Edward VI was primed to become an even more disturbing king than his father Henry VIII—until an utterly gruesome end cut his life short.
The indulgent King Charles I of England lost his head for his atrocities—yet few people know the Doomed King's dark history.
Queen Mary cruelly burned over 280 heretics in her short reign—but she wasn’t the only fierce woman in Tudor England.
When Henry VIII finally met Anne of Cleves, he claimed she was unthinkably ugly—but modern historians suggest a more disturbing reason for his disgust.
Let’s take a few moments to express our gratitude to the toilet, which has kept humanity in such tidy and digestive comfort for hundreds of years.
As the daughter of Henry VIII and his mistress Anne Boleyn, Elizabeth was born into infamy—but few people know her even darker history.
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