Early in his papacy, Francis made a declaration that now appears prophetic: “I want a mess.” ...

Adrian IV was the first, and so far, only English Pope.

With its roots in the medieval period, St Catherine’s Court has been extensively expanded, refurbished, and renovated over the five centuries since it was first established. Notable residents include ...

Twenty-one years after the publication of Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell (Bloomsbury), bestselling author Susanna Clarke has ...

Henry VIII’s reign is often remembered for his many marriages and his relentless pursuit of a legitimate heir. While his ...

Set in 16 th-century England on the eve of Henry VIII’s money-grabbing dissolution of the monasteries, this four-part adaptation of the beloved C.J. Sansom crime novels sees shrewd London lawyer ...

Or they might have remembered something from A-level history about an important, if rather grey figure in Tudor governmental reform and the dissolution of the monasteries. Hilary Mantel’s luminescent ...

Was this the beginning of Protestantism in England, as the institution of an English Bible and the dissolution of the monasteries seem to suggest? Or was it ‘Catholicism without the Pope’, as many ...