Plantagenet

The ‘Princes in the Tower’

The 5 greatest mysteries behind the Wars of the Roses

Memorial cross at Flodden Field, site of Battle of Flodden 1513, Northumberland, 1994. (Photo by English Heritage/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

8 of Britain’s best battlefields

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History quiz – prison escapes and the princes in the Tower . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Portrait of Henry V of England

My history hero: Henry V . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Illustration by Sarah Young for BBC History Magazine

Richard III: A hostage to fortune

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Magna Carta: A turning point in English history

Richard III's skull. (Image by Catriona Gray)

What has the discovery of Richard III’s remains taught us?

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Five places Richard III may have wanted to be buried (and none of them are Leicester)

The tombs of King Henry II and Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine in Fontevraud Abbey, France. (Dreamstime)

The duchy of Aquitaine: an English ‘colony’ in deepest France

The bronze effigy on the tomb of Edward Plantagenet, known as the Black Prince, in the Trinity Chapel of Canterbury Cathedral, Kent. (Photo by RDImages/Epics/Getty Images)

Q&A Why was the Black Prince called ‘Black’?

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A 19th-century illustration depicting the battle of Agincourt.

Books interview with Ranulph Fiennes: “The Hundred Years’ War was caused by my ancestor’s advice being ignored” . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Top 10 Plantagenet podcasts – from the Black Death to Richard III

The coffin containing the remains of Richard III. The skeleton of the king was discovered in 2012 in the foundations of Greyfriars Church, Leicester, 500 years after he was killed during the battle of Bosworth. (Photo by Max Mumby/Indigo/Getty Images)

The discovery of Richard III’s remains

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Elizabeth Woodville, the queen consort of the Yorkist king Edward IV, was a character in the BBC historical drama 'The White Queen'. (Photo by The Print Collector/Print Collector/Getty Images)

Truth, lies and historical fiction: an interview with ‘The White Queen’ writer Philippa Gregory . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Laurence Olivier plays Richard III in the 1955 film adaptation of Shakespeare's play. In it, the controversial monarch is damned as everything from a

Why did Shakespeare revile Richard III?