Dark History of the Tudors: Murder, adultery, incest, witchcraft, wars, religious persecution, piracy

'Divorced, beheaded, died,
Divorced, beheaded, survived.'– Rhyme describing the fates of Henry VIII’s wives

Beginning with the victory of Henry Tudor over Richard III at Bosworth Field in 1485, and ending with the death of the childless Elizabeth I in 1603 following a 45-year reign, the Tudor dynasty marks a period in British history where England was transformed from a minor medieval kingdom to a preeminent European power on the verge of empire.

Yet this period of great upheaval had a dar...