The Black Death, also known as the Bubonic Plague, ravaged Europe between 1346 and 1352, decimating almost half of the ...

A long-forgotten document from 1596, unearthed in the National Archives by historian Stephen Alford, has has reveled an espionage network led by Robert Cecil, spymaster to Queen Elizabeth I ...

Save guides, add subjects and pick up where you left off with your BBC account. Elizabeth I was born Princess Elizabeth in September 1533, the daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn, Henry’s ...

The "Rainbow Portrait" of Queen Elizabeth I, painted in the early 17th century. Isaac Oliver via Wikimedia Commons Though more than 400 years have passed since they were painted, her portraits are ...