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Easter Sunday, a day celebrating Christ's resurrection

The day Catherine of Aragon was informed she could no longer call herself Queen

The death of Prince Arthur Tudor, the heir to the Tudor throne

Exploring historical sites: Rufford Old Hall, another of Shakespeare's past homes?

Living a never-ending nightmare; Catherine of Aragon faces a new fear and threat to her marriage

Exploring historical sites: Hoghton Tower, a Lancashire beauty

Katherine of Aragon: fictional representations by Plaidy, Gregory & Weir

The birth of the prettiest princess in Europe; Mary Tudor

A laundress lucky enough to sleep with the King - Joanna Joanna ‘Joan’ Dingley (Dobson)

Birth of Queen Mary I; her early life and health

The holiday of love; the history behind Valentine’s Day, a perfect day for lovers of love

The last white rose: Elizabeth of York, a fair, ‘humble and reverent’ Queen

Mary Berkeley; mother to two of the King’s illegitimate sons?

The Birth of the first Tudor King; Henry VII

The scandalous Boleyn sisters; Mary (the girl beneath two Kings) and Anne (the future Queen)

Did the Tudors value the New Year as much as modern people do today?

Catherine of Aragon – Doomed to a marriage full of infidelity and misery

The birth of Christ / Christmas; how did the Tudors celebrate this world-renown holiday?

The strong-willed mother / daughter relationship between Isabella and Catherine