The Church of England is weighing plans to exhume and enshrine the head of St. Thomas More , the patron saint of statesmen and politicians, in time for the 500th anniversary of his 1535 martyrdom.

As a teen, Anne accompanied Henry VIII’s sister, Mary, to France, where the princess married Louis XII in 1514. By 1522 Anne had returned to England, where she lived at Henry VIII's court ...

Henry VIII’s close adviser was resolute in upholding secular and spiritual authorities over individual judgment. When it came ...

Elizabeth I is the only English queen never to have married. The iconic Tudor monarch's last visit to Kenilworth Castle 450 ...

The notorious Henry VIII famously split from the Catholic Church to divorce his first wife, Catherine, in order to marry Boleyn in 1533. The move led to the creation of a separate Church of England.

The Six Wives of Henry VIII By Alison Weir Grove Weidenfeld, 643 pages, $24.95 Fascination for things Tudor is insatiable; the reading public cannot get its fill and authors keep adding to the moun… ...