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. Header image: Shutterstock.com

A painting depicting Saint Peter being crucified upside-down

7 tortuous saints' deaths from history

Portrait of Henry VIII (C), Prince Edward (L) and Jane Seymour (R)

Was Henry VIII really a hopeless romantic?

Jane Seymour portrait

9 little known facts about Jane Seymour

Sir Walter Raleigh

Why was Sir Walter Raleigh executed?

An extract from the Westminster Tournament Roll showing John Blanke

John Blanke: The black trumpeter at the heart of the Tudor court

Portrait of Anne of Cleves

8 little known facts about Anne of Cleves

Portrait of Henry VIII

3 times Henry VIII almost died without providing a male heir

Remains of the Mary Rose in the museum

What caused the Mary Rose to sink? The most popular theories

Illustration of the Mary Rose

13 facts about the Mary Rose: Henry VIII's favourite warship

Portrait of Mary Queen of Scots

Mary Queen of Scots: The legitimate heir to the English throne?

The Execution of Lady Jane Grey by Paul Delaroche (1833).

Nine facts about the 'Nine Days Queen'

Portrait of Catherine Howard

Guilty or innocent? The 'crimes' of Catherine Howard

Mary and Joseph are registered in the census at Bethlehem

The 12 days of Tudor Christmas

A photograph of the Mary Rose ship in Portsmouth

Listen to The Mary Rose and the People of Tudor England

Henry VIII and Henry VIII

The lives of Henry VII and Henry VIII: Never the twain shall meet

A laughing fool

Act the fool: Famous court jesters and fools from history

Portrait of a Young Woman c. 1540–1545 from the Workshop of Hans Holbein the Younger

Did Catherine Howard cheat on Henry VIII?