Thanks to Shakespeare, the Plantagenet dynasty in England—ruling for more than three centuries—is most often remembered for one of its more controversial members, Richard III, the last Plantagenet to ...

Professor Robert Bartlett: Henry VI was a simple, pious king, and no warrior. He lost all the territories in France his father, Henry V, had conquered. He also suffered from mental illness, which made ...

King Richard III's closest known relatives set foot Wednesday on Bosworth Battlefield where the 15th-century monarch was slain, feeling the historic moment come to life on the eve of his reburial. In ...

'The Causes Of The Wars Of The Roses Explained' The Wars of the Roses were one of the bloodiest periods in English history. After 30 years of conflict between the royal houses of Lancaster and York, ...

Professor Robert Bartlett: Henry III was nine years old when he became the fourth Plantagenet king of England. The French dynasty had ruled England and much of France for 50 years. But Henry's father, ...