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Articles on Henry VIII
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Often it was family members calling for arrest over fears of succession.
The recently discovered heart-shaped locket may offer a rare glimpse into the king’s personal affections.
From ram’s horns to steel parading as silk, renaissance armour doubled as a form of high art.
Stories of sex, power and public execution in Tudor England provide endless entertainment. But let’s not forget their magnificent fashion.
A new book examines art made for the royal court and increasing numbers of ‘middling’ professionals, who embraced art and material objects to mark their new-found status in society.
Margaret Pole and the Courtenays came to Mary’s aid – and paid the price.
The return of Henry VIII’s adviser Thomas Cromwell in a time of political and national turmoil sets up a tense conclusion to Hilary Mantel’s Wolf Hall trilogy.
Elizabeth of Austria, hailed the ‘mother of kings’, is still remembered more for her supposed lack of beauty than for her political legacy.
Jude Law joins the pantheon of great screen Henry VIIIs, up there with Robert Shaw and Richard Burton.
Henry unwittingly set in motion a series of events that would forever change how English scholars would access the primary sources used in historical research.
Beaufort’s presence at Collyweston formed part of a strategic plan, devised by mother and son, to exert royal influence both locally and nationally.
During the Tudor period, religious beliefs shaped people’s attitudes towards food and food waste.
News of King Charles III’s cancer is unexpected: it is unusual for the royal family to release details of medical conditions to the public.
The court would laugh at rather than with the fool.
Henry had always been a theatrically pious king and in his last years he turned to religion with melancholy intensity.
From lockets for Henry VIII’s wedding to tea cups for Charles III’s coronation, there is a long history of royal souvenirs.
When is a four-figure handbag a fashion faux pas? When you’re a character in Succession, rubbing shoulders with some of the richest and snobbiest elitists ever committed to screen.
The celebration of generous portions, meat and fat as masculine and patriotic would have been alien to Washington and Jefferson, who advocated vegetables and moderation as American ideals.
A short guide to the Wolf Hall author’s remarkably varied back catalogue.
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Professor of the History of Christianity, Durham University
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Research Associate, Australian Catholic University; Adelaide University
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Professor of the History of the Church, University of Oxford
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Senior Lecturer in Geography, University of Portsmouth
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Professor of Tudor and Renaissance Literature, University of Sheffield
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Professor of English, Centre for Early Modern and Medieval Studies, University of Sussex
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Professor in History, Manchester Metropolitan University
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Professor of Welsh History, Bangor University