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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
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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
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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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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”,
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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
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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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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
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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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