Brush up on the Pole family, Charles V, the Holy Roman Empire & the history that shaped the events in Episode 1 as seen on MASTERPIECE.

The Masterpiece series featuring King Henry VIII (Damian Lewis) and Thomas Cromwell (Mark Rylance) shows off historic locations.

The walls are assessed as one of the most important surviving medieval city walls in Britain. They were built in the 13th ...

Henry VI was given shelter at the hall by owner Richard Tempest, a staunch Lancastrian during the War of the Roses. But the ‘guest’ was recognised and the fugitive king was forced to flee a ...

Henry II of England ascended the throne in ... It was the rivalry between these two branches that brought about the Wars of the Roses, a bloody civil war and fight for the English throne that ...

The War of the Roses eventually ended when Henry Tudor married Elizabeth of York - which in Thrones terms could be a bit like Daenerys Targaryen marrying Jon Snow. Could it happen? George R.

To recap, prior to 1917, members of the royal family had no official surname, but were sometimes referred to by the House to which they belonged (think Henry VII being known as Henry Tudor).

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