Brush up on the Pole family, Charles V, the Holy Roman Empire & the history that shaped the events in Episode 1 as seen on ...

In the long-awaited sequel to “Wolf Hall,” Henry VIII’s royal fixer pays the price for success. (It’s his head.) ...

Find out who's who, where we left off with them, and how they fit into the intrigue & drama that will mesmerize you as it ...

Knowledge of the past is essential but comparisons between the leaders and events of different eras have their limits ...

In the final chapter of the Hilary Mantel book trilogy, Mark Rylance reprises his role as Thomas Cromwell, a man who can feel ...

A ranked list of Henry Cavill's 10 most prominent on-screen characters of all time, from the Last Son of Kryptonite to Geralt of Rivia.

The widely awaited sequel to the hit BBC series Wolf Hall based on Hilary Mantel's last book in her Tudor trilogy, Wolf Hall: ...

Research by the charity English Heritage suggests it may have found a portrait of England's shortest-reigning queen Lady Jane ...

Eager to be first in line, the astute James VI of Scotland responded to the question of the English succession with a war of ...

Treason, tyranny, and terror are fabled words of King Henry VIII, one of history’s most controversial autocrats and ...

The only portrait of England's ill-fated Protestant queen may have been discovered after years of controversy over who it ...

Jane was a devout Protestant at a time of religious upheaval, the ultimate innocent victim of the chicanery of the Tudor court in the chaotic aftermath of Henry VIII’s reign. She is perhaps best ...