Treason, tyranny, and terror are fabled words of King Henry VIII, one of history’s most controversial autocrats and ...

Rome’s interests in Egypt, Carthage, and Sicily were trade-driven: Even though Rome was surrounded by plantations, it was an ...

Thomas Wolsey's ascendancy was ... who acted like a nurse, was more harmonious and she would go on to outlive him. Henry VIII died on 28 January 1547 and was succeeded by his son, Edward VI.

Damian Lewis and Mark Rylance reprise their roles as Henry VIII and Thomas Cromwell in this Wolf Hall sequel. Learn why critics are raving. #WolfHallPBS:The Mirror and the Light ...

The Augustinian Priory was built in the 12th and 13th centuries and destroyed on the orders of Henry VIII during the Reformation – the order ...

Last week, with the run up to the Oscars, I deviated somewhat from past practices by providing a list of, not 10 good legal movies, but 10 terrible ones. (Well, 9 terrible movies plus one ...

Located in the heart of Cambridgeshire, Ramsey Abbey House — a Grade 1 listed building with a rich history including once ...

Malhuret’s sweeping jeremiad provides a useful framework because it locates the source of the problem squarely as stemming from the mad emperor (the Nero-like Trump) with merely a secondary, ...

The Tony-nominated thespian appears as Sir Thomas More, the trusted friend of King Henry VIII and devoted Catholic saint, in A Man for All Seasons as it tours the country. Robert Bolt’s award ...

Henry VIII ruled England over 500 years ago, and yet there is an almost obsessive fascination with the period of his reign ...

Thomas More, Thomas Cromwell, Henry VIII, as well as the various women lined up to become the wives of the king, such as Anne of Cleves. He was a contributor to the history of book design as well ...

The end of the sitcom Gavin And Stacey, Andrew “Freddie” Flintoff’s documentary and the game show The Traitors are up for ...