May 19 is the 488th anniversary of the execution of Anne Boleyn, second wife of Henry VIII of England, who lost her head ...

Anne Boleyn was the second wife of Henry VIII and the mother of Elizabeth I. Henry's desire to divorce his first wife and marry Anne helped bring about the English Reformation. She was the first ...

Image: Annette Crosbie as Catherine of Aragon, Dorothy Tutin as Anne Boleyn Keith Michell as Henry VIII and Anne Stallybrass as Jane Seymour in a scene from the series The Six Wives Of Henry VIII.

While there’s a touch of “Greensleeves” — the song Henry VIII supposedly wrote for his second wife, Anne Boleyn — the show features futuristic costumes, sassy quips and an all-female ...

Thomas Cromwell, the son of a blacksmith, worked his way up to become King Henry VIII's chief minister following the king's marriage to Anne Boleyn. Some historians believe it was Cromwell who ...

As one of history's most well-documented lotharios, King Henry VIII was a real hit with the ladies. It would take someone very special to keep the king interested and loyal. So does a young Anne ...

The programme premiered in 2007 and is set during the reign of Henry VIII. The first series became the highest-rating ...

In 1947, gangster Al "Scarface" Capone died at age 48 after suffering from syphilis. In 1959, the first scheduled ...

By Rosalind Early What do St. Hildegard of Bingen — a writer, composer, philosopher and Christian mystic from the Middle Ages ...