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For a woman who had such a profound effect on a whole country, she is surprisingly enigmatic. Catherine of Valois changed ...
Everyone knows that King Charles I was the least successful of England’s many Kings and Queens. The idea is traditional, well ...
So where did it all go wrong? Why was Henry such a terrible king? Discover the dark history of England's most unfortunate monarch. California to Negotiate Trade With Other Countries to Bypass ...
Here’s the history behind the hit. King Henry VIII of England is surrounded by his 6 wives, including Anne of Cleves, Jane Seymour, Catherine Parr, Catherine Howard, Anne Boleyn, and Catherine ...
The Pope refused to grant Henry an annulment, and so the King triggered a seismic split with the Catholic Church to get what he wanted. He was made the head of the Church of England and ...
Henry IV. His own orderly reign brought stability to England, allowing him to (barely) finance his conquest of much of France. Bookish and artistic, he meticulously stage-managed his public image ...
King Henry VIII arrives at the castle on a horse ... This is suburban America, 2024. It is also England, in the year of our Lord 1537. It’s the Maryland Renaissance Festival, where the masses ...
Henry, the second son of King Henry VII and Elizabeth of York, was born on 28 June 1491 at Greenwich Palace. After the death of his elder brother Arthur in 1502, Henry became heir to the English ...
Thomas' Prince of Darkness' Cromwell had a reputation for being a brutal, unforgiving enforcer to England's most tyrannical royal, King Henry VIII. Despite his nickname, he was actually never a ...
In addition to having been significantly better at running England ... betrothal to the French king, and the occasional assassination plot. Although the historical Henry was in his 20s for ...
A stark reminder, both to Cromwell and to viewers, that Henry’s court is inherently dangerous and predatory. Better sharpen those claws, Cromwell. England, 1529. King Henry VIII and Katherine of ...