Culture Club//Getty Images Portrait of Catherine Howard, the fifth wive of King Henry ... Cases of piracy in Tudor Ireland often simply entailed unregistered trade, in light of which Dereham ...

This 1540 miniature by Hans Holbein may depict the Tudor king's fourth wife, Anne of Cleves, not his fifth wife, Catherine Howard. Royal Collection Trust / © Her ...

The BBC was accused yesterday of "Americanising" and "sexing up" the past with its much-hyped drama, The Tudors ... A raunchy sex scene between Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon, played by ...

Next year Showtime's The Tudors will run out of wives ... King Henry VIII's last two tumultuous marriages, to Catherine Howard and Catherine Parr. The new episodes will continue the show's ...

Catherine looks nowhere near as fun as our beloved Catherine Howard. This newer Catherine ... We were also treated to a Tudor-era Cirque du Soliel-like troupe of acrobats. Bonus!