Tudor

Philip II, king of Spain from 1556, seated with Queen Mary I of England. They married in 1554

When Mary met Philip: a Tudor queen in love

Lettice Knollys

A Tudor love triangle: Elizabeth I, Lettice Knollys and Robert Dudley

Portrait showing Mary, Queen of Scots with her hand on her hip

Mary, Queen of Scots: your guide to her life and times

Plan of the island of Utopia, from Thomas More's work of the same name depicting an ideal state

Thomas More’s Utopia – what lessons did it have for Tudor England?

Pod Edmond Smith WL

Goods & globalisation: merchants in Tudor & Stuart England

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The Spanish Armada which threatened England in July 1588. (Photo by Ann Ronan Pictures/Print Collector/Getty Images)

Turning points 1588: The Spanish Armada . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Portrait of Henry VIII by Hans Holbein the Younger (1497–1543). (Photo by: PHAS/UIG via Getty Images)

Turning points 1534: Henry VIII declares his ‘empire’ . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Tudor Royal Women with Tracy Borman The Private Life of Elizabeth I . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Tudor Royal Women with Tracy Borman Rivals to the Throne . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Tudor Royal Women with Tracy Borman Women at Court . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Tudor Royal Women with Tracy Borman Queens Regnant . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Tudor Royal Women with Tracy Borman Queens Consort . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Sketch of Lord Richard Rich

Q&A Does Richard Rich deserve his bad reputation?

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Pod Annie Gray WL

Christmas feasts with Annie Gray Episode 1: Medieval & Tudor revelry . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Pragmatist or heartless? A portrait of the young Elizabeth Woodville (1437-1492). The Print Collector/Print Collector/Getty Images)

The power behind the throne: women in the Wars of the Roses