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

Tudor

Anne Boleyn, second wife and queen consort of Henry VIII

Anne Boleyn's youth: how her years on the continent made her a match for Henry VIII.

Censorship: waging war on free speech.

The Scandalous BoleynsWhy Do They Continue To Fascinate Us?.

Mary, Queen of Scots during her trial at Fotheringhay Castle – where she was also executed for her alleged role in the Babington Plot (Photo by Culture Club/Getty Images)

What if...The Babington Plot to assassinate Elizabeth I had succeeded?.

Portraits, power and royal wigs.

Meeting in Tenochtitlan between Hernan Cortes

Two worlds collide: Spanish conquistadors and Aztecs

A portrait of Katherine Parr in a jewelled head dress and finery

Q&AWhat happened to Katherine Parr’s daughter, Mary Seymour, after her mother’s death?

Portrait Of Edward Seymour (Colorized)

Edward Seymour: the fall of the dithering dictator

Q&A: What was the punishment of being ‘burnt in the hand’?.

Elinor CleghornThe History of Unwell Women.

Queen Elizabeth I dancing with Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester. Artist unknown. (© Lebrecht Music and Arts Photo Library/Alamy)

Tudor tunes: music at the courts of Henry VIII, Elizabeth I and James VI and I

Samir PuriHow Empires Shaped the World.

An illustration of Elizabeth of York and Henry VII.

Did the Tudors invent the Wars of the Roses?.

The Medici: everything you wanted to know.

From left to right: Queen Isabella of Castile; French regent Anne de Beaujeu; and Catherine of Aragon. (Photos by Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/DeAgostini/Imagno/Getty Images)

Game of Queens: when women ruled Renaissance Europe

Pregnant woman before giving birth in the 13th century

16 things you (probably) didn't know about the rituals behind royal births, from the medieval era to the present day

A portrait of Jane Seymour, queen of England from 1536 to 1537 as the third wife of Henry VIII. Jane is remembered for being the only wife to provide Henry with a son and male heir (the future Edward VI). Jane died on 24 October 1537, most likely from puerperal, or childbed, fever. (Photo by Popperfoto/Getty Images)

Jane Seymour: the queen Henry VIII loved most?

Jodie Turner-Smith as Anne Boleyn. (Photo by Parisa Taghizadeh courtesy of Channel 5)

Jodie Turner-Smith as Anne Boleyn: colour-blind casting and historical accuracy.

Painting the Tudors: Hans Holbein the Younger.

Elizabeth I

QuizHow much do you know about Tudor Queen Elizabeth I?.

Anne Boleyn, who was executed by beheading on 19 May 1536 after being found guilty of high treason, was said to have had "much joy and pleasure in death". (Photo by Ann Ronan Pictures/Print Collector/Getty Images)

The final days of Anne Boleyn: why did she die?

Katharine Parr: secrets of a Tudor survivor.

Play Reading

Anne Hathaway, Hamnet and Judith: who were William Shakespeare's family?

French actor Jean-Louis Trintignant holding the skull of Yorik

The wisdom of Shakespeare: 5 famous quotes explained.

Explorer Ferdinand Magellan

Dire straits: the story of Ferdinand Magellan's fatal voyage of discovery

The pretenders who threatened Henry VII’s crown.

A portrait of William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare: a guide to the life of England's greatest playwright

Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, back to back

‘Two steps behind’: male royal consorts through history.

Young woman gets hair cut in to a bob

A brief history of changing hairstyles.

Dan Jones on 1,000 years of British history.