A couple in southern England were working in their garden, adjusting a fence post. As they dug into the clay soil near their ...

Here are seven notable enemies of Martin Luther, the Augustinian monk who nailed 95 theses on a church door in Wittenberg, ...

The British Museum is fighting to acquire the Tudor Heart, a gold pendant from the early 16th century. The national treasure ...

The hoard includes coins from the reigns of Henry VI, Edward IV, Henry VII, and Henry VIII, along with three of his wives.

With King Charles III's visit to Pope Leo XIV at the Apostolic Palace, the ghost of Henry VIII has once again materialized, ...

Henry VIII is one of England’s most famous kings. Known for his love of feasting, getting married and chopping people’s heads off (in that order), Henry oversaw some of the most dramatic changes in ...

Catherine Parr did more than simply outlive her notorious husband. She played a role in shaping the future of the kingdom—and the reigns of its future queens. Catherine Parr was not simply the sixth ...

In “The Waiting Game,” the historian Nicola Clark tells a lively and vivid story of the women who served Henry VIII’s queens. By Eva Wolchover “Firebrand” focuses on his sixth spouse as she tries to ...

United. Uber. Wells Fargo. CEOs of well-known brands are constantly under a microscope—every mistake or fault criticized, analyzed, and publicized. After a passenger was forcibly removed from his seat ...

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 ...

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 decapitated.