The Duchess of Cornwall has hinted at the similarities between herself and the sixth and final wife of Henry VIII, Katherine Parr, who had already been married twice by the time she married the Tudor ...

In Britain, schoolchildren learning about Tudor history are taught a handy rhyme to remember the order of King Henry VIII’s six wives: “Divorced, beheaded, died. Divorced, beheaded, survived.” ...

Television shows about the first Tudor king, Henry VII, are few and far between. The Shadow of the Tower is little known ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." The last Tudor monarch may have passed away in 1603, but Hollywood’s obsession with Henry VIII-era ...

Weir’s final book in the Six Tudor Queens series (after Katheryn Howard: The Scandalous Queen) is an engaging and deeply researched take on Henry VIII’s final wife, Katherine Parr. Katherine, the ...

One of the difficulties of studying Tudor and medieval women is the silence they have left. Medieval people did not write nearly as much as historians would wish, and medieval women hardly wrote at ...

Showtime’s lush historical drama “The Tudors” opens its fourth and final season with a new queen. With Henry VIII as the groom, you wait for the ax to fall. A five-episode arc tracks Henry’s (Jonathan ...

Firebrand has found its Catherine Parr and Henry VIII in Michelle Williams and Jude Law. In an exclusive from Deadline, news broke that Williams will be starring as the sixth and final wife of the ...

Last week’s episode was so macabre and enjoyable that I had a hard time even wanting to watch this week. I felt for sure that I would be let down after all the excitement of torture and executions.

One of the difficulties of studying Tudor and medieval women is the silence they have left. Medieval people did not write nearly as much as historians would wish, and medieval women hardly wrote at ...