Sumptuary laws limited many of the clothing items that the lower and middle classes could wear. Politics often played an ...

Thomas of Argos was a Greek mercenary who served King Henry VIII of England in the 16th century in the wars against Scotland ...

Lucas Horenbout, also known as Lucas Hornebolt, was a Flemish painter who worked in England as the king’s painter. He was ...

Unlike the St. Edward’s Crown, the Tudor Crown is not an actual physical object. Its design is however inspired by the historical crown used by King Henry VIII (hence the name Tudor Crown), which was ...

Costume designer Joanna Eatwell reveals the secrets behind the stunning Tudor wardrobe in Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light. #WolfHallPBS:The Mirror and the Light ...

But even his close bond with King Henry VIII couldn’t save Cromwell from the same fate that befell two of Henry’s wives. The Mirror and the Light opened its first episode with a shot of ...

Flanking a fireplace on the first floor are two portraits by Hans Holbein. One depicts Thomas More — the author of “Utopia” and the lord high chancellor of England under King Henry VIII — who was ...

Mark Rylance, left, as Thomas Cromwell and Damien Lewis as Henry VIII in Wolf Hall ... as though it has been lifted from a painting by Hans Holbein (himself a character in the series).