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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 ...
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 ...
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.
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.
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 ...
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Smithsonian Magazine on MSNAn English Church Wants to Exhume the Skull of Thomas More, Tudor Statesman Beheaded by Henry VIII Nearly 500 Years Ago
The king accused More of treason and ordered his execution in 1535. Now, St. Dunstan's hopes to conserve the Catholic saint's ...
Most movies about England’s King Henry VIII like to focus on the mercurial monarch’s failed marriages. His six wives have been collectively described as divorced, died, beheaded, divorced ...
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