The uproar over the king’s break with the Catholic Church turns into a full-blown rebellion that comes to be known as “The Pilgrimage of Grace.” Immobilized by an old jousting…

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…

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…

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…

As King Henry gains in confidence, his displeasure with the way the Catholic church handles his request for an annulment of his marriage to Katherine of Aragon grows. As a…

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…

A papal envoy has come to discuss the annulment of the King’s marriage to Katherine of Aragon, as requested by the King. The outcome of these discussions will determine Cardinal…