When Michael Hirst wrote the screenplay for the Showtimes series, The Tudors, he was fascinated by King Henry VIII’s lifelong friend and...

The earliest surviving portrait of King Richard III My eight week evening course about the life and legacy of King Richard III is open...

The  Wars of the Roses resulted in unexpected travels for royalty who were forced to flee abroad or into places of religious sanctuary...

For centuries, artists sought out royal patrons to advance their careers. European monarchs were eager to fill their courts with artists...

Although King Henry VIII and his daughter Queen Elizabeth I are two of the most famous monarchs in English history, knowledge of their...

Breverton takes a wide approach to the Tudor period, discussing dishes from England’s first cookbook, The Forme of Cury, a Roll of...

Doran begins by reversing long standing assumptions about Elizabeth’s views of her parents, King Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn. Henry VIII...

Katherine’s eventful life, shaped by the key political, religious and social changes of the 16th century has plenty of material for a...

The lives of Henry VIII’s other 3 wives, however, were shaped directly by events in the rest of Europe as well as England. Anne Boleyn...

Guy provides fresh insights about the intimate world of the Tudor dynasty from Henry VIII’s marriage to his first wife, Catherine of...

The earliest surviving portrait of King Richard III Richard III will be reburied in Leicester Cathedral on March 26, after months of...

Worsley presents the history of the English royal bedchamber with enthusiasm and energy. She climbs into beds to test just how...

The earliest surviving portrait of King Richard III “The remains of King Richard III continue to yield new information about one of...

Mary of Modena, consort of James II, with her son James, known as “the warming pan baby “or “the Old Pretender” My column in the Ottawa...

Caernarfon Castle In 1538, King Henry VIII of England received a report that Caernarfon Castle in Wales was “moche ruynous and ferre in...

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry at The 2011 Sun Military Awards at Imperial War Museum in London. (Photo by Arthur...