In 1534, Henry VIII broke away from the Catholic Church, declaring himself supreme head of the Church of England. He expected his nephew, James V of Scotland, to follow suit, but James did not. When ...

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The new mini-series dramatizes the Villiers family’s scandalous rise to power at the court of England’s James I Meilan Solly - Senior Associate Digital Editor, History Julianne Moore as Mary Villiers ...

The British Library has found censored details in the official account of Elizabeth I’s reign which suggest that King James I may have tried to have her assassinated and that he fabricated an account ...