Claire | January 9, 2014
Thank you so much to Yann Kergourlay for writing this guest post on Anne of Brittany. Over to Yann… 500 years ago, on January 9th, 1514, around 6 o’clock, Anne of Brittany died, aged 37 years old at the Castle of Blois, France. During her short and eventful life, she had accumulated honors and titles […]
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Tags: Anne de Bretagne, Anne of Brittany, Brittany, Charles VIII, Claude of France, France, Louis XII, Renée of France
Claire | October 20, 2010
As I said in Part Three, it wasn’t just the Renaissance culture of her surroundings which influenced the young Anne Boleyn, she was also heavily influenced by the women she saw and spent time with in France. Let us look at some of the amazing women she met in France… Claude of France Claude was […]
Category: Background, Early Life, The Reformation, Tudor Characters |
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Tags: Early Life, France, French court, Louise of Savoy, Marguerite of Angoulême, Queen Claude, Renée of France
Claire | April 1, 2010
In my last article, I looked at Anne’s role in the Reformation and today I continue the theme of religion by looking at Anne Boleyn’s personal faith and the clues and evidence which give us an idea of what she truly believed in her heart. One of Anne Boleyn’s Book of Hours is on display […]
Category: Anne Boleyn Art, Anne Boleyn General, Anne Boleyn Personality, George Boleyn, Hans Holbein, The Boleyns, The Reformation, Tudor Characters, Tudor Times |
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Tags: George Boleyn, Holbein, Luther, Margaret of Navarre, Marguerite of Angoulême, Renée of France, The Ambassadors, The Reformation, Thomas Boleyn