Presented by Professor Suzannah Lipscomb. The researcher is Alice Smith, the producer and audio editor is Rob Weinberg. The senior producer is Anne-Marie Luff. All music courtesy of Epidemic Sounds.

Henry VIII was brought up as a devout Catholic ... was in favour of some church reform. The break with Rome opened the door for Protestantism to grow in the country. This period is known as ...

Henry was the second son of Henry VII and Elizabeth of York ... A far reaching consequence of the lengthy negotiations for his divorce from Katherine of Aragon led to his break with Rome, leading to ...

The Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art said Hans Holbein’s Portrait of Henry VIII (1540) is currently on display. The portrait is on special loan from Rome. It came from the Gallerie Nazionali di ...