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1. Tudor England -- Henry Viii
   Tudor England witnesses a building boom as the monarch and his overmighty subjects try to impress people with their wealth and power. Hampton Court, given to Henry VIII by Cardinal Wolsey in 1526, is home to five of the King's wives. It is said to be haunted by Catherine Howard, his fifth.
2. Thomas Cromwell -- Henry Viii
   Thomas Cromwell, Earl of Essex (1485-1540) was the secretary to Cardinal Wolsey and subsequently to Henry VIII and his chief advisor upon ecclesiastical matters. Today he is best remembered for two crucial acts. Firstly Cromwell was the principal promoter of the dissolution of the monasteries and other Catholic institutions. Secondly he negotiated Henry's ill fated marriage with Anne of Cleves. (The vignette in this engraving depicts Henry's introduction to Anne by means of a flattering portrait.) The eventual failure of this marriage contributed to Cromwell's downfall. Like so many of his contemporaries in the perilous court of King Henry, Cromwell's life ended on the executioner's block.
3. English Reformation -- Henry Viii
   The basics of the story of the English Reformation are widely known - English King Henry VIII wanted to marry a new wife, but the pope wouldn't let him. So, he separated the English church from the Roman Catholic Church in order to divorce his first wife and marry someone new. All of this is true, but there are a number of missing details which make the story more interesting and more complicated.
4. Anne Boleyn -- Henry Viii
   Anne Boleyn is one of the most unforgettable Queens of all time. She is remembered for her brilliance,glamour, elegance, and for the incredible hold she held on King Henry for such a long time. Anne ... played a major role in England's split from the Roman Catholic Church, and in the creation of the Church of England.
5. Jane Seymour -- Henry Viii
   Jane Seymour was the mother of King Edward VI, was the third wife of King Henry VIII. Jane was the daughter of one of the King's knights. In Henry's attempts to win Jane, he sent her a love letter and a purse. Jane sent the letter and the purse back unopened with a touching message about her family's honour. The King promised to defend the honor, and they were married May 30, 1536.
6. Elizabeth (1998) -- Henry Viii
   Elizabeth was born at Greenwich Palace in London on September 7, 1533. Her parents, Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn, wanted a son as heir and were not pleased with the birth of a daughter. When she was two her mother was beheaded for adultery, and Elizabeth was exiled from court. She was later placed under the protection of Catherine Parr, Henry’s sixth wife, and educated in the same household as her half-brother, Edward. Both were raised Protestant. The noted scholar Roger Ascham later served as her tutor, and he educated her as a potential heir to the throne rather than as an insignificant daughter of the monarch.
7. Westminster Abbey -- Henry Viii
   While Westminster Abbey was closed for renovation prior to the 1911 coronation of George V, Country Life magazine commissioned the legendary Frederick Henry Evans to photograph its interior. Remarkable for its purity of line and mastery of light, space, and composition, this image now resides in the archives of the Royal Photographic Society, whose embossed seal is on each print. Framed in wood under Plexiglas®, 17" x 20".
8. Edward Vi of England -- Henry Viii
   Edward VI of England (October 12, 1537 – July 6, 1553), the son of Henry VIII of England and Jane Seymour, was King of England and King of Ireland from January 28, 1547 until his death. His succesor was Lady Jane Grey. He was a young King, not very well known in history. He became king at the age of 10. His mother (Jane Seymour) died 12 days after his birth.
9. Mary I of England -- Henry Viii
   In 1565, Mary unexpectedly married Henry Stewart, Lord Darnley, a descendant of King Henry VII of England and Mary's first cousin. Before long, Mary became pregnant, but Darnley soon became arrogant, insisting on power to go with his courtesy title of "King". He was jealous of Mary's friendship with her private secretary, David Rizzio, and, in a conspiracy with other noblemen, murdered Rizzio while he was in conference with the queen at the Palace of Holyroodhouse. This was the catalyst for the breakdown of their marriage. On one occasion, he attacked Mary and unsuccessfully attempted to cause her to miscarry their unborn child.
10. Thomas More -- King Henry Viii
    Saint Thomas More (7 February 1478 – 6 July 1535)... known as Sir Thomas More, was an English lawyer, author, and statesman. During his lifetime he earned a reputation as a leading humanist scholar and occupied many public offices, including that of Lord Chancellor from 1529 to 1532. More coined the word "utopia", a name he gave to an ideal, imaginary island nation whose political system he described in a book published in 1516. He is chiefly remembered for his principled refusal to accept King Henry VIII's claim to be supreme head of the Church of England, a decision which ended his political career and led to his execution for treason.

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