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

A scene from Edmund Spenser's 'Shepherd's Calendar' (1597). The concept of 'society' entered the English language in the 16th century, and its influence was soon being felt in all corners of the nation. (Culture Club/Getty Images)

The Library The Elizabethan big society

Elizabethan adventurer, courtier, navigator and historian Sir Walter Ralegh –

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PRIVATE LIFE OF HENRY VIII, THE, Charles Laughton, 1933
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Henry VIII: Three films

Portrait of Henry VIII of England (1491-1547) King of England and Ireland. Dated 16th Century. (Photo by: Universal History Archive/UIG via Getty Images)

A secret war against the Tudors

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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?

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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

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