Queen Elizabeth I’s secret love affair with Lord Robert Dudley set the royal court buzzing and threatened to unravel her ...

After a coronation ceremony two years ago hailed as an interreligious novelty and progressively open-minded, King Charles III ...

Following Henry I’s death in 1135, the palace was used by his grandson, King Henry II, as the site for extramarital trysts with his mistress, noblewoman Rosamund Clifford—who, according to ...

A scholar of medieval Christianity explores the history of Christians who spoke out, unafraid to risk official censure or ...

"I ask you to have mercy upon people in our country who are scared." She specifically named people who pick crops, clean ...

On Jan. 28, 1985, dozens of the biggest names in popular music recorded "We Are the World," royalties of which benefited the ...

I’ve always loved history. For all the wild stories authors and screenwriters dream up, it’s hard to top a Roman emperor ...

On Jan. 28, 1985, dozens of the biggest names in popular music recorded "We Are the World," royalties of which benefited the ...

Today is Thursday, Feb. 6, the 37th day of 2025. There are 328 days left in the year. Today in history: On Feb. 6, 1952, Britain’s King George VI, 56, died at Sandringham House in Norfolk, England; he ...

Since Queen Victoria instituted the Victoria Cross in 1856, five American-born men have received Britain’s highest military ...

In 1662 Charles married Portuguese infanta Catherine of Braganza, daughter of King John IV (she is buried in Portugal). They had no children but Charles had 13 children by various mistresses. Charles ...

Leader’s celebration of Lexington’s 250 years introduces you to a woman known simply as Mona by her family in Louisville and ...