On the HistoryExtra podcast, historian Steven Gunn reveals what coroners’ inquests tell us about everyday Tudor life, and how ...

From Bette Davis to Cate Blanchett as Queen Elizabeth I, from Charles Laughton to Jonathan Rhys Meyers as King Henry VIII, from “Fire Over England” to “Wolf Hall,” the Tudor era has kept movies, ...

Professor Suzannah Lipscomb is fascinated by everything in the Tudor period – and where better to start than the six wives of Henry VIII? The National Portrait Gallery in London is hosting a new ...

In this episode, Kate is joined by Professor Suzannah Lipscomb, host of our sister podcast Not Just the Tudors. They discuss ...

One of its most familiar lines, the Black Bay recalls Tudor’s divers’ watches of the 1950s. The Black Bay 58, in particular, ...

The Tudors season 4, episode 10 – entitled Death of a Monarchy – has aired. This episode is also the series finale. The king commissions a painting of himself, like his father before me. Unfortunately ...

Showtime’s lush historical drama “The Tudors” opens its fourth and final season with a new queen. With Henry VIII as the groom, you wait for the ax to fall. A five-episode arc tracks Henry’s (Jonathan ...

In its first season, Showtime’s “The Tudors” so often strayed into romantic fantasy that I developed one of my own. In my version of the oft-told tale of the king who took six wives, Henry VIII ...

Showtime's new series The Tudors offers what could be seen as parallels between the reign of Henry VIII and the current Bush administration. At heart, however, the show is a steamy, violent soap opera ...