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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.

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

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

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

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Thomas Cromwell’s life before Henry VIII

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Love and marriage in Tudor England

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

Henry VIII by Hans Holbein the Younger. (GL Archive/Alamy)

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

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What clothes did people wear in the Tudor period?

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Q&A Did Henry VIII have any illegitimate male offspring?

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Waking up with Plato: the history of our morning routine

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

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

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