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Horrible Histories author reveals 10 ways to die in Elizabethan England.

Shakespeare: the historians’ view.

A portrait of Queen Elizabeth I painted by Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger. (Photo by Universal History Archive/UIG via Getty Images)

How Shakespeare rewrote history.

An illustration of Edmund Spenser’s poetic work ‘The Shepheardes Calender’. (Photo by Culture Club/Contributor/Getty Images)

The dark side of Elizabethan England

Muslims and Jews in the 16th century.

Chess, gambling and cards: Tudor games and indoor pastimes.

Photo of a couple holding up a fan

Q&AWhat signals were used in fan language?

In pictures: John Dee, the 'Elizabethan 007'

A history of red hair and amazing animals.

Shakespeare in 1606 and Olympic swimmers.

Francis Drake

Life of the Week: Sir Francis Drake

Lady Margaret Douglas, a close relative of Henry VIII. Her romantic liaisons landed her in the Tower of London on more than one occasion. (Photo by Florilegius/SSPL/Getty Images)

Margaret Douglas: The forgotten Tudor princess.

Tixall Gatehouse, Staffordshire. (Photo by The Landmark Trust)

10 of Britain’s most amazing landmark buildings.

Queen Elizabeth II

How to be a successful monarch.

A portrait of Elizabeth I.

The enchanting history of charisma.

In pictures: kings and queens through history

Terror in Elizabethan England.

Actors in a staging of Shakepeare's 'Macbeth'

Q&AWhy don't actors refer to the Shakespeare play Macbeth by name?

A painting showing the defeat of the Spanish Armada

The Spanish Armada: all at sea.

Elizabeth I: what does this forgotten portrait tell us about her?.

The front of Shakespeare's birthplace on Henley Street, Stratford-upon-Avon.

History explorer: the young William Shakespeare.

Shakespeare and war in the Middle East.

Photo of a horse

Why do we say 'horse of a different colour'?

Elizabeth I and an unlikely suffragette.

Tudor dining: a guide to food and status in the 16th century

History quiz - Queens of England.

An illustration from the first edition of John Foxe The Book of Martyrs. (Photo by Universal History Archive/Getty Images)

The LibraryElizabeth I’s war with England’s Catholics

Shakespeare: 7 burning questions about his life.

Picture of the charge of the 4th Hussars at the battle of Friedland

Q&AWhat were hussar regiments?

The other Elizabethan England.