Free Report
The Fall of Anne Boleyn is a fascinating story – one of passion, conspiracy, lies, injustice and bloodshed – and now you can read more about it, and my own opinions on it, in my FREE 12 page report - “The Fall of Anne Boleyn – The Most Happy”.
In “The Fall of Anne Boleyn”, I use the opinions of well-known historians and historical evidence to examine what caused Anne Boleyn to fall from grace. I examine Thomas Cromwell’s motives, explore whether Henry himself was involved in the conspiracy, look at what Anne’s own role was in her downfall and give details of the key events that led up to the execution of Anne Boleyn.
Why did Cromwell have to get rid of Anne? Did Henry know that she was innocent? Had Henry fallen out of love with Anne? Who else was involved in the conspiracy? Why did she have to be executed? Why did Anne not speak out at her execution? – These are all questions I pose and attempt to answer.
I really hope that you enjoy this report as much as I enjoyed writing it!
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Hello Claire.
I’ve just got back onto Broadband after a gap of nearly a week and I spotted your report, which I have now read.
I accept that Cromwell orchestrated the plot against Anne. In fact there is ample evidence to support this: namely his own boasts to Chapuys that he did so. But I can’t agree that that means it is ‘widely acknowledged’ that he was responsible for the downfall of Anne rather than Henry. I know Weir argues this, but I would be interested to know what you believe, because Ives certainly doesn’t hold Henry as being completely blameless.
Hi Louise,
I really must update that report as I actually wrote it a year ago so my views have kind of changed and moved on as I’ve read and researched more. Yes, Weir does count Henry as an innocent victim but I can’t see that myself as I don’t think Cromwell would dare move against Anne without Henry’s say-so, he’d be risking his life in moving against the Queen in that way.