The Battle of Bosworth Field ushered in the Tudor dynasty’s rise, but how exactly did the medieval conflict unfold? A new Sky HISTORY series seeks answers.
Henry VIII planned a monumental tomb to match his power and legacy. Instead, the king who reshaped England’s relationship with Rome now lies beneath a small, easily missed slab. Here’s how three Tudor ...
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 ...
Long before Farnham was a bustling market town, its quiet palace rooms once sheltered the most precious child in the kingdom, ...
What did everyday life look like for the millions of ordinary people living in Tudor England? Historian Ruth Goodman found ...
The Tudor dynasty ruled England for 118 years, just three generations, but leaving an indelible mark on the country and embodying for many the paradigmatic English monarchy. From Henry VII to ...
"Eat, drink and be merry!" With roots in the Roman festival of Saturnalia, the Lord of Misrule was a festive, roll-reversal ...
A jeweled and embroidered “gabled hood’' frames Seymour’s face tightly. Adding to the mood of luxury and piety in the painting are a jeweled necklace and pendant pinned to Seymour’s bodice that spells ...
The entrance to the Metropolitan Museum’s exhibition “The Tudors: Art and Majesty in Renaissance England” is dominated by a pair of bronze angels bearing candlesticks and an imposing nine foot high ...