth I feel about being queen in a 'man's world'? | Tracy Borman explains

William Cecil, also known as Lord Burghley, with Queen Elizabeth I. (Photo by Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

Your guide to William Cecil, chief adviser to Queen Elizabeth I

Elizabeth I, shown in a portrait commemorating victory over the Armada

Elizabeth I: a guide to her life and rule, plus 7 facts you might not know

Tudors history quizTest your knowledge of the dynamic dynasty

Richard III. (Photo by Getty Images)

Have we completely misinterpreted Shakespeare’s Richard III?.

Half-sisters and daughters of Henry VIII: Mary Tudor (left) and Elizabeth I, who both reigned as queen of England. (Photos by Getty Images)

Did Elizabeth I and her half-sister, Mary Tudor, have a good relationship? Historian Tracy Borman explains

Summer reads 2020: the best history books to take on holiday (or staycation)

A portrait of Elizabeth I, c1565

The 10 best English queens in history

History’s greatest mysteriesThe lost colony of Roanoke Island.

The arrival of Sir Walter Raleigh in Virginia

What happened to the lost colony of Roanoke Island?

The ship ‘Jesus of Lübeck’ was used in John Hawkins’ infamous early slaving voyages, some of which were sponsored by Elizabeth I. (Image by Alamy)

Were there slaves in Elizabethan England?

Elizabeth I arrives in Tilbury

The Spanish Armada: one of history’s biggest fibs?.

Anne Boleyn (left) and her daughter, Elizabeth I. (Photos by Getty Images)

What did Elizabeth I think of her mother, Anne Boleyn? Historian Tracy Borman explains

Globe Theatre illustration

The Globe theatre fire of 1613: when Shakespeare’s playhouse burned down