Anne Boleyn – The Boleyn Family’s Meal Ticket?
Detail from Thomas Boleyn's brass memorialThis article was inspired by lots of comments I received on The Anne…
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New Series of Anne Boleyn Posts
Recently I've written lots of articles on Tudor events, Henry VIII and his wives, and various Tudor personalities,…
4th March 1522 – Anne Boleyn Plays Perseverance
On the evening of Shrove Tuesday, 4th March 1522,* Anne Boleyn played the part of Perseverance at the…
The Spitefully Ambitious Anne Boleyn
Earlier today, Susan Bordo, author of The Creation of Anne Boleyn, drew attention on her Facebook wall to…
8 January 1536 – The King was clad all over in yellow
Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn by Arthur Hopkins, 19th century According to Eustace Chapuys, the Imperial ambassador, on…
5 January 1531 – The Pope Forbids Henry VIII to Remarry
On this day in history, 5th January 1531, Pope Clement VII wrote to Henry VIII forbidding him to…
Boleyn or Bullen – The Spelling of Boleyn and the Myth that Anne Boleyn Changed It
It has been claimed, on various occasions, that Anne Boleyn 'frenchified' her name by changing it from 'Bullen'…