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

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English admiral Sir Francis Drake (1540-1596), circa 1585. (Photo by Getty Images)

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Francis Drake’s forgotten role in the English slave trade

Henry VIII and Francis I meet at the Field of Cloth of Gold, 7 June 1520. (Photo by Getty Images)

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A brief guide to the transatlantic slave trade

Martin Luther at the Diet of Worms, 1521. This was an assembly of the Holy Roman Empire called by King Charles V in Heylshof Garden, Worms, to address Martin Luther and the effects of the Protestant Reformation. (Photo by The Print Collector via Getty Images)

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Queen Victoria on an ivory throne

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Thomas Cromwell. (Photo by Gustavo Tomsich/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images)

The truth about Thomas Cromwell

Why were the Tudors called the Tudors? The answer lies with Catherine of Valois (pictured), widow of Henry V. (Photo by Print Collector/Print Collector/Getty)

Q&AWhy were they called the Tudors?

Illustration of Elizabeth I in a cage

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

Elizabeth I's personality: the unfathomable queen

Illustration of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn on their wedding day

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Henry VIII

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A portrait of Edward IV, the first Yorkist king of England. From the National Portrait Gallery. (Photo by Ann Ronan Pictures/Print Collector/Getty Images)

Edward IV: champion of the Wars of the Roses

The Battle of Lepanto between Holy League soldiers and Ottoman troops

The battle of Lepanto: when Ottoman forces clashed with Christians

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

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

An engraving depicts a frost fair on the Thames

Frozen: Britain's Little Ice Age

Scandalous Tudor marriages: 7 women who braved royal wrath by marrying for love

Edward VI

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Knole, a house on an epic scale that's now run by the National Trust.

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Nicola Tallis photographed by David Hampton in October 2019

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Mary I: the forgotten trailblazer

Actress Sarah Bernhardt, who was personally invited by Oscar Wilde to play the title role in the upcoming London premiere of his play, 'Salomé'.

6 of London theatre’s most notable historical scandals