Tudor

The fools of the early Tudor court were likely to have been people with learning disabilities as a new project demonstrates, says Suzannah Lipscomb.

What became of the baby daughter of Henry VIII's widow Katherine Parr and her disgraced fourth husband Thomas Seymour after their deaths? Linda Porter unravels a Tudor mystery.

In the interests of historical research Lucy Worsley adopted the dental hygiene habits of previous centuries.

The great trading companies that originated in early modern Europe are often seen as pioneers of western imperialism. The Levant Company was different, argues James Mather.

In 1538, believing his kingdom to be under threat, Henry VIII brutally settled scores dating back to the dynastic conflicts of the 15th century, as Desmond Seward explains.

Richard Hughes asks whether the ‘Diabolical Duchess’ was in reality another Tudor victim.

Sedition could cost you your life in Tudor England, but by the 18th century the monarch was fair game, writes David Cressy.

John Matusiak pricks the imperial pretension of the monarch who came to the throne 500 years ago

Robert Hughes provides an Examiner's Commentary

According to the will of Henry VIII, it was the younger sister of the ill-fated Lady Jane Grey who would follow Elizabeth I to the throne of England. Yet few now know of the short, passionate and dangerous life of Katherine Grey, writes Leanda de Lisle.