In the year 1085, Pope Gregory VII, an important church reforming figure, was exiled in Salerno, Italy, as a result of disputes with the Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV. Gregory died that year, and his ...

Sometimes just one person changes things, like Henry VIII. When Henry was 18 ... in England belonged to the Catholic Church run by the Pope who lived in Rome. Some people said it was run badly ...

Scheme to protect mile-long shingle beach from effects of climate change may see Hurst Castle isolated by the sea A castle built by Henry VIII could be cut off from the mainland under rewilding ...

Now the voice of Henry VIII’s fifth wife will echo through its darkened halls as her story – and those of fellow female inhabitants of the palace – is brought to life in a new after hours ...

Henry VIII believed that men should rule the country. He wanted a son to reign after his death, but he and his first wife's only surviving child was a daughter, Mary. The Pope allowed Henry to put ...

The Tudor expert is the new chief historian at the Historic Royal Palaces, and the BBC spent the day with her at the home of Henry VIII. Sitting in her office at Hampton Court Palace, once the ...

Finally, the calendar we all know was adopted by Pope Gregory XIII in 1582. After skipping 10 days in October 1582 to "catch up," it has changed little since then. What to know about February and ...

Before their marriage in 1533, Henry VIII’s controversial romance with Anne Boleyn was fueled by intimate love letters. Only the correspondence from Henry VIII’s perspective exists today and ...

Pope Eugene IV in 1435 wrote to Bishop Ferdinand of ... It is interesting to note that even though he retracted his Brief, Popes Gregory XIV, Urban VIII and Benedict XIV still recognized and ...

25.62 x 21.5 in. (65.1 x 54.6 cm.) ...

the Maker of the world brought forth from a virginal womb" Marian Text: [virginitas ante partum et in partu] Published in Latin and English (CMP VI, 6268; FOC 93, 104-105) Sermon 27, on the Nativity ...

The idea that priests would function better outside of marriage goes back to the 11th century and Pope Gregory VII, who faced issues of exceptional corruption and debauchery among the clergy. His ...