Whether for good or ill, there's no denying that King Henry VIII was one of England's most influential monarchs. His reign would lead the country into the Reformation, establish the Church of England, ...
A home that once belonged to Anne of Cleves, the fourth of King Henry VIII's six wives, is now listed on the market by the real estate group Jackson-Stops Mid Sussex with an asking price of about $2.5 ...
Even amid the pomp and splendor of King Henry VIII’s iconic portraits, one accessory stands out: a bejeweled dagger, clutched by the mighty monarch’s left hand. Though the weapon’s function was ...
Locals had long shared stories of Collyweston Palace. Then, excavations in England’s Midlands revealed traces of the fabled estate Cool Finds Meilan Solly | Senior Associate Digital Editor, History If ...
A gold signet ring linked to Queen Elizabeth I has gone on display at Hampton Court Palace after being found by a ...
Jude Russo, managing editor: Good aphorisms make bad history. At the same time, it is not entirely wrong to say that, in the Anglosphere, everything starts with the Tudors. Two of the three great ...
A gleaming gold “Tudor Heart” pendant has been declared of great historical importance thanks to new insights it offers into King Henry VIII’s ill-fated first marriage to Catherine of Aragon. The ...
In Britain, schoolchildren learning about Tudor history are taught a handy rhyme to remember the order of King Henry VIII’s six wives: “Divorced, beheaded, died. Divorced, beheaded, survived.” ...
Sony Pictures Entertainment is jumping on the period drama bandwagon with a miniseries about infamous British monarch Henry VIII. By Thomas K. Arnold, The Associated Press Sony Pictures Entertainment ...
A parrot on the back of the heart-shaped object symbolizes Elizabeth’s status as a “virgin queen” Cool Finds Hidden Tunnels ...
It was a find of such magnitude that the amateur detectorist who discovered it was lost for words, and the expert who unraveled its mysteries spent two years researching it. Charlie Clarke had only ...