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.

Witches by Hans Baldung woodcut 1508 | Public Domain | Wikipedia

Witchcraft in the times of Henry VIII and beyond

Tudor History

Elizabeth I and the Tudor succession crises: 1558 - 1603

Ancestry

Portrait of Henry VIII of England by Hans Eworth

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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

Ancestry

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

The Rise and Fall of the Boleyns

Kings and Queens

The siege of Barnard Castle and the River Tees

River Hunters

How many questions can you get right?

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X Company

(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

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

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Tudor History

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Britains Bloodiest Dynasty

Famous British Executions

Medieval History

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