Claire | May 24, 2023
Henry VIII’s obsession with Anne Boleyn led to the break with Rome and the English Reformation, but Anne Boleyn had more to do with it than that. In this short video, I talk about how Anne Boleyn showed Henry VIII that he didn’t need the pope… Find out even more in this longer video:
Claire | May 11, 2023
Henry VIII’s great matter, his quest for an annulment of his marriage to Catherine of Aragon, caused him to break with Rome and was the beginning of the English Reformation. However, Henry chose to marry Catherine in 1509 and their marriage was happy for many years. In this talk, I explore how they came to […]
Claire | May 9, 2023
I’m going live on YouTube this Friday, 12th May, for a Q&A on the marriage of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon. My video talk on the topic will be going live later this week, so you can watch that before the livestream. The link for the livestream is https://youtube.com/live/4EVAPL4HBA8?feature=share and I’ll be going live […]
Claire | April 17, 2023
A big welcome to Jan Hendrik Verstaten and Massimo Barbato who are kicking off their blog tour for their new book “I am Henry” here on the Anne Boleyn Files today. The novel is based on the award-winning short film of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn, and is due to be released on 22nd April. […]
Claire | March 20, 2023
Thank you to all who came to my livestream “The Making of a King: Henry VIII’s Education and Upbringing”, the latest instalment in my series on Henry VIII. It was wonderful to talk Tudor with you. If you missed my talk and Q&A session live, don’t worry, you can catch up with this replay. I […]
Claire | March 15, 2023
I’m going live again on the Anne Boleyn Files and Tudor Society YouTube Channel as part of my series looking at King Henry VIII and this time the topic is “The Making of a King: Henry VIII’s Education and Upbringing”. I’ll be looking at Henry VIII’s early life, including how things changed for him when […]
Claire | March 7, 2023
Thank you to everyone who joined my livestream last Saturday on the Anne Boleyn Files and Tudor Society YouTube Channel. It was wonderful to spend an hour talking Tudor and answering such interesting questions. The topic was Henry VIII’s background – his ancestry and his immediate family – and the livestream was part of a […]
Claire | March 1, 2023
Yes, I’m going live again this Saturday, 4th March 2023, on the Anne Boleyn Files and Tudor Society YouTube Channel. In this livestream, which is part of a series I’m doing on King Henry VIII, the second Tudor monarch, I’ll be exploring the family background of Henry VIII and how the Tudors actually came to […]
