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(Cover image – © Unknown Artist – BBC) During the Tudor period, marriage was considered a legal rite of passage, a transition from youth...

Written by Kali Hollands, and Jade Lynch (Cover image – © History Extra) When it comes to discussing the Tudor dynasty, there are a vast...

(Cover image – © Pinterest) In an age before print, radio, television and social media, with a populace who were not all literate,...

Fashion is an aspect of life that often is seen as a luxury or of less importance, especially when it comes to history. However, fashion...

(© Unknown Artist – The National Portrait Gallery) Elizabeth of York, daughter of King Edward IV and Elizabeth Woodville, was a pivotal...

Whilst modern day dating and love might be more complicated than we realize, it is nothing in comparison to the rules and very specific...

A Member of the Wedigh Family (detail; c.1533), Hans Holbein the Younger. Gemäldegalerie, Berlin Photo: Jörg P. Anders/bpk...

Astrology is not a subject that is much discussed when it comes to the Tudor era but it is one that holds a lot of information about what...

(Cover image – © Pinterest) In the dark and unforgiving era of the Tudor period, illnesses lurked in the shadows, waiting to claim their...

(© Unknown Artist – Going Medieval) Since the dawn of time, all women have suffered the same monthly curse of their menstrual period,...

(Cover image – © New York Daily News ) You regain consciousness in the midst of a raging sound coming from your bedside table. It’s your...

Women at the empty tomb, by Fra Angelico, 1437-1446. Easter Sunday is a holiday celebrated across the globe for a variety of reasons....

(Cover image – © Shakespeare’s Birth Place) If there is a single day that holds more power over hearts of people across the globe, it...

(Cover image – © Unknown Artist / Unknown Source) For us, the end of a year often means reflecting on ourselves, the things we’ve...

(Cover image – © Fortunino Matania – The Bridgeman Art Library) Deck the halls with boughs of holly. Fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la, 'Tis...

(Cover image(s) – © Pinterest / Sally Jackson) For most, Halloween is a time for celebrating all things spooky and supernatural whilst...