"Breakspear was a young, impoverished lad from England, with no family connections, no money, and it was quite remarkable ...

SIMON: Jo Harkin's new novel, "The Pretender." Thank you so much for being with us. HARKIN: Thank you so much for having me.

Married to Edward II, Queen Isabella of France retired from the throne to Castle Rising, where she lived at first a chaotic, ...

England is known across the world for its rich ... a civil conflict known as the Wars of the Roses. He was ousted by Edward IV, before being reinstated again. Henry then lost his crown once ...

About 200 of the 266 men to hold the title of pope hailed from within the borders of Italy. Here is a look at others, like Pope Francis, who didn't.

In 1269 the remains of Edward the Confessor, England’s only canonized monarch ... sons and heirs to King Edward IV—though perhaps fall short of answering whether they were murdered by their ...

Pope Francis died on Easter Monday aged 88 following a stroke that led to a coma and heart failure, the Vatican said ...

The late pontiff’s health concerns in recent years led to contenders to succeed him known a papabile emerging even before his ...

Raby Castle in County Durham has been invited to join the Treasure Houses of England, a small group of ... to the mother of Richard III and Edward IV. “It is the centre of the largely intact ...

England produced just one pope, Nicholas Breakspear, who became Adrian IV. After his election in 1154 ... successors in reporter and Vatican expert Edward Pentin's 2020 book "The Next Pope ...