Painting of Louis VIII and Blanche of Castille

Kings and queens

A portrait of King Edward III. By using his offspring as pawns in a series of alliances, the king hoped to wield power over a confederation of dependent states bound together by feudal and family ties. (Photo by VCG Wilson/Corbis via Getty Images)

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King Edward III: the family man. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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The mourning of Queen Victoria. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A scene from the Chronique de St Denis depicting the marriage of Eleanor of Aquitaine and Louis VII of France, 1137. (Photo by Ann Ronan Pictures/Print Collector/Getty Images)

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An A to Z of the Plantagenets. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Matilda: William the Conqueror’s queen. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A portrait of Sir Francis Walsingham, Elizabeth I’s ‘spymaster’. (Photo by Photo 12/UIG via Getty Images)

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Sir Francis Walsingham: spy-master extraordinaire and Elizabeth I’s security chief. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A portrait of Henry VII in 1505. His claim to the throne was tenuous and he had to see off a posse of pretenders, yet he proved a canny and competent ruler, modernising the justice system and filling the crown’s coffers. (Photo by Universal History Archive/UIG via Getty Images)

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Henry VII: the survivor and stabiliser. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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The Victorian telegraph and Dan Snow on his new series. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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The LibrarySummer holidays and Edward VI. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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The LibraryThe career of one of England's most well-known kings. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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The origins of the Tudors. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Ancient Egypt

A monumental misunderstanding

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The A to Z of royal weddings with Tracy Borman. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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You’d be a mug to sneer at royal wedding souvenirs

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The fine rolls of King Henry III. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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The making of the King James Bible. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Should the public pick up the tab for the royal wedding?

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Finger painting. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

George III at the end of his reign. He "represented the uncontrollable aspects of humanity that the Enlightenment could not explain," says Stella Tillyard. (Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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Uncertainty and unrest: the madness of the Regency period. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Tudor

Henry VIII: Three films

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The Royal Stuarts: A History of the Family that Shaped Britain

Medieval

King John and the French invasion of England

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Paper talk: a newspaper's take on the Restoration. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A portrait of Charles II wearing the robes of the Order of the Garter. (Photo by Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

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Charles II: the people’s prince. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The procession of Charles II between the Tower of London and Westminster on the eve of his coronation. Painting by the Dutch painter and etcher Dirk Stoop (c1610-c1685). (Photo by Universal History Archive/Getty Images)

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Where history happened: The Restoration. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Did Henry VIII love his last wife Katherine Parr?

Boar badge of Richard III discovered in Bosworth Field. (Photo by Creative Commons)

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Bosworth battle site: have we discovered where Richard III died?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Lady Jane Grey's execution, as imagined by painter Paul Delaroche in 1833. (Photo by VCG Wilson/Corbis via Getty Images)

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Lady Jane Grey: why do we want to believe the myth?

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Elizabeth I: Fortune’s Bastard?

Arundel castle at dawn

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Where history happened: Stephen and Matilda. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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The lesser-spotted postbox

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