An English church wants to exhume and preserve the remains of a martyr whose head was lopped off and speared on a London ...

Henry VIII’s meals were more than just indulgent—they were political power plays. From roasted swan to spiced wine, every ...

A portrait of Henry VII on loan from Rome is now on display at the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, according to museum officials Wednesday.

The funeral effigy head of Henry VII on display in the Abbey Galleries (c) Westminster Abbey The funeral effigy head of Henry VII is thought to be the work of an Italian Renaissance sculptor, Pietro ...

Previous research in the 1980s concluded that Torrigiano must have used a model from Henry VII ’s death mask to achieve such lifelike results. A death mask is a likeness, typically wax or plaster of a ...

From sinister death masks watching from the walls to peculiar carvings of dancing devils, there are places where Worcestershire's secrets take on a darker turn and make the blood run a little cold ...

Seventy-Seven Fascinating Finds Revealed in 2024, From a Mysterious ‘Anomaly’ Near the Great Pyramid of Giza to a Missing Portrait of Henry VIII The year’s most exciting discoveries included ...

We’re all obsessed with Wolf Hall at the moment! The story, which follows King Henry VIII’s court from the perspective of his right hand man, Thomas Cromwell, reaches its conclusion on Sunday ...

Wolf Hall's latest episode introduced us to King Henry VIII's fourth bride, Anne of Cleves, who was married to the monarch for just six months before he decided to annul the union. At the time ...