Tudor history

Warfare

The Battle of Flodden

On a windswept September day in 1513, amid the rolling hills and marshy fields of Northumberland, two armies met in…

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Biographies

Sir Francis Walsingham

In the glittering and dangerous world of Elizabethan England, power often depended not on armies or titles, but on information.…

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Murder

The Murder of Christopher Marlowe

In the late 16th century, few figures shone as brightly as Christopher Marlowe. Playwright, poet, and provocateur, Marlowe was a…

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Murder

The Execution of Lady Jane Grey

In the winter of 1554, the cold air of the Tower of London carried more than the chill of February.…

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Biographies

King Henry VIII

King Henry VIII Biography King Henry VIII is probably the most well-known and most studied of English monarchs. His reign…

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