In the final episode of her Tudor Life Academy video series, Ruth Goodman explores love, sex and marriage in Tudor England 🔒 This video is free for HistoryExtra members https://t.co/tzuvBDNhcl

The strange and powerful symbol at the heart of one of history’s greatest temples reveals the importance of the goddess Artemis in ruling fertility, childbirth and nature 🗝️ This article is free to read https://t.co/46W7Cf1r2s

#OnThisDay in 1499, royal pretender Perkin Warbeck was tried for treason in the White Hall of the Palace of Westminster. He was found guilty and hanged at Tyburn a week later. 📸 Getty

In the 12th century, a sect of killers spread fear across the Middle East, executing a series of high-profile political murders. Steve Tibble introduces the original assassins https://t.co/sMsabumRzg 🔒 This article is free for HistoryExtra members

How did a law passed by Elizabeth I turn fashion into welfare? Ruth Goodman explains the story behind one garment and the difference it made to the 16th-century poor, and examines the origins of England’s first social safety net 🗝️ This is free to read https://t.co/rQlBsmtcIb

#OnThisDay in 1920, the General Assembly of the League of Nations met for the first time at Geneva in Switzerland. 📸 Getty

Dan Jones and Helen Castor delve into the turbulent life and reign of Henry Bolingbroke, to explore how he became the usurper Henry IV 🔒 This video is free for HistoryExtra members https://t.co/whTuEzCDAL

How much do you know about the history of Frogmore Cottage, previously home to Prince Harry and Meghan, Duke and Duchess of Sussex? Who has lived there before, and why was it built? https://t.co/h38HtvD3cR 🗝️ This article is free to read

#OnThisDay in 1770, James Bruce reached the Blue Nile’s source in Ethiopia. Emotion overcame him. “Though a mere private Briton,” Bruce later wrote, “I triumphed here, in my own mind, over kings and their armies.” 📸 Getty

On the podcast | Tracy Borman shares explosive new research that challenges what we thought we knew about the end of Elizabeth I's reign

If you’ve ever posted a comment on social media, you’ve created a potential source for future historians. But what problems does this mass of new material pose? https://t.co/oFqhmHyDUZ 🗝️ This article is free to read

#OnThisDay in 1850, Scottish novelist, poet and travel writer Robert Louis Stevenson was born in Edinburgh. Both his father and grandfather were lighthouse engineers and the family had initially hoped that the young Robert would follow in their footsteps. 📸 Getty

As a new theory, put forward by Professor John Blair, questions whether the embroidery was unique, David Musgrove asks historians whether there could have been more than one ‘Bayeux Tapestry’ 🔒 This article is free for HistoryExtra members https://t.co/PEbdaRmC7k

How much do you know about the history of the White House in Washington, DC, which has been home to all US presidents since John Adams in 1800? https://t.co/BhGAKcPBL0 🗝️ This article is free to read

#OnThisDay in 1980, after a three-year journey, the Voyager One space probe flew by Saturn, sending back the first high-definition images of the planet, its rings and satellites. 📸 Getty

On the podcast | Gordon Corera introduces Vasili Mitrokhin, a Soviet archivist whose quiet rebellion exposed the deepest secrets of the KGB

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Ellie Cawthorne visits Farleigh Hungerford castle in southwest England to hear more about the stories that lurk in the site’s long history 🔒 This video is free for HistoryExtra members https://t.co/1lXgut9Iln

Religious reformer Martin Luther’s message of spiritual freedom helped ignite the German Peasants’ War of 1525. But before too long, Luther had turned against the very people who claimed to fight in his name 🗝️ This article is free to read https://t.co/p4WuCkYGHC

#OnThisDay in 1760, George II became the last monarch to be buried in Westminster Abbey when he was laid to rest there alongside his wife, Caroline of Ansbach. 📸 Getty