I just love your website & am so grateful to you for creating & maintaining it! My question is…given the fact that Henry annulled his marriage to Anne anyway, why didn’t he just banish her to a nunnery instead of the horrible way in which she was treated?
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In my opinion, Henry wanted Anne Boleyn out of the way for good. Catherine of Aragon had been offered the chance to go into a nunnery but had refused and had caused Henry problems for many years as she fought for her marriage and the rights of her daughter, Henry probably thought that Anne, being a strong character too, would cause him just the same type of problems if he allowed her to live. She had to go, permanently.
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