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

Tudor

What did people in the Tudor period eat?

7 places you (probably) didn’t know shaped the life of Anne Boleyn

Picture of the Frost Fair on the Thames

Q&ADid the Thames used to freeze over?

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

History explorer: the young William Shakespeare. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Shakespeare and war in the Middle East. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Photo of British coins

Q&AWhy do we have the letters 'FD' on our coins?

Lambert Simnel

Lambert Simnel: Richard III’s heir who 'had a stronger claim to the throne than Henry VII'

Thomas Cromwell’s life before Henry VIII

Love and marriage in Tudor England

From loincloths to corsets: a brief history of underwear with Horrible Histories’ Greg Jenner

Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn: Suzannah Lipscomb dispels myths about the lovers who changed history

What clothes did people wear in the Tudor period?

Holbein portrait of Henry VIII

Q&ADid Henry VIII have any illegitimate male offspring?

Bathhouse

Waking up with Plato: the history of our morning routine

Elizabeth I and an unlikely suffragette. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Debating British monarchy. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Life as a Tudor gent: the 16th-century diary of Humphrey Newton

‘What did a Tudor coffin look like?’: the weird and wonderful world of a Wolf Hall adviser

Wolf Halls: take a look inside the properties where the new BBC series is filmed

Henry VIII and Henry the Young King. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A portrait of Henry VIII

Books interview with John Guy: "Henry VIII had a mindset that you might associate with Stalin or Mao". This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Wolf Hall and medieval civil war. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The Cromwell enigma: Hilary Mantel and Diarmaid MacCulloch on Wolf Hall's complex hero

Henry VIII. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Q&AHow many executions was Henry VIII responsible for?

Portrait of Mary I of England, from the collection of the Museo del Prado, Madrid. (Photo by Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

Mary I: a highly impressive queen cut off in her prime

A portrait of King Edward VI of England

Who was the real Edward VI?

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

Tudors at sea: 8 ways to survive a voyage

Wolf Hall: author Hilary Mantel talks Tudors, historical accuracy and winning the Man Booker Prize. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

History quiz - Queens of England. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.