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

Tudor

Portrait of Catherine de Medici, also known as the Serpent Queen

Catherine de MediciThe life, death and legacy of the 'Serpent Queen'

The women behind Henry VIII's queens. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Video podcastTudor ladies-in-waiting: the women who served Henry VIII's queens. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Video podcastAnne Boleyn: a modern woman?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Katherine Parr: life of the week. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Invisible ink & toad poison: tools of Elizabethan spycraft. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Anne Boleyn: a modern woman?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A young Katherine Parr, by William Henry Mote.

All you need to know about Katherine Parr – the truth about the wife who 'survived'

Portrait of Katherine Parr

Katherine ParrWhy Henry VIII's sixth wife was a true firebrand

An African samurai: the tall, strong African man who acquired the name Yasuke in Japan was at first an object of curiosity but soon became a prized samurai warrior serving a powerful warlord in the violent intrigues that wracked the country during that volatile era. ((Illustration by Lynn Hatzius for BBC World Histories)

Who is Yasuke? The true story of the African who became Japan's first black samurai

Tracy Borman at Hampton Court Palace

Explore Hampton Court Palace with Professor Tracy Borman. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A 19th-century painting shows Henry VIII meeting Anne Boleyn, as ladies-in-waiting and courtiers look on (Photo by Heritage Image Partnership Ltd/Alamy Stock Photo)

Inside the six wives' bedchamber: the stories of Tudor ladies-in-waiting. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The Family of Henry VIII

The ultimate Tudor quiz. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Tudor ladies-in-waiting: the women who served Henry VIII's queens. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Historical novelist CJ Sansom

"To read a Shardlake novel is to be immersed in the turbulent world of the Tudors" | Tracy Borman reflects on the work of CJ Sansom

Shardlake: bringing the Tudor murder mystery to the screen. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Anne Boleyn pays Mark Smeaton a final visit in Gaetano Donizetti's opera Anna Bolena

He was the court musician who condemned Anne Boleyn: but was Mark Smeaton telling the truth?

Portrait of Thomas Cromwell

Your guide to Thomas Cromwell

Arthur Hughes as Matthew Shardlake in Disney+ drama Shardlake

Is Shardlake a true story? The real history behind the Disney+ Tudor murder mystery

Arthur Hughes as Matthew Shardlake in Disney+ drama Shardlake

Shardlake and disability in Tudor times: seven things you need to know

The Evil May Day Riots of 1517: what happened?

Mary vs Elizabeth: sisters at war. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Margaret Beaufort, shown in a c16th‐century oil on panel painting

Margaret Beaufort: mother of the Tudors

How was Elizabeth I shaped by her childhood?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Elizabethans quiz – week three. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Plots and Rebellions, with Professor Tracy Borman. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Elizabeth I

"Elizabeth was certainly no feminist": Tracy Borman on the Elizabethans. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Portrait of Anne Boleyn, the second wife of Henry VIII

Anne Boleyn: your guide to the life and death of Henry VIII's second queen – plus 11 little-known facts

Elizabethans quiz – week two. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Week Two: Elizabethan Daily Life, with Professor Tracy Borman. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.