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Henry VIII, who was born on this day in 1491, is the only English monarch other than William the Conqueror who can claim to ...
Once banished by Protestant churches as part of the sweeping changes wrought by the Reformation 500 years ago, indulgences — ...
Hans Holbein the Younger’s famous “Portrait of Henry VIII” is on loan to the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art from the ...
Christian witness is incompatible with the militantly secular British government.
For the first time in nearly five centuries, Buckland Abbey in Devon will resonate once more with the sacred sounds of ...
As the daughter of King Henry VIII and his second wife, Anne Boleyn, it was clear to Elizabeth from very early on that women ...
Centuries ago, the site was home to St. Leonard's Hospital, a sprawling monastic facility that provided care to sick individuals and supplied meals for prisoners at nearby York Castle ...
King Henry VIII, who was crowned on this day in 1509, once made the decision to knock down an entire small village in England ...
A property in Windsor is heading to auction this week, which will have particular appeal for Tudor history buffs.
The discovery of rare music inside a medieval book has brought the sound of monks back to an abbey for the first time in 500 ...
The historical Great Bibles of Henry VIII and Thomas Cromwell, central to the English Reformation, are now on display in Aberystwyth.