Claire | March 6, 2015
To celebrate the release of her new book The Jezebel Effect: Why the Slut Shaming of Famous Queens Still Matters on Kindle, Kyra Cornelius Kramer has written this thought-provoking guest article on Anne Boleyn for us here at The Anne Boleyn Files. I do hope you enjoy it. Over to Kyra… In 1532 a priest […]
Category: Anne Boleyn Myths, Boleyn Myth, Books, Representations of Anne Boleyn |
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Tags: Anne Boleyn, Anne Boleyn slut, Kyra Kramer, representations of Anne Boleyn, The Jezebel Effect
Claire | February 2, 2015
If you haven’t read Hilary Mantel’s novels, don’t know the history surrounding the farce “Cardinal Wolsely going down to Hell” and haven’t watched episode 2 of Wolf Hall, then you might not want to read this article – SPOILERS! Last week’s episode of “Wolf Hall” closed with Cardinal Wolsey’s death and Cromwell watching a performance […]
Category: Boleyn Myth, Books, George Boleyn, Representations of Anne Boleyn, The Boleyns, Wolf Hall |
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Tags: accuracy of Wolf Hall, Bring Up the Bodies, Cardinal Wolsey, Cromwell in Wolf Hall, Hilary Mantel, Hilary Mantel's Cromwell, real Thomas Cromwell, Wolf Hall, Wolf Hall accuracy, Wolf Hall's Cromwell, Wolsey in Wolf Hall
Claire | January 29, 2015
On 29 January 1536, tragedy struck King Henry VIII and Queen Anne Boleyn. Anne Boleyn suffered a miscarriage, losing “a male child which she had not borne 3½ months”. This miscarriage was a huge blow for the couple, who desperately wanted and needed a son, but it also had devastating consequences for Anne because it […]
Category: Anne Boleyn Fall, Anne Queen Consort, Boleyn Myth, Events of 1536, Myths and Legends |
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Tags: 1536 miscarriage, Anne Boleyn deformed foetus, Anne Boleyn miscarries, Anne Boleyn's deformed baby, Anne Boleyn's miscarriage, deformed foetus
Claire | October 9, 2014
This article was inspired by lots of comments I received on The Anne Boleyn Files Facebook page yesterday after I posted a link to Suzannah Lipscomb’s article 2013 BBC History Magazine article Why did Anne Boleyn have to die and a link to my article Why I think Henry VIII was Responsible for anne Boleyn’s […]
Category: Anne Boleyn General, Boleyn Myth, The Boleyns, Thomas Boleyn |
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Tags: Anne Boleyn, Mary Boleyn, The Boleyn family, the Boleyns, Thomas Boleyn, Thomas Boleyn pimp, Thomas Howard 3rd Duke of Norfolk
Claire | July 19, 2014
According to an inquisition post mortem taken at Brentwood in Essex, Mary Boleyn, sister of Anne Boleyn, died on 19th July 1543. The translation of her inquisition post mortem in the Essex Record Office lists the property she held at the time of her death: “property including manors of High Roding, Great Holland, Leigh, Wakering, […]
Category: Boleyn Myth, Mary Boleyn, The Boleyns |
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Tags: Mary Boleyn, Mary Boleyn's death, Mary Carey, Mary Stafford, William Stafford
Claire | March 17, 2014
To celebrate St Patrick’s Day I tend to write about Anne Boleyn’s links to Ireland, but today I’m going to focus on the legend that links George Boleyn to Clonony Castle in County Offaly, Ireland, a castle that was built by the MacCoghlan clan in the early 1500s. The following article is based on part […]
Category: Boleyn Myth, George Boleyn, Myths and Legends, The Boleyns |
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Tags: Birr Castle, Boleyns or Ireland, Clonony Boleyns, Clonony Castle, George Boleyn, Mary and Elizabeth Boleyn
Claire | February 13, 2014
Today marks the anniversary of the executions of Catherine Howard, fifth wife of Henry VIII, and Jane Boleyn, Lady Rochford, one of Catherine’s ladies. The two women had been found guilty of treason by bill of attainder, Catherine for not having a “pure and honest living before her marriage” and wanting “to return to her […]
Category: Boleyn Myth, Jane Boleyn, Myths and Legends, Six Wives, The Boleyns |
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Tags: Catherine Howard execution speech, Catherine Howard scaffold speech, Catherine Howard's execution, Execution of Catherine Howard, Jane Boleyn, Jane Boleyn's confession, Jane Boleyn's execution, Katherine Howard, Lady Jane Rochford, Lady Rochford, Thomas Culpeper
Claire | February 7, 2014
After I had posted my article marking the anniversary of Mary Boleyn’s marriage to William Carey on 4th February 1520, I received lots of questions about Mary’s relationship with the King – When did it start? Why do historians date it to 1522? How long did it last? Were her children fathered by the King? […]
Category: Boleyn Myth, Henry VIII, Mary Boleyn, The Boleyns |
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Tags: Mary Boleyn, Mary Boleyn and Henry VIII, Mary Boleyn mistress