The Tudors

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Who was the man who became Henry VIII’s confidant after Thomas Cromwell? post image

Who was the man who became Henry VIII’s confidant after Thomas Cromwell?

In Henry VIII's famous reign the 1540s is a strangely neglected decade. Central to an understanding of it, argues Andrew Johnston, is William Paget – 'The King's Secretary'.

King Henry VII and a Year of Great Peril for the Tudors post image

King Henry VII and a Year of Great Peril for the Tudors

In 1497 Henry VII faced multiple threats to his throne. That summer his survival, and that of the House of Tudor, seemed very much in question

Early Modern Regime Change post image

Early Modern Regime Change

Susan Doran examines the fault line between two of England's great dynasties: the Tudors and the Stuarts