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Humphrey Llwyd quite literally put Wales on the map.
Martin Luther's Reformation resulted in Henry VIII making law changes which are still having an effect on today's Brexit negotiations.
The Scottish capital is reopening a well kept secret: one of the world's finest collections of vintage sound machines.
Under the Tudors, parliamentary sovereignty became paramount.
Henry VIII's Spanish queen, Catherine, introduced him to them and he is said to have eaten 20 at one sitting. Food for thought this Thanksgiving.
Historical insight is not the only thing that has been raised with the Mary Rose.
An assimilation of artistic, geographical and historical records offers the best reconstruction of the battle in which the Mary Rose sank yet.
Giles Fraser thinks that 'Brexit recycles the defiant spirit of the Reformation'. How wrong can he be?
David Cameron has pledged that Britain will take 20,000 Syrian refugees – but how did Henry VIII manage those in need 500 years ago?
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Professor of English, Centre for Early Modern and Medieval Studies, University of Sussex
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Professor of the History of the Church, University of Oxford
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Sport and Exercise Biomechanist, Swansea University
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PhD researcher, Swansea University
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Senior Lecturer in Geography, University of Portsmouth
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Professor of History, University of Warwick
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Professor of Tudor and Renaissance Literature, University of Sheffield
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Senior Lecturer in Music, Northumbria University, Newcastle
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Senior Lecturer in History, Manchester Metropolitan University
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Professor of Welsh History, Bangor University
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PhD candidate, History, Deakin University
