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Japanese shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu and, inset, Hiroyuki Sanada as Yoshii Toranaga in TV series Shogun

The real Toranaga in Shōgun: how Tokugawa Ieyasu unified Japan

King James was king of Scotland (as James VI) from 1567 to 1625 and the first Stuart king of England, from 1603 to 1625, acceding to the throne upon the death of Elizabeth I. (Photo by Ann Ronan Pictures/Print Collector/Getty Images)

King James VI and I: your guide to the first Stuart monarch of England

William Adams meets Tokugawa Ieyasu; inset Cosmo Jarvis as John Blackthrone in Shogun

The real John Blackthorne in Shōgun: the true story of samurai William Adams, the first Englishman in Japan

Hiroyuki Sanada as Yoshii Toranaga in Shōgun

Is Shōgun a true story? The real history behind the feudal Japan drama

Shakespeare: playing with the past. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A graphic of Queen Elizabeth I, with a night sky graphic

The Bisley Boy: was Queen Elizabeth I replaced by a man? The real history that debunks the conspiracy

Half-sisters and daughters of Henry VIII: Mary Tudor (left) and Elizabeth I, who both reigned as queen of England. (Photos by Getty Images)

Sisters at war: Mary I and Elizabeth I. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Video podcastConspiracy: was Elizabeth I a man?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Ladies in Tudor costume in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire. (Photo by Steve Vidler via Alamy)

7 things you (probably) didn't know about Tudor fashion

Shakespeare: Past Master8. The Tempest. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Shakespeare: Past Master7. The Merchant of Venice. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Shakespeare: Past Master6. Macbeth. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Shakespeare: Past Master2. Titus Andronicus. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Shakespeare: Past Master1. Hamlet. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Shakespeare: Past Master5. Julius Caesar. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Shakespeare: Past Master4. Romeo and Juliet. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Shakespeare: Past Master3. Henry V. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Tudor childhood: from dodging death to nursery rhymes. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Antique and rare books including English playwright William Shakespeare's (1564-1616) first folio are lit by candlelight in the library at Longleat stately home, Wiltshire, England, February 1968.

QuizHow much do you know about Shakespeare's life and work?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Illustration by Cat O'Neil

David Ingram: the Tudor sailor who hiked across pre-colonial America. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

What did the Tudors wear?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Elizabethan witchcraft: a trial that divided a community. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A witch feeds her familiars in this illustration from the 1579 pamphlet about Windsor woman Elizabeth Stile (Photo by Pictorial Press Ltd / Alamy Stock Photo)

Forgotten TudorsWhat the lives of ordinary people tell us about Tudor England. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Was Shakespeare a snob?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

ConspiracyDid someone else write the plays of William Shakespeare?

Conspiracy: who wrote Shakespeare?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Tracy Borman and Rhiannon Davies

VideoTracy Borman on Elizabeth I. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Charles V of Spain depicted on a 16th-century gold coin

Kwasi Kwarteng"Wars are bloody expensive – so the only way nations can buy what they need is by printing their own money". This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Princess Elizabeth and Thomas Seymour (Photos by Getty and Alamy)

Did Thomas Seymour sexually abuse the teenage Princess Elizabeth?

A woodcut of the brain from Andreas Vesalius’s groundbreaking 1543 treatise On the Fabric of the Human Body

The Elizabethans' complex relationship with mental wellbeing. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.