How much do you know about Elizabeth I (1533–1603)? Historian Tracy Borman talks to BBC History Magazine section editor Rhiannon Davies about the daughter of Anne Boleyn and Henry VIII

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Discover more content from week one of the HistoryExtra Academy Elizabethans course

The Elizabethan Court, with Professor Tracy Borman – watching time 15 mins

7 things you (probably) didn't know about Tudor fashion – reading time 5 mins 

Where history happened: Tudor courtiers with Suzannah Lipscomb – reading time 13 mins

Elizabeth I's personality: the unfathomable queen – reading time 9 mins

Princely pleasures at Kenilworth: Robert Dudley's three-week marriage proposal to Elizabeth I – reading time 6 mins

Elizabeth I's Accession Day Celebrations – reading time 7 mins

Robert Dudley: Queen Elizabeth I's great love – reading time 12 mins

Authors

Tracy Borman
Tracy BormanAuthor, historian, joint Chief Curator of Historic Royal Palaces

Tracy Borman is a best-selling author and historian, specialising in the Tudor period. She works part-time as joint Chief Curator of Historic Royal Palaces and as Chief Executive of the Heritage Education Trust.

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