Kate Phillips (left) and Damian Lewis (right) as Jane Seymour and Henry VIII in "Wolf Hall ... Mary’s supporters feared that she would face the same punishment if she continued to hold out.

The story follows Thomas Cromwell in the final years of his life as he balances the terrifying tightrope of navigating Henry VIII's court ... her father's terms or face dire consequences.

Henry, the second son of King ... the supremacy of the Pope in the face of the reforming ideals of the German theologian, Martin Luther. Henry VIII's early military campaigns began when he joined ...

Catherine Parr was not simply the sixth (and last) wife of King Henry VIII of England. She was a gifted scholar and capable leader who helped cultivate the same qualities in her stepdaughter—the ...

In 1530, at Hampton Court Palace, King Henry VIII and his advisers penned a letter to Rome. In it, for the first time, Henry threatened to break with the Vatican and split off from the Catholic ...