Sumptuary laws limited many of the clothing items that the lower and middle classes could wear. Politics often played an ...

including Henry VIII’s potential bride, Christina of Denmark, pale-faced and decked out in black, as depicted by Hans Holbein the Younger (whose other paintings, frustratingly, are scattered ...

Some 500 years before apps such as Hinge, Bumble and Matched became familiar ways in which to meet a future partner, portraiture was an essential part of the matrimonial process for the nobility of ...

From Henry VIII’s surprising second thoughts to the ... Left: Portrait of Stephen Gardiner painted by an anonymous British artist between 1570 and 1599. Stephen Gardiner, Bishop of Winchester ...

But even his close bond with King Henry VIII couldn’t save Cromwell from the same fate that befell two of Henry’s wives. The Mirror and the Light opened its first episode with a shot of ...

But more entertaining was the ritual innocent hostage-taking of the festival. Henry VIII tried to ban Hocktide (Photo via Getty) A perculiar Hocktide custom, on ‘Hock Monday’ women would capture men ...

And that is Hans Holbein and his court paintings ... In Wolf Hall [Season 1], Henry was much a much younger soul—he was athletic, he was playful, he was in love. Everything was very optimistic.

About 100,000 bulbs are painting the garden of the historic royal palace in a carpet of colour. The U.K.'s largest tulip festival at the former home of King Henry VIII is delighting visitors in ...

Gout is often associated with wealthy historical figures, including Henry VIII and Queen Victoria, who were known to enjoy alcohol and red meats, both of which known to cause the illness.

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