Claire | February 14, 2012
Romance may not be something you associate with King Henry VIII – tyranny: yes, romance: no – but Henry could be very romantic at times. How do I know? Well, I’ve read the love letters that he sent to Anne Boleyn and they are beautiful. Here are some lovey dovey extracts from the King of […]
Claire | February 3, 2012
Anne Boleyn Fellowship member Dr Linda Saether shares her experience visiting the Vatican Archives and actually holding the real love letters written by Henry VIII to Anne Boleyn. The Da Vinci Code has nothing on this! The Vatican Love Letters of Henry VIII by Dr Linda Saether In Henry VIII’s letters to Anne Boleyn I […]
Claire | February 14, 2011
In her book, “Pleasures & Pastimes in Tudor England”, Alison Sim writes of how the Tudors obviously did celebrate St Valentine’s Day because it is mentioned three times in the Paston Letters* in the 1470s. Apparently, “valentines were chosen by lot from among a group of friends, who then had to buy their valentine a […]
Claire | December 1, 2010
We do not know exactly how Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn’s relationship began but Henry’s letters to Anne, written in 1527 and 1528, offer us a unique insight into their relationship and although we do not have Anne’s replies we can guess the content from Henry’s letters. There is some debate regarding the exact order […]
Claire | April 26, 2009
In my last post, I wrote about the love letter from Henry VIII to Anne Boleyn which is being displayed at the Bristih Library. This really is a momentous occasion, the letter being temporarily back on English soil after being stored in the Vatican with 16 further love letters from Henry to Anne. For those […]
