The Lost Palace of Whitehall
On the tercentenary of the fire that destroyed it, Simon Thurley describes the significance of the royal Palace of Whitehall to the Tudor and Stuart monarchs who lived there.
Tudor
Christmas Fare
David Bates examines a Tudor Christmas Fare at Hampton Court Palace.
Henry VIII and his Church
Richard Rex argues that the main inspiration for the king's pick-and-mix religion was neither Protestant nor Catholic but Hebraic.
Going, Going - Gone?
Michael Leech on the efforts to save and excavate the site of the original Globe Theatre in London.
Edward VI
Pawn of elder statesmen or, as Matthew Christmas argues, another Henry VIII in the making?
Henry VIII and the Invention of the Royal Court
Greg Walker challenges the view that court intrigue, favourites, 'new men' and new manners took root under the Tudor monarch.
Henry VII and Charles the Bold - Brothers Under the Skin?
Steven Gunn explores the surprising similarities between the impetuous Valois duke and the cautious Tudor pragmatist.
Henry VIII and his Ministers
John Guy doubts whether policy was ever imposed on the most wilful of kings.
Henry VII: Out of the Shadows?
We eavesdrop on Ian Dawson as he interrogates the sources and wonders whether the first Tudor was really so mysterious.
Frontiers and Power in the Early Tudor State
Monarchs could do anything – or could they? Steven Ellis examines what happened when commands from the centre had to he executed in practice in the remoter parts of the kingdom.