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The most important document in Tudor history? How a forgotten text triggered a royal crisis

When the dying teenage king Edward VI rewrote the royal succession in his own hand, he tried to overturn his father's wishes, disinherit both Mary and Elizabeth, and place his Protestant cousin Lady ...
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Tunnels dating to Henry VIII's reign uncovered beneath English school

Tunnels dating to Henry VIII's reign have been discovered on the grounds of New Hall School in Chelmsford, England. The news was first reported by the BBC earlier this month. Workers repairing a ha-ha ...
Los Angeles Times

The raw materials of Henry VIII’s reign

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Plenty of historians and writers -- among them J.J. Scarisbrick, Alison ...
Winston-Salem Journal

Studying Henry VIII: A year of exhibits at museums, palaces mark the 500th anniversary of his reign

Monarch. Tyrant. Reformer. Husband from hell. King Henry VIII, who took the throne 500 years ago Tuesday, went on to transform Britain. He married six times and sent two of his queens to the ...
Artnet

3 Things You Didn’t Know About Holbein’s Henry VIII

Renaissance England is inseparable from the reign of King Henry VIII, the notorious monarch who famously had six wives—most of whom met unfortunate ends. Initially married to Catherine of Aragon, ...