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

Henry, the second son of King Henry VII and Elizabeth of York, was born on 28 June 1491 at Greenwich Palace. After the death of his elder brother Arthur in 1502, Henry became heir to the English ...

The secret marriage of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn The secret marriage ... Their controversial union caused a rift with the Pope, leading to England’s excommunication and changing the dynamics ...

Henry VIII authorised it to be the first English Bible for public use in 1539. Henry requests an annulment of his marriage with Catherine from the Pope in order to marry Anne Boleyn. The request ...

In April 1509 Henry assumed the throne on the death of his father, married Catherine in a private ceremony in June after receiving a dispensation from the Pope, and Catherine’s short marriage to ...

Henry VIII believed that men should rule the country. He wanted a son to reign after his death, but he and his first wife's only surviving child was a daughter, Mary. The Pope allowed Henry to put ...