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

Tudor

A collaged picture shows a marble statue of Elizabeth I wearing a large crown on the left, and a portrait of King James I, dressed in a red and white robe and crown on the right

The lie of succession: did James I steal Elizabeth I's crown?

Isabel Allende and Inés Suárez

My history heroIsabel Allende chooses Inés Suárez

A painting shows a topless woman sitting up in bed, holding her hand against the face of the man leaning over her

What did the Tudors think was ‘good’ sex? These tips and tricks were key to relationships in the 16th century

Episode 2Tudor religion: what did people believe?

Episode 1What did Tudor people do for fun?

Episode 3Tudor work: what jobs did people do?

Ask the Tudor expert! Join our live Q&A with historian Ruth Goodman

Margaret Tudor: life of the week

Breaking news! How stories spread in early modern Europe

This print depicts men gathered in a Tudor alehouse, a lively hub of social life where people met to drink, gossip and discuss events. Alehouses were central to everyday life in 16th-century England.

For ordinary Tudors, death lurked around every corner with these surprising ways to die

Woodcut of a man swimming in a river, while another man stands on the bank

The most common accidental way to die in Tudor England reveals surprising truths about daily life

Deadly bellringing and fatal bacon: grisly accidental Tudor deaths

From fatal foliage to the perils of ploughing: the Tudor calendar of death

Two green hearts are sideways, facing each other. In each there is an image: one has a painting of Elizabeth I and the other has a painting of the Duke of Anjou

The Virgin Queen? Elizabeth I's forbidden love

Two men dressed in Tudor clothes stand next to one another against a green curtain backdrop. Between them are several items, including a globe, a hymnbook and a lute

Tudors in turmoil: deciphering Hans Holbein’s masterwork The Ambassadors

What happened in Shakespeare's "lost years"?

The rise of James VI & I: when Britain went global

A hand holding a knife with a rose blooming from the handle

‘She didn’t cry’: how this Tudor woman’s lack of emotion condemned her to death

The great siege of Malta: Knights Hospitaller vs the Ottoman empire

Suleyman the Magnificent's bid for world domination

Tudor angels of death: the 16th-century obsession with female killers

The swordplay’s the thing: Henry VIII's Masters of Defence and the thrilling world of 16th-century fencing

Episode 4Hampton Court Palace

Episode 1Hever Castle

King James III of Scotland (Photo by Hi-Story/Alamy Stock Photo)

The murder of James III: who killed the king of Scots?

George Villiers: from royal favourite to enemy number one

Tudor England: The Big Questions

Thomas Cromwell shown in a c1533 portrait after Hans Holbein the Younger (Photo by Penta Springs Limited/Alamy Stock Photo)

Thomas Cromwell's death – a rapid descent from the pinnacle of power

A portrait of Mary I, queen of England

Mary I: your guide to the life and rule of Henry VII's daughter – plus a timeline and 7 little-known facts

Edward of Warwick: the other prince in the tower