A London barrister in Henry VIII's England finds himself investigating a murder in a monastery. Hulu's new four-part series, based on C.J. Sansom's 2003 novel, feels strikingly contemporary.

Henry VIII endures in the history books as a ruthless king with a cantankerous temperament. But a less cocksure man emerges in the margins of his own prayer books. Following a jousting accident in ...

King Henry VIII divorced a Spanish princess; annulled his marriage to the daughter of a German baron; mourned his queen who died 12 days after she birthed a son; and had three other wives ...

Anne Boleyn’s “Book of Hours.” L: Psalms of the Passion with inscription by Henry VIII. R: The Annunciation with inscription by Anne Boleyn. Photo courtesy of the British Library Archive.

In her new book, “The Creation of Anne Boleyn,” Susan Bordo seeks to dispel the “sedimented mythology” about Boleyn, the ill-fated second wife of Henry VIII.

Her book, “ Jane the Quene ” is the story of Henry VIII’s rejection of Anne Boleyn to marry Jane Seymour, and Jane’s short time on the throne. It’s also the story of the Tudor court ...