Tudor History

A tumultuous period in English history  with long-lasting religious implications, the Tudor period spanned 1485 to 1607, from the founding of the dynasty by Henry VII to the death of Queen Elizabeth I.

The Gunpowder Plot conspirators
Penny for the guys: What happened to the Gunpowder Plot conspirators?

Tudor History
The princes in the tower
The mystery of the 'princes in the tower': What really happened?

Tudor History
A group of African musicians from the painting, the Engagement of St Ursula and Prince Etherius
Black Tudors: The fascinating lives of Africans living in Tudor England

Tudor History
The Spanish Armada and King Phillip II
What if the Spanish Armada had succeeded?

Tudor History
Guilty or innocent?: The crimes of Anne Boleyn

Tudor History
Lady Jane Grey
What if Lady Jane Grey had kept the throne?

Tudor History
Witches by Hans Baldung woodcut 1508 | Public Domain | Wikipedia
Witchcraft in the times of Henry VIII and beyond

Tudor History
The 'Darnley' portrait of Elizabeth I
Elizabeth I and the Tudor succession crises: 1558 - 1603

Tudor History
Portrait of Henry VIII of England by Hans Eworth
The killer king: How many people did Henry VIII execute?

Tudor History
Left: Defeat of the Spanish Armada by Philip James de Loutherbourg. Right: King Philip II of Spain | Public Domain | Wikipedia
The Westray Dons' and the Spanish Armada

Tudor History
Anne of Cleves

Tudor History
Anne Boleyn

Kings and Queens
Catherine of Aragon

Kings and Queens
Catherine Howard

Kings and Queens
Queen Elizabeth I

Tudor History
King Henry VIII of England by Hans Holbein the Younger
The history of the English Reformation

British History
Anne Boleyn
The Rise and Fall of the Boleyns

Kings and Queens
Barnard Castle
The siege of Barnard Castle and the River Tees

River Hunters
Circa 1550, Bishop Gardiner of Winchester's conference with Queen of England Lady Jane Grey (1537 - 1554) at Beauchamp Tower. (Getty)
The sisters who would be Queen

Kings and Queens
The Embarkation of Henry VIII at Dover, 1540 the vessels depicted in the painting are decorated with wooden panels similar to those of the Mary Rose
The Mary Rose: Tudor battleship

Not What You Thought You Knew
(Left) Henry VIII in a 1540 portrait by Holbein, (Right) the remains of the Mary Rose's hull
The people of Tudor England

Not What You Thought You Knew
10 Words We Owe to Shakespeare

Tudor History
10 Fast Facts About the Plantagenets

Britains Bloodiest Dynasty
Famous British Executions

Medieval History
Did Shakespeare Really Die From a Hangover?

Popular Culture

Royal Bastards: Rise of the Tudors

Mondays at 9pm
A laughing fool
Act the fool: Famous court jesters and fools from history

Medieval History
Portrait of a Young Woman c. 1540–1545 from the Workshop of Hans Holbein the Younger
The cuckold king: Did Catherine Howard cheat on Henry VIII?

Tudor History