Tudor

Five hundred years ago, in a spirit of rivalry and cooperation, two young Renaissance monarchs asserted their power and authority at one of the last great demonstrations of the chivalric age.

A plot, a rebellion and a triumph from the life of Thomas Cromwell.

A skilfully woven synthesis tells the story of the castles, palaces and great houses of Tudor England.

Seemingly inconsequential, dedicating books to royalty was a vital part of Tudor publishing.

Before the British Empire and the Atlantic slave trade, Africans lived freely in Tudor England.

The grand funeral of Anne of Cleves, the neglected fourth queen of Henry VIII, took place during the reign of Mary Tudor, when English Catholicism was resurgent.

In his pursuit of Anne Boleyn, Thomas Cromwell was guided by a prophecy foretelling treason.

Derek Wilson explores the Prebendaries Plot against Henry VIII’s reforming archbishop.

Michael Everett takes issue with one of Mary C. Erler’s assumptions in her otherwise perceptive article from 2014 on Thomas Cromwell’s friendship with Abbess Margaret Vernon.