Portrait of King Henry VIII, Jane Seymour and Prince Edward. (Photo by Getty Images)

Tudor

Katharine Parr: secrets of a Tudor survivor.

Play Reading

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

French actor Jean-Louis Trintignant holding the skull of Yorik

The wisdom of Shakespeare: 5 famous quotes explained.

Explorer Ferdinand Magellan

Dire straits: the story of Ferdinand Magellan's fatal voyage of discovery

The pretenders who threatened Henry VII’s crown.

A portrait of William Shakespeare

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

Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, back to back

‘Two steps behind’: male royal consorts through history.

Young woman gets hair cut in to a bob

A brief history of changing hairstyles.

Dan Jones on 1,000 years of British history.

The relationship between Anne Boleyn (Natalie Portman) and her brother George (Jim Strugess) is explored in 2009 film 'The Other Boleyn Girl'

George and Anne Boleyn: their real relationship explored

Our illustration shows Thomas Boleyn, whose flair for diplomacy and mastery of languages made him one of Henry VIII's most trusted ambassadors. (Illustration by Sean McSorley)

Thomas Boleyn: why Anne Boleyn's father was more than a grasping courtier

The exact location at which John Cabot came ashore in North America is the subject of debate. (Photo by © CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images)

A tale of Tudor travel: John Cabot's voyage to America.

Shipwrecked in the Arctic: a 16th-century survival story.

'Pirate queen' Grace O'Malley. (Illustration by Sue Gent for BBC History Revealed)

Grace O’Malley: the fearless pirate queen of Ireland

Prince Arthur and Catherine of Aragon

Prince Arthur, Catherine of Aragon, and Henry VIII: a story of early Tudor triumph and tragedy

Nathen AminHenry VII and the Tudor Pretenders.

A portrait of King Henry VII of England, the first Tudor monarch

Henry VII: your guide to the first Tudor king

The Tudors: 51 moments that shaped the royal dynasty

The Dissolution: everything you wanted to know.

Paul Delaroche's impression of Lady Jane Grey's execution

Who was Lady Jane Grey? The tragic story of the 'Nine Days Queen'

Novelist Kate Mosse on The City of Tears.

Mary Tudor with her five stepmothers

Mary Tudor and her five stepmothers: what was their relationship like?

The ruins of the once magnificent Roche Abbey

The dissolution of the monasteries: mindless violence or planned precision?

A depiction of Robin Hood, the heroic archer in English folklore who supposedly robbed the rich and gave to the poor. (Photo by Culture Club/Getty Images)

Robin Hood: 7 myths about the legendary outlaw of Sherwood Forest

How oceans shaped human civilisation.

‘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

Richard III

What if…Richard III had won at Bosworth?.

The decline and death of Henry VIII.

Portrait of Anne of Cleves

Anne of Cleves: Henry VIII's most successful queen?

19th century advert for snuff

Q&AWhat was snuff?