Times change. A century ago, Henry VIII was lionized as an English patriotic icon and as one of the truly great men of history. He was praised for being highly cultured and for his love of music, and ...

When the British military historian Alexander McKee began searching for shipwrecks near the Isle of Wight in 1965, there was one in particular he hoped to find: the Mary Rose. The Tudor-era ship had ...

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 VII may not be the most iconic Henry on The Spanish Princess-that honor goes to his youngest son, Henry VIII, whose historical shadow looms large over English history to this day-but the ...

Henry VIII likely commissioned this painting of the Field of Cloth of Gold toward the end of his reign. Royal Collection Trust For two-and-a-half-weeks in June 1520, two of Renaissance Europe’s ...

On his deathbed Tudor King Henry VIII remembers his long reign, especially the crucial part his six marriages played in it, without producing the male heir he desired most to prevent civil wars for ...

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The year’s most exciting discoveries included the site where a young George Washington stopped a friendly fire incident, the missing torso of a Buddha statue and a hidden Picasso painting The 1562 ...

Scientists in England have found the exact spot where, in 1536, King Henry VIII had a terrible jousting accident — a mighty smashup that led to what was likely a traumatic brain injury that ...

This three-minute clip didn’t sugarcoat just how shady the King was when it came to the women in his life, demonstrating how quickly Henry went through wives. And the song's depiction of the King as a ...