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

Tudor

The Dissolution: everything you wanted to know

Paul Delaroche's impression of Lady Jane Grey's execution

Who was Lady Jane Grey? The tragic story of the 'Nine Days Queen'

Novelist Kate Mosse on The City of Tears

Mary Tudor with her five stepmothers

Mary Tudor and her five stepmothers: what was their relationship like?

The ruins of the once magnificent Roche Abbey

The dissolution of the monasteries: mindless violence or planned precision?

A depiction of Robin Hood, the heroic archer in English folklore who supposedly robbed the rich and gave to the poor. (Photo by Culture Club/Getty Images)

Robin Hood: 7 myths about the legendary outlaw of Sherwood Forest

How oceans shaped human civilisation

‘Inkhorn’ was the term for an inkwell made out of a small horn and became a nickname for the new words being created by playwrights and poets, such as William Shakespeare. (Photo by GraphicaArtis/Getty Images)

The evolution of the English language

Richard III

What if…Richard III had won at Bosworth?

The decline and death of Henry VIII

Portrait of Anne of Cleves

Anne of Cleves: Henry VIII's most successful queen?

19th century advert for snuff

Q&AWhat was snuff?

An East India Company official riding on an elephant

The East India Company: how a trading corporation became an imperial ruler

Richard III, Queen Victoria and Henry VIII. (Photos by Getty Images)

Monarchy history quiz: test your knowledge of these kings and queens

How did the Reformation impact Jews?

David Olusoga“Desks went from a niche furniture item to the work station of millions”

Thomas Cromwell, Tudor statesman and 'alter rex'.

Your guide to Cardinal Wolsey, Tudor statesman and prince of the church

A brief history of turkeys, plus why we eat a turkey dinner at Christmas

Shakespeare: everything you wanted to know

Claudia Jones at the Brixton offices of 'The West Indian Gazette'

Black British historyBritain's black trailblazers

The time travelling Tudor: Anne Boleyn’s most surprising representations in film, TV and literature

Anthonis Mor's portrait of Mary I from 1554

Mary Tudor: brutal but brilliant

Painting of the Field of Cloth of Gold (artist unknown) from around 1545

Your guide to...the Field of the Cloth of Gold

Katherine Willoughby in an 18th-century engraving after a Hans Holbein the Younger portrait. In 1546 the prospect of her marrying England's ageing King Henry VIII was causing tongues to wag in diplomatic circles. (Photo by Print Collector/Getty Images)

A seventh wife for Henry VIII? The story of Katherine Willoughby

Henry VIII’s mistresses: who else did the Tudor king sleep with?

A portrait of Anne Boleyn. (Photo by DeAgostini/Getty Images)

Anne Boleyn: a 16th-century feminist?

Anne Boleyn

Anne Boleyn’s final battle: Tracy Borman reveals Henry VIII's final 'kindness'

Glamis Castle is said to be the most-haunted castle in Scotland. (Photo by mpalis via Getty Images)

A royal ghost tour: 5 haunted sites around Britain

An illustration of a group of supposed witches

A very brief history of witches by Suzannah Lipscomb

Thomas More: saint or sinner?