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

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What was Mary Tudor and Thomas Cromwell's relationship – did they plan to marry?

A portrait of Anne Boleyn

Why did Henry VIII send Anne Boleyn to the block?

Thomas Cromwell: the triumph and tragedy of Henry VIII's right-hand man.

Mark Rylance as Thomas Cromwell and Damien Lewis as Henry VIII in Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light

Thomas Cromwell on screen: is Wolf Hall the best depiction of the Tudor statesman?

Decoding Mary, Queen of Scots.

Tudor spymaster: the secret machinations of Robert Cecil.

Henry VII: the king they couldn't kill.

Henry VII: life of the week.

Elizabeth I and James VI & I (Photo by Getty Images and Alamy)

From Tudor to Stuart: the succession of 1603.

The Six Wives of Henry VIIIBeyond 'Divorced, beheaded, died...'.

HistoryExtra AcademyThe Elizabethans, with Tracy Borman.

Video podcastCatherine de' Medici: life of the week.

Elizabeth I and Mary, Queen of Scots.

Why Elizabeth I and Mary, Queen of Scots never met

How to make sugar-free Tudor biscuits.

An 18th-century depiction of the battle of Bosworth, the 1485 clash that saw Henry VII’s army defeat that of Richard III, allowing the Tudor pretender to claim the throne (Photo by incamerastock/Alamy Stock Photo)

The rise of Henry VII: how a life of cheating death prepared him for the throne as the first Tudor king.

Video podcastKatherine Parr: life of the week.

Video podcastHow was Elizabeth I shaped by her childhood?.

Catherine de' Medici: life of the week.

Portrait of Catherine de Medici, also known as the Serpent Queen

Catherine de MediciThe life, death and legacy of the 'Serpent Queen'

The women behind Henry VIII's queens.

Video podcastTudor ladies-in-waiting: the women who served Henry VIII's queens.

Video podcastAnne Boleyn: a modern woman?.

Katherine Parr: life of the week.

Invisible ink & toad poison: tools of Elizabethan spycraft.

Anne Boleyn: a modern woman?.

A young Katherine Parr, by William Henry Mote.

All you need to know about Katherine Parr – the truth about the wife who 'survived'

Portrait of Katherine Parr

Katherine ParrWhy Henry VIII's sixth wife was a true firebrand

An African samurai: the tall, strong African man who acquired the name Yasuke in Japan was at first an object of curiosity but soon became a prized samurai warrior serving a powerful warlord in the violent intrigues that wracked the country during that volatile era. ((Illustration by Lynn Hatzius for BBC World Histories)

Who is Yasuke? The true story of the African who became Japan's first black samurai

Tracy Borman at Hampton Court Palace

Explore Hampton Court Palace with Professor Tracy Borman.