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How to Keep Your Head in King Henry VIII’s Court
Treason, tyranny, and terror are fabled words of King Henry VIII, one of history’s most controversial autocrats and ...
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Dream of a ‘perfect union’ between England and Scotland proved unattainable for James
During the 16th century there were occasional calls for union between England and Scotland. Some believed that the marriage ...
John Lewis prepares to hand customers the keys to its Dorset castle
The retailer owns a stronghold built by Henry VIII – a staff perk the public may soon get to share ...
Origins of the Tudors
From humble beginnings in the service of the princes of Gwynedd, the Tudor family rose steadily to royal stock. The Tudor ...
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The royal patriarch whose tomb stands in St. David’s Cathedral
In one of their first visits to Wales as the Prince and Princess of Wales, William and Catherine paid tribute to Queen ...
See King Buck, One of The World’s Tallest Horses
Images of horses adorn some of man’s earliest art. One of the oldest depictions of horses is in the Cave of Pont d’Arc in ...
The REAL face of Henry VII? Experts to scan 500-year-old effigy head
The effigy rested atop Henry's coffin during his funeral in 1509. The head is all that survives after the body was destroyed ...
The Daily Telegraph14d
Is this the real face of Henry VII? Westminster Abbey is hoping to finally find out
who is thought to have arrived in England from Florence in around 1509-10. The tomb of Henry VII and his wife, Elizabeth of York, will also be scanned as part of the project Credit: Paul Grover ...
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Is this the real face of Henry VII? Westminster Abbey is hoping to finally find out
The latest technology will be used to scan the funeral effigy head of Henry VII, which is currently on display in Westminster Abbey’s museum - Paul Grover ...
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Theatre review: Wu Nien-jen finds the funny in tragedy of a dirty, old man in Human Condition VIII
A wide supporting cast, playing Chen’s wife (Wang Chuan), son (Sam Yang), daughter-in-law (Crystal Lin) and step-daughter (Zhu You-lin), might give the impression of Human Condition VIII as ...
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One of Britain's oldest pubs dating back to King Henry VIII closes suddenly as punters left devastated
Customers have been left devastated as one of Britain's oldest pubs has called time for good after serving customers for 570 years. The Abbot's Fireside in Elham, near Canterbury, Kent, has ...