Elizabethan

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

Amy Robsart and the Earl of Leicester

Amy Robsart: a Tudor tragedy

Portrait of Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester (1532–88) an English nobleman. Dated 16th century. (Photo by: Universal History Archive/UIG via Getty Images)

Robert Dudley: Queen Elizabeth I’s great love

Francis Drake portrait

Francis Drake’s forgotten role in the English slave trade

The best Tudor podcasts to listen to right now. (Photo by Alamy)

9 podcasts about the Tudors to listen to right now

Queen Victoria on an ivory throne

Top 11 monarchs in British history

The best Tudor podcasts to listen to right now. (Photo by Alamy)

The Tudors, everything you wanted to know

Princes in the Tower

Editor’s pick 9 top articles from the BBC History Magazine archive to read right now

A portrait of the young Elizabeth I. (Photo by Art Collection 2/Alamy Stock Photo)

Elizabeth I’s personality: the unfathomable queen

James Shapiro discusses Shakespeare and America. (Images by Dreamstime)

How William Shakespeare shaped America

James Shapiro discusses Shakespeare and America. (Images by Dreamstime)

Shakespeare and America

Jane Seymour – HistoryExtra podcast. (Image by Getty Images)

11 podcasts about royal women from history to listen to right now

Portrait of Martin Luther by Lucas Cranach, 1543. (Photo by Culture Club/Getty Images)

Europe’s holy war: how the Reformation convulsed a continent