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Mary, Queen of Scots (reigned 1542–67) was “absolutely useless as queen of Scotland”, says historian Sean Lang. (Photo by The Print Collector/Print Collector/Getty Images)
Medieval

9 of the worst monarchs in history

Marlborough Pie. (© Jessica Hope)
Tudor

Historical recipe Marlborough pie

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A 15th-century detail from the Fountain of Youth, Piedmont, Italy. (Image by De Agostini/Getty Images)
Georgian

Sexing up history: how to study and tell the history of sex

English countrywoman (right) with a lady of the court. From ‘Civitates Orbis Terrarum’, 1572. (Photo by Ann Ronan Pictures/Print Collector/Getty Images)
Tudor

Tudor women: what was life like?

Elizabeth I, shown in a portrait commemorating victory over the Armada. (Photo by Photo 12/UIG via Getty Images)
Elizabethan

7 things you (probably) didn’t know about Elizabeth I

Mary, Queen of Scots and her ladies in waiting. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Tudor

Mary, Queen of Scots: what happened to her ladies-in-waiting?

French government officials at an inaugural tour to mark the completion of the main structural work on the Eiffel Tower, c1889. (Time Life Pictures/Pix Inc./The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images)
Second World War

10 historical events that happened in March

'Soccer' and 'diaper' are among many 'American' words that are more faithful to the old English tongue than those used in Britain today, says James Evans. Other 'Americanisms' were used in Shakespeare's plays before the first English colony was established in Virginia. (L to R: Photos by Hulton Archive/Getty Images; DeAgostini/Getty Images; Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Tudor

From candy to diapers: the purity of American English

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‘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)
Norman

The evolution of the English language

A portrait of Anne Boleyn. (Photo by DeAgostini/Getty Images)
Tudor

Anne Boleyn: a 16th-century feminist?

Queen Victoria and her dog Looty. (© Look and Learn/Bridgeman Art Library)
Tudor

10 famous people in history and their bizarre pets

York Minster's south transept rose window features 16th-century Tudor Roses white on red (left) and Lancastrian Roses, red. The Tudor Rose became known as “the flower of England” and is today England's national flower. (Angelo Hornak/Alamy Stock Photo)
Ancient Egypt

A brief history of the English rose

The former Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson, for whom Edward gave up the throne in 1936, sparking a crisis that rocked the British monarchy. The couple are pictured here in 1939. (Photo by Keystone-France\Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)
General Modern

The 7 most romantic moments in history

A c1610 portrait of Mary, Queen of Scots, a "charming and ill-fated woman brought down by forces beyond her control". (DeAgostini/Getty Images)
Tudor

The Library The downfall of Mary, Queen of Scots

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