This Reformation-era cope, present now at the Met, was most likely used at the coronation of King Henry VIII in 1509. (By permission of the Governors of Stonyhurst College; copyright Stonyhurst ...
To mark the 500th anniversary of the Reformation, Janina Ramirez tells the story of three books that defined this radical religious revolution in England.
It is commonplace to attribute the birth of the Church of England to Henry VIII's desire to divorce Catherine of Aragon and marry Anne Boleyn. Bernard, professor of early modern history at the ...