Under These Restless Skies

The death of Lady Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury, stands out in a brutal and bloody reign as one of its more terrible moments. To...

Elizabeth wearing one of her mother's initial pendants, a letter "A" Queen Elizabeth I seems to have had an aversion to t...

In early November of 1541, the king was passed a note after mass. His councilors were so afraid of his reaction to its contents that t...

Thomas More is one of the most interesting characters of the Tudor era. Utterly brilliant, imaginative, and pious, he also had a healthy s...