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Video podcastJames VI and I: life of the week.

Smash hits: 17th-century style.

A group of supposed witches being beaten in front of King James I and VI

Why was King James VI and I obsessed with witch hunts?

Mary and George Villiers, played by Julianne Moore and Nicholas Galitzine

Is Mary & George a true story? The real history behind the royal drama

James VI and I, king of Scotland and England

How did James VI and I die?

Newspaper ballad about highwaywoman Susan Higges

The real Renegade Nell? The bloody ballad of female highwaywoman Susan Higges

James VI and I: life of the week.

Mary & George: the real history behind the new drama.

James VI and I and his favourites, Robert Carr and George Villiers

James VI and I and his favourites: what were their relationships like?

Mary Villiers and Julianne Moore

Who was the real Mary Villiers?

The real George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham, and Nicholas Galitzine as George Villiers

Who was George Villiers, favourite of King James VI and I?

King James was king of Scotland (as James VI) from 1567 to 1625 and the first Stuart king of England, from 1603 to 1625, acceding to the throne upon the death of Elizabeth I. (Photo by Ann Ronan Pictures/Print Collector/Getty Images)

King James VI and I: your guide to the first Stuart monarch of England

A statue of Alice Nutter, one of the 1612 Pendle Witches. The statue is in her home village on Blacko Bar Road, Roughlee. (Image by Alamy)

The Pendle witches: what happened in the infamous Lancashire witch trial?

A Christmas feastThree historical festive recipes.

A Christmas feastHow to make a Stuart mince pie.

Simon Ward as the Duke of Buckingham and Faye Dunaway as Milady de Winter in the 1973 film 'The Three Musketeers', 1973

The mystery of the ‘real’ Milady de Winter of The Three Musketeers

William of Orange depicted landing in Devon

What if…James II and VII had kept his throne?.

The battle of Blenheim

What if…Charles II of Spain had produced an heir?.

Great Reputations: Oliver Cromwell.

Margaret Cavendish: scandalous 17th-century writer.

A purported portrait of Elizabeth Báthory as a young woman

General Early Modern

Elizabeth Báthory: a 17th-century 'serial killer'

Kate Mosse on pirate women & Huguenot refugees.

QuizHow much do you know about the Civil War?.

Cromwell depicted with Major-General John Lambert

What if...Oliver Cromwell’s son had never been named Lord Protector?.

Picture depicting the Battle of Worcester

The battle of Worcester: Cromwell’s last battle.

Roundheads and Cavaliers: where did the Civil War nicknames come from?

Painting depicting the Battle of Naseby

The battle of Naseby: what happened?

A 19th-century painting of Queen Henrietta Maria fleeing England as the Civil Wars turn against Charles I (Photo by The Print Collector/Print Collector/Getty Images)

From the home front to the front line: what were the roles of women in the Civil War?

In a 19th-century painting by Charles Landseer, Oliver Cromwell reads Charles I’s explosive correspondence captured at Naseby. It revealed the king was conspiring to gain Catholic support for his cause (Photo by ART Collection/Alamy Stock Photo)

10 key battles of the Civil War

A painting of the battle of Naseby

The New Model Army: how Oliver Cromwell’s radical fighting force won the Civil War