Rags-to-riches hero or villainous torturer? The truth about Henry VIII's scheming right-hand man Thomas Cromwell
With her Wolf Hall books, novelist Hilary Mantel made Tudor bad guy Thomas Cromwell sympathetic. But as a new TV adaptation ...
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The Real Story Behind ‘Wolf Hall’ and the Fall of Thomas Cromwell, Henry VIII’s Most Controversial Adviser
Based on Hilary Mantel's novel "The Mirror & the Light," the last installment in the acclaimed television series chronicles ...
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Who was King Henry VIII?
Sometimes just one person changes things, like Henry VIII. When Henry was 18, he became King of England. He loved music, dancing and playing sports, like jousting and archery. But he got angry if ...
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Catherine Parr: The Wife King Henry Loved Most?
Catherine Parr is now best remembered for being the sixth and final wife of King Henry VIII. “Divorced, beheaded, died; ...
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Henry VIII's Wildest Mistress
Being King Henry VIII’s lover was a dangerous game—just ask his six ill-fated wives. Yet no one played that game better than Elizabeth Blount, one of Henry’s most important yet little-known mistresses ...
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Henry VIII and His Six Wives - Full Cast & Crew
On his deathbed Tudor King Henry VIII remembers his long reign, especially the crucial part his six marriages played in it, without producing the male heir he desired most to prevent civil wars ...
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Local vocalists Helena Collective revive ‘6/VIII,’ their tale of Henry Tudor's ill-fated wives
The women of the Helena Collective, an all-female vocal ensemble, are reviving their award-winning production of 6/VIII: The ...
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Henry VIII
became King Henry VIII. Soon after he obtained the papal dispensation required to allow him to marry his brother's widow, Catherine of Aragon. In the first years of his reign Henry VIII ...
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King Henry VIII
King Henry VIII was King of England from 1509 until his death in 1547. He is best known for having six wives, whom he either divorced, had beheaded or died - except for Catherine Parr who survived ...
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Henry son of Henry VIII
Henry, Duke of Cornwall, eldest son of Henry VIII and his queen Katherine of Aragon was buried ... bells and bonfires were set off in celebration and the King rode to Walsingham to give thanks. On ...
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Henry VIII
The coronation of Henry VIII and Katherine of Aragon took place on Sunday 24th June 1509. The ceremony is illustrated in the mortuary roll of Abbot Islip dated 1532 in the Abbey's archives. The day ...
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King Henry VIII
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