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12:18 pm
December 8, 2010
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Dear fans of AB,
I have always like British History but now
even more and I have been studying it at a university. Now I'm at my
final year and I think I need some help of wise people and that's why I
logged in here
.
I'm going to write a degree work on Anne Boleyn which has to based on
primary sources. I have already collected some eg. love letters, Anne's
letters to Cardinal and Henry. Working on the material I have to proove
sth. The only thing I've come up with is … Was Anne forced to get
married Henry by the Boleyns family?, did she marry him with love, for
pity or to let her Family have more influence no the court? Or maybe
there war a religious reason, maybe she wanted to introduce the new
religion and that's why she decided to marry him?
Let me know
please what you think, what problem should I stick to, where to start
and how. I have 100 ideas in one minute and I really got lost. Iwould be
greatful for any suggestions.
Best regards
Magda from Poland
2:24 pm
December 5, 2010
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Magda,
Anne's influence on Elizabeth is often ignored by historians- not too sure where the best primary sources would be. Though in speeches and portraits there is a shocking simularity.
Or maybe think about reasons why and why not the posistion Anne put Catherine in was malicious and intentional. Did Anne just expect Catherine to step aside into a nunnery? If so, was her plan to be on the throne that well planned after all? Did Anne ever feel sorry for Catherine? What were Anne's original intentions for refusing Henry? I think a comparison of their feelings towards each other could be interesting- and maybe found in the love letters and conversations with Wolsey and Henry throughout the Divorce.
Best of luck with it, hope this helped a little! Bethie
I wish to confess to you and tell you my secret, which is that I am no angel. -Queen Elizabeth I
4:31 am
July 9, 2009
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Hi Magda. I might perhaps start by examining those love letters. David Starkey and Eric Ives disagree on the order in which they were written. Perhaps you could do your work on that and come to a conclusion as to what the proper order should really be. Then you'd have more of an idea what Anne's true feelings for Henry were and at what time. Just a suggestion.
Ainsi sera, groigne qui groigne.
9:41 am
February 16, 2009
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I like the idea of concentrating on the love letters and building up an idea of Anne and Henry's relationship from the letters. Do they support G W Bernard's claim that it was Henry who did not want to sleep with Anne? How do they fit in with some people's perception that Anne trapped Henry and used sex to make him marry her? etc etc.
Debunking the myths about Anne Boleyn
6:34 pm
January 13, 2011
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there were also the love notes written in each others “Book of hours” during the period of courtship. I think it is important to note also that a pretty good job was done in obliterating the name of Anne Boleyn from anywhere near to Henry after her death. Up to now, history has continued this and gives a distorted view of the Anne and Henry relationship. Many views of Henry's mental state or personality change have been written about in this forum, in the period after his accident and coma early in 1536. Henry went from “much loved prince” to “tyrant” almost over night. History has predisposed us to this view of him also in my view. I don't think Henry would be considered a lateral thinker at any stage of his reign. but he was unpredictable after his accident.
