Claire | April 19, 2012
Numerous myths and falsehoods plague the memories of Anne and George Boleyn. But there are three specific ones relating to George:- That he and Anne actually committed the incest they were accused of. This suggestion was largely put to bed (pardon the pun) until the publication of ‘The Other Boleyn Girl’, in which it was
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Category: George Boleyn, Jane Boleyn, Myths and Legends, The Boleyns | 28 Comments »
Tags: George Boleyn, Jane Boleyn, Jane Parker, Lady Rochford
Claire | February 21, 2012
Following on from her previous three posts on Mary Boleyn, Sarah Bryson considers Mary’s time in France… It is most commonly accepted that during her time in France Mary Boleyn became the mistress of King Francis I. During her time at the French court she reportedly gained a reputation for being a woman of loose
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Category: Mary Boleyn, Myths and Legends, The Boleyns | 5 Comments »
Tags: France, Francis I, Mary Boleyn, myths
Claire | January 13, 2012
You may have noticed that it’s Friday 13th today, a day said to be ‘bad luck’ which it obviously is if you’re not the good-looking hero/heroine of a slasher movie and don’t have a contract for the next film. Now, I’m not at all suspicious and I will carry on my day as usual today,
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Category: Myths and Legends, Tudor Times | 36 Comments »
Tags: Friday 13th, magic, prophecies, superstitions, witchcraft, witches
Claire | November 23, 2011
This article has been inspired by the tens of emails I’ve received recently and also comments on Facebook and online about Elizabeth Boleyn’s alleged affair with King Henry VIII and the possibility that Henry actually committed incest by marrying his own daughter, Anne Boleyn. I’m not sure what exactly has stirred up this recent interest
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Category: Anne Boleyn Myths, Henry VIII, Myths and Legends, The Boleyns | 38 Comments »
Tags: Anne Boleyn, Elizabeth Boleyn, Elizabeth Howard, Henry VIII's mistresses, John Skelton, Thomas Boleyn
Claire | October 30, 2011
As many of you know, I led a webinar on Thursday night for members of The Anne Boleyn Fellowship. The webinar, which was the second in my series on “The REAL Boleyns”, consisted of an hour long talk and slideshow on Mary Boleyn, based on my research into her life. I obviously won’t be sharing
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Category: Mary Boleyn, Myths and Legends, The Boleyns | 34 Comments »
Tags: France, Francis I, Mary Boleyn, myths
Claire | October 28, 2011
Our anonymous Tudor spoof writer is back with a vengeance, being inspired by how the likes of Philippa Gregory and Alison Weir see Lady Jane Rochford, wife of George Boleyn – enjoy! Jane Rochford had already popped back to court since 1536, that time to see if she could successfully murder Jane Seymour and make
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Category: Jane Boleyn, Myths and Legends, Spoofs, The Boleyns, Tudor Characters | 30 Comments »
Tags: spoof
Claire | October 11, 2011
Apologies for the absence of Anne Boleyn articles recently but I’ve been busy immersing myself in Letters and Papers and the Calendar of State Papers for Spain trying to find something that has been bugging me for the past few weeks. When something bugs me, I’m like a dog with a bone and I just
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Category: Anne Boleyn Myths, Anne Boleyn Personality, Early Life, Marriage, Myths and Legends, Representations of Anne Boleyn | 78 Comments »
Tags: Anne Boleyn, corruption, Early Life, France, Francis I, French court, myth, reputation
Claire | September 30, 2011
Further to my article last week about how historical characters are being shrouded in myth and the real facts are being lost, Anne Boleyn Files visitor, Jenny Brown, has just shared a very interesting BBC article with me. Entitled Is the internet re-writing history?, this article looks at the impact of online propaganda and conspiracy
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Category: Myths and Legends, News | 13 Comments »
Tags: education, history, myths, sources