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

Tudor

A portrait of Catherine Howard. (Photo by Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

Catherine Howard: The death of innocence.

A portrait of Queen Elizabeth I painted by Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger. (Photo by Universal History Archive/UIG via Getty Images)

How Shakespeare rewrote history.

The ruins of Fountains Abbey in North Yorkshire. Henry’s motives when dismantling such monasteries “were much more complex than pure revenge or pure avarice alone”, says Adam Morton. (Photo by Getty Images)

History explorer6 places to explore the dissolution of the monasteries.

The Dissolution and a forgotten colony.

(Photo By DEA/G DAGLI ORTI/De Agostini/Getty Images)

The Tudor sex guide

Elizabeth I’s Armada portrait. (Photo by Ann Ronan Pictures/Print Collector/Getty Images

The Tudors’ unlikely allies.

Muslims and Jews in the 16th century.

Britain's 10 best palaces

An illustration of Henry VIII and his second wife, Anne Boleyn. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Not such a prude after all: the secrets of Henry VIII’s love life

The battle over Henry VIII’s will.

Chess, gambling and cards: Tudor games and indoor pastimes.

Who hijacked Henry VIII’s will?.

Shakespeare in 1606 and Olympic swimmers.

5 surprising Tudor facts.

Recipes from the Tudor kitchen.

Lady Margaret Douglas, a close relative of Henry VIII. Her romantic liaisons landed her in the Tower of London on more than one occasion. (Photo by Florilegius/SSPL/Getty Images)

Margaret Douglas: The forgotten Tudor princess.

A vintage photograph showing an unknown man standing behind a stall selling lemonade, root beer and ice cream – among other things.

Q&AWho invented lemonade?

Was Henry VIII a good king?

17 unmissable battles podcasts

Tixall Gatehouse, Staffordshire. (Photo by The Landmark Trust)

10 of Britain’s most amazing landmark buildings.

Three men wearing hats inspect a sack of potatoes, c1917.

Q&AWhen did the potato catch on in Europe?

Portrait of King Henry VIII

History heroNathaniel Parker chooses Henry VIII (1491-1547).

Winston Churchill by Yousuf Karsh

Simon Schama's portraits of a nation.

Queen Elizabeth II

How to be a successful monarch.

Showering, teeth brushing and donning underwear: the strange history of our daily routine.

A portrait of Elizabeth I.

The enchanting history of charisma.

Henry VIII jousting

How jousting made a man of Henry VIII.

In pictures: kings and queens through history

Dover Castle, Kent. (Photo by Olaf Protze/LightRocket via Getty Images)

England's 8 most amazing castles

Terror in Elizabethan England.