Welcome to the Anne Boleyn Files – Find Anne Boleyn Resources

Posted By on November 23, 2022

The famous NPG portrait

I’ve been posting on the Anne Boleyn Files since February 2009, so there are many thousands of posts on here and an incredible amount of information on Anne Boleyn, her life, times as queen and her fall in 1536, as well as lots of information about Tudor times and other Tudor characters.

Sometimes, with such a busy site, it can be hard to find things, although you can use the search box and look at the categories, so I thought I’d highlight some Anne Boleyn resources for you.

Anne Boleyn Primary Sources

You may not be able to visit the British Library or National Archives, or even get to the UK, but did you know that lots of contemporary accounts, letters, ambassadors’ dispatches and chronicles have been transcribes and digitised?

You can find useful links by clicking here.

The Early Life of Anne Boleyn

Find out all about Anne Boleyn’s background, her family, her upbringing, time on the Continent, and her return to England in my series of posts looking at Anne Boleyn’s early life – click here.

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Day 7 of the Anne Boleyn Files Advent Calendar

Posted By on December 7, 2022

A Christmassy Anne BoleynToday’s Tudor treat on the Anne Boleyn Files Advent Calendar is an Anne Boleyn-themed one – hurrah!

A big thank you to historian and musician Jane Moulder for today’s contribution. Jane is sharing an article she wrote on Anne Boleyn’s musical abilities and the Anne Boleyn Song Book. It’s a really interesting article and I do hope you enjoy it.

To access the Advent calendar, you can click here, click on the image or click on the website header.

I have more Tudor treats for you!

  • The latest video in my “The Tudors in their own words” series – click here.
  • Teasel’s Tudor Trivia – 7 December – Cats – click here.

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Day 4 of The Anne Boleyn Files Advent Calendar

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