Cardinal Wolsey’s fall is quick and pitiless. Stripped of office and authority, he is banished from the court and sent far from his much-beloved King. His unlikely successor is Sir…

Cardinal Wolsey is down but not yet out. Although exiled, he tries to gather last-minute support from his old enemy, Queen Katherine. She hesitantly agrees to his plan, as she…

A visit from Charles V forces Henry to conceal his growing disaffection from Queen Katherine, who is the influential Spanish monarch’s aunt – even as Henry comes face-to-face with the…

As a reward for his denunciation of Martin Luther, the Pope christens Henry “Defender of the Faith,” but a brush with death causes the king to seek a solution to…

Henry is shocked when he learns that his ally, Emperor Charles V of Spain, has released France’s King Francis I from prison. He’s equally surprised when Anne Boleyn turns him…

England’s population is suffering, both from a lack of food and from a lethal plague called ‘The Sweats’. As a result, King Henry feels depressed and not his usual, confident…