"Virtuous Woman", a 3m x 3.4m textile piece, is a modern version of an embroidery that has been lost over time at Hardwick ...
The 16th century saw the start of the Protestant Reformation in Europe. These Protestant ideas began to spread to England and Wales in the 1520s and started to influence many people. However ...
Researchers at Lancaster University have examined the skeletal remains of the 16th-century English warship Mary Rose.
She was married four times, became one of the richest women in England and was a friend of ... it was first decorated at the end of the 16th Century. Extraordinarily, that's where they remain.
People who opposed the religious changes sometimes refused to follow the new practices, spoke out publicly against the changes, or organised rebellions or conspiracies against the monarchy.