The king accused More of treason and ordered his execution in 1535. Now, St. Dunstan's hopes to conserve the Catholic saint's ...

Margaret Douglas was a formidable figure in Tudor history. A cousin of Queen Elizabeth I, her position in Tudor politics was ...

The Church of England is weighing plans to exhume and enshrine the head of St. Thomas More , the patron saint of statesmen and politicians, in time for the 500th anniversary of his 1535 martyrdom.

From the bell tower of Leuven’s university library you get a great view across the mottled rooftops of my favourite Flemish ...

Hollywood star and director Cynthia Nixon took a scenic break in England, staying at the stunning castle where Henry VIII spent his honeymoon with Anne Boleyn. The Sex and the City icon shared her ...

History is the examination of important episodes from the past. In other words, it’s a bit like watching a River City re-run on BBC iPlayer.

Better known perhaps for his six wives - divorced, beheaded, died, divorced, beheaded, survived - as the rhyme of their fates ...

St. Thomas More (1478–1535) served as Lord Chancellor of England under King Henry VIII. A renowned scholar and author of ...

Archaeologists have discovered the skeletal remains of at least 25 individuals and possibly as many as 50, as well as various ...

Once banished by Protestant churches as part of the sweeping changes wrought by the Reformation 500 years ago, indulgences — a Roman Catholic means of ensuring the remission of sins — are now making a ...

It is an honour to stand here in this empty Chamber to speak about the original purpose of this space, when it was a chapel ...

As the chapel of the Tower of London installs an elevator, researchers are uncovering the lives of those who lived and died ...