The Anne Boleyn Files

Claire | October 30, 2009

It’s crazy that it’s Friday again but it is so here’s a round up on what’s been going on this week at The Anne Boleyn Files.

Sir Francis Weston – I continue my look into the lives of the five men executed for adultery with Anne Boleyn with the first of a two part series on
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Category: News | 1 Comment »
Tags: book reviews, podcasts

Claire | October 30, 2009

As the shops are filled with witches, ghosts, vampires and monsters for Halloween, I thought it was only right and proper to write an article about witchcraft in Tudor and Stuart times, after all, it was alleged that our very own heroine Anne Boleyn was a witch.
A great article on the UK’s Channel 4 website,
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Category: Anne Boleyn Myths, Myths and Legends, Tudor Events, Tudor Times | 15 Comments »
Tags: magic, witch hunts, witchcraft

Claire | October 28, 2009

I think we are all guilty (or perhaps you’re not!) of glossing over the men who were executed for adultery with the Queen and just concentrating on Anne Boleyn, after all, we don’t set up websites about these men, write books on them or write to the Queen asking for pardons for them, but, as
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Category: Anne Boleyn Fall, Anne Boleyn General, Tudor Characters, Tudor Events | 12 Comments »
Tags: fall, Sir Francis Weston, Wyatt

Claire | October 26, 2009

Dr Josephine Wilkinson is an historian and author who has written books on Richard III, Mary Boleyn and Anne Boleyn, and is also one of our guest speakers on The Anne Boleyn Experience 2010 in May.
She has recently used primary sources to research Anne Boleyn, for her book “The Early Loves of Anne Boleyn”, so
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Category: Anne Boleyn Experience, Anne Boleyn Fall, Anne Boleyn General, Anne Boleyn Myths, Anne Boleyn Personality, Books, Mary Boleyn, News, Tudor Characters | 7 Comments »
Tags: Anne Boleyn, Henry Percy, Jane Seymour, Josephine Wilkinson, Mary Boleyn, Thomas Boleyn, Thomas Wyatt

Claire | October 23, 2009

What a busy week it’s been here at The Anne Boleyn Files with all of the Halloween orders flooding in and all your wonderful comments on the Mark Smeaton articles.
Here’s a round up of what’s been going on this week and some Tudor news:-

Jane Seymour – Tomorrow is the 472nd anniversary of Jane Seymour’s death.
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Category: Anne Boleyn General, Books, News, Six Wives, Tudor Jewellery | 6 Comments »
Tags: Christmas, Halloween, Jane Seymour, Mark Smeaton

Claire | October 22, 2009

I was only actually going to write two posts on Mark Smeaton, but Cynthia came up with a rather interesting theory yesterday as to why Mark did not retract his confession and why he said “Masters, I pray you all pray for me, for I have deserved the death” on the scaffold before he was
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Category: Anne Boleyn Execution, Anne Boleyn Fall, Tudor Characters | 25 Comments »
Tags: adultery, confession, Mark Smeaton, The Fall of Anne Boleyn

Claire | October 21, 2009

This post is a continuation from yesterday’s post “Mark Smeaton – Part 1″, so do make sure that you read that one first.
Before I look at Mark’s role in the fall of Anne Boleyn and the Boleyn faction, here’s a clip from Showtime’s “The Tudors” (from YouTube) showing Mark Smeaton being tortured – you might
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Category: Anne Boleyn Execution, Anne Boleyn Fall, Anne Boleyn General, The Boleyns, Tudor Characters, Tudor Events | 12 Comments »
Tags: execution, Mark Smeaton, The Fall of Anne Boleyn, Thomas Cromwell

Claire | October 20, 2009

What I loved about Alison Weir’s latest book “The Lady in the Tower” is the fact that she gives quite a lot of detail on the five men who were convicted and executed for treason and adultery with Anne Boleyn. Often, these men, who were also innocent victims of this brutal coup against Anne, are
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Category: Anne Boleyn Execution, Anne Boleyn Fall, Anne Boleyn General, The Boleyns, Tudor Characters, Tudor Events | 22 Comments »
Tags: Anne Boleyn, Boleyn faction, fall, George Boleyn, Mark Smeaton

Claire | October 17, 2009

Yay! Competition time again! I love running competitions and this one has got a great prize.
As so many of you are buying pieces of our jewelry and headdresses etc. for your Halloween costume, I thought I would ask you to send in photos of you dressed up for your party and I’ll choose the best
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Category: Books, News | 4 Comments »
Tags: competition, Halloween, Virgin and the Crab

Claire | October 16, 2009

Either I’m getting old or time is flying at the moment – it always seems to be Friday!
Before I round up what’s going on here at The Anne Boleyn Files and in the history world, I must apologise for the The Anne Boleyn Files being offline for a few hours yesterday. Obviously, being in Europe,
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Category: Books, Edward VI, Lady Jane Grey, News | 6 Comments »
Tags: Christmas, Eric Ives, Lady Jane Grey