Henry, the second son ... with Rome and establish Henry VIII as head of the Church of England. This act also brought him much needed wealth through the dissolution of the well-funded monasteries.

Beyond 'The Streets' authentic Victorian-era stores, whose wares include Burmantofts pottery and traditional tobacco, the ...

John Leland was the right man in the right place during Henry VIII’s reign when the monasteries were being dissolved and their priceless libraries dispersed. Dr John Chandler, an associate lecturer at ...

Or they might have remembered something from A-level history about an important, if rather grey figure in Tudor governmental reform and the dissolution of the monasteries ... just how much Cromwell’s ...

He would subsequently leave a great impression on Henry VIII as well as his future wife ... Cromwell’s role in this process was to oversee the Dissolution of the Monasteries which inspired a surge of ...

The Week is part of Future US Inc, an international media group and leading digital publisher. Visit our corporate site.

Bhutan's enchanting monasteries, including Taktshang Monastery on a cliff in Paro Valley and Punakha Dzong at the confluence of rivers, offer serene escapes into Buddhist traditions and spiritual ...

He was the first Tudor monarch, the king who vanquished Richard III at the Battle of Bosworth Field. So when Henry VII died in 1509 after suffering from gout and asthma, he was fittingly buried in ...

Until the Dissolution of the Monasteries, the estate was owned by the Abbey of St Albans. In 1537 it was then granted by the Crown to Sir Thomas Pope, the founder of Trinity College, Oxford.

Anne Boleyn was the second of King Henry VIII's six wives and it is widely assumed that she spent some of her life living at ...

This word has appeared in three articles on NYTimes.com in the past year. Can you use it in a sentence? By The Learning Network This word has appeared in 48 articles on NYTimes.com in the past ...