Anne of Cleves is often reduced to a punchline about a failed marriage, which is unfair and...
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The Aztec world did not produce quiet administrators. It produced rulers who steered a fast growing empire...
I have spent years wandering through museum reconstructions and leafing through charters full of scattered clues about...
Early Life and Elusive Origins Anne Boleyn’s beginnings sit in that awkward space where the sources refuse...
When discussing Henry VIII’s wives, the historian quickly discovers that Tudor England was never short of opinions....
Few figures in Tudor history inspire as much stubborn admiration as Catherine of Aragon. She was a...
A historian gets used to certain questions. This one rarely leaves the top three. The six wives...
The world of Aztec warfare has long fascinated me. It blends strict military ranks, religious fervour and...
A historian cannot help feeling a certain admiration for the sheer audacity behind the rise of the...
Across the long sweep of human history, a few ruling families managed to shape their age with...