THE spirit of historical criticism in the present age is on the whole a charitable spirit. Many public characters have been heard through their advocates at the bar of history, and the judgments long ...

King Henry VII may not be the most iconic Henry on The Spanish Princess-that honor goes to his youngest son, Henry VIII, whose historical shadow looms large over English history to this day-but the ...

It’s difficult to imagine a more skilful propagandist than Hans Holbein the Younger, the German-born artist who spent much of his career in London (where he died, probably from the plague, in 1543).

King Henry VIII had six wives, but none of them have captured the public's imagination like the second, Anne Boleyn. King Henry VIII remains one of England's most famous kings. His nearly four-decade ...

A missing portrait of the English King Henry VIII has been identified after an eagle-eyed art historian spotted it in the background of a photograph posted to social media. It was located just 14 ...

From having two of his wives beheaded to waging bloody wars on Scotland and France, history has rightly portrayed Henry VIII as something of an ogre. But a new study shows the king was vulnerable and ...

Henry VIII may have been the wealthiest monarch in British history. A 1547 inventory of Henry VIII's property estimated that his jewels, tapestries and palaces were worth about 300,000 British pounds ...

King Henry VIII was “un-woke”, but should still be portrayed on television, Damian Lewis has insisted. The British actor, 53, stars as the former monarch – known for beheading two of his six wives and ...

When we think of King Henry VIII, words such as imposing, powerful and frightening might spring to mind to describe him. The fearsome monarch infamously had two of his six wives beheaded and was known ...

King Henry VIII famously had six different wives during his tumultuous 36-year reign over Tudor England. The monarch’s second wife Anne Boleyn had been Queen for less than three years when she was ...