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

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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

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Edward VI

To kidnap a king: the foiled plot to abduct Edward VI.

Retiring royals: 9 rulers and royals who stepped down through history.

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

Nicola Tallis on Margaret Beaufort, mother of the Tudors.

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'.

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Historian Nichola Tallis

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Being invited to become a 'guest' of the Tower of London in medieval England meant, more often than not, that you would soon be food for the crows. (Image by Getty Images/RM Creative)

10 historical haunted sites across Britain.

Half-timbered medieval cottages, Water Street, Lavenham, Suffolk, England, (Photo by Getty Images)

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William Dalrymple is an award-winning writer and historian based in India. (Photo by Bikramjt Bose)

“This was a corporation that could topple kings”: William Dalrymple on the East India Company.

Cardinal John Henry Newman

How to become a saint.

Suzannah Lipscomb on women’s lives in Reformation France.