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 […]
#portraittuesday – Anne Boleyn as The Lady of the Garter
This week’s image is from the 1534 Black Book of the Garter attributed to Lucas Horenbout… Here are links to articles on this, which give more information: https://www.theanneboleynfiles.com/another-contemporary-image-anne-boleyn/ https://www.theanneboleynfiles.com/update-anne-boleyn-lady-garter-image/ https://www.theanneboleynfiles.com/anne-boleyn-lady-garter-image-arguments/
#WednesdayFact – Anne Boleyn commissioned a special gift for Henry VIII from Holbein
Find out about a special New Year’s gift Anne Boleyn commissioned from Hans Holbein the Younger for Henry VIII in my short video below and/or click on the links to articles I’ve written to read more about it. Read my articles: Anne Boleyn and Hans Holbein Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn’s New Year’s Gifts
The arrests of Queen Anne Boleyn and her brother, George Boleyn, Lord Rochford – 2 May 1536
Today is the anniversary of the arrests of Queen Anne Boleyn, second wife of King Henry VIII, and her brother, George Boleyn, Lord Rochford. By this time, court musician Mark Smeaton had confessed, after spending 24 hours in the custody of Thomas Cromwell, to having slept with the queen, and Henry VIII’s good friend and […]