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Portrait of an African man, c1530 . (Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

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The missing Tudors: black people in 16th-century England. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

An official of the British East India Company riding on an elephant with an escort of foot soldiers and mounted Indian retainers, India, end of 18th century (Photo by Getty Images)

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The East India Company: everything you wanted to know. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A painting of the Tudor succession

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The truth about the Tudors: what 5 kings and queens were really like behind closed doors. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Elizabeth I knights Francis Drake on his ship Golden Hind after his round-the-world voyage. (Photo by: Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

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William Cecil, also known as Lord Burghley, with Queen Elizabeth I. (Photo by Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

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Elizabeth I, shown in a portrait commemorating victory over the Armada

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Richard III. (Photo by Getty Images)

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Have we completely misinterpreted Shakespeare’s Richard III?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Half-sisters and daughters of Henry VIII: Mary Tudor (left) and Elizabeth I, who both reigned as queen of England. (Photos by Getty Images)

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A portrait of Elizabeth I, c1565

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History’s greatest mysteriesThe lost colony of Roanoke Island. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The arrival of Sir Walter Raleigh in Virginia

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The ship ‘Jesus of Lübeck’ was used in John Hawkins’ infamous early slaving voyages, some of which were sponsored by Elizabeth I. (Image by Alamy)

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Elizabeth I arrives in Tilbury

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Anne Boleyn (left) and her daughter, Elizabeth I. (Photos by Getty Images)

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The Globe theatre fire of 1613: when Shakespeare’s playhouse burned down

Amy Robsart and the Earl of Leicester

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Portrait of Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester (1532–88) an English nobleman. Dated 16th century. (Photo by: Universal History Archive/UIG via Getty Images)

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Francis Drake portrait

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Queen Victoria on an ivory throne

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A portrait of the young Elizabeth I. (Photo by Art Collection 2/Alamy Stock Photo)

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Portrait of Martin Luther by Lucas Cranach, 1543. (Photo by Culture Club/Getty Images)

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Queen Elizabeth I

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"All unperfect and incorrect”: Tracy Borman on the discovery of an Elizabethan gem. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

James VI and I depicted in Parliament, c1605

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Queen Elizabeth I’s ‘Golden Speech’ and 5 more key moments in the history of crown and parliament. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Illustration of pirate John Ward

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