Arguably the most famous rulers in world history, Tudor monarchs Henry VIII and his daughter Elizabeth I were, according to journalist and author Meyer (A World Undone), “cold and ruthless egotis[ts]” ...

There are multiple reasons, Kominsky says, why we continue to be so fascinated by this particular period in English history. First, there's the superficial. Simply put, it's a good story. "Henry VIII ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. "Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." The last Tudor monarch may have ...

The Tudor Dynasty produced some of the most infamous monarchs in history, from Henry VIII to Bloody Mary to the Virgin Queen, Elizabeth I—not to mention the lesser-known Tudors, like Henry VII, the ...

A visit to the Met for "The Tudors: Art and Majesty in Renaissance England." Now on view at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, “The Tudors: Art and Majesty in Renaissance England” offers a history of the ...

The theme of novelist and historian Ackroyd’s second title in his projected six-volume history of England (after Foundation) is the 16th-century religious reformation that began, as a dynastic matter, ...

Queen Mary I of England. Mary Tudor (1516-1558) was Queen of England and Queen of Ireland from 1553 until her death. This post is in partnership with the History News Network, the website that puts ...

Royal Bastards: The Rise of the Tudors, a three-part TV docu-drama series premiering on Sky HISTORY, Sky Showcase and NOW, which transports us back to a tumultuous and violent time of usurped kings, ...

Wolf Hall, which airs its final episode tonight on Masterpiece PBS, isn't the first period drama set in the court of King Henry VIII, and it certainly won't be the last. But the latest chapter in ...