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

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Lyveden New Bield, Northamptonshire

St Augustine's Abbey, Canterbury

The A to Z of royal weddings with Tracy Borman

A woodcut showing the Globe Theatre, one of London's most famous landmarks and the venue most closely associated with Shakespeare's plays. (Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Where history happened: Elizabethan drama. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The LibraryThe Elizabethan big society

Elizabethan adventurer, courtier, navigator and historian Sir Walter Ralegh – "a gorgeous, larger than life figure". Unfortunately, many of his peers weren't impressed by his good looks, and saw instead an arrogant man, blind to his own weaknesses. (Time Life Pictures/Mansell/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images)

The LibraryWalter Ralegh: the heroic traitor

Finger painting

Henry VIII: Three films

A secret war against the Tudors

Visit historic Lichfield

Did Henry VIII love his last wife Katherine Parr?

Lady Jane Grey's execution, as imagined by painter Paul Delaroche in 1833. (Photo by VCG Wilson/Corbis via Getty Images)

Lady Jane Grey: why do we want to believe the myth?

The LibraryThe private lives of the British and the cruelty of Henry V. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

9 reasons to visit Portsmouth Historic Dockyard. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The truth behind ‘The Tudors’ TV show

'The Fountain of Youth', 1546. Artist: Lucas Cranach the Elder

Everard Digby: the man who taught Tudors to swim

The LibraryThomas Becket and 16th-century swimming. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A Nazi serial killer and a Tudor gentleman. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Hampton Court and the Amritsar massacre. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Henry VIII, Princess Mary and William Somers

Playing the fool: Tudor jesters