Kali Hollands
Henry VIII's secret marriage: when did he marry Anne Boleyn?
The first meeting of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn ( From 1835 by Fine Art Images / Heritage Images via Getty Images ) Nestled away inside...
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Lucy Palmer-Cooper
Nov 9
Tudor Fashion: Anne Boleyn style
The first meeting of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn. ( From 1835 by Fine Art Images / Heritage Images via Getty Images ) “She was unrivalled...
Emma Holbrook
Oct 24
Representations of mistresses during Anne Boleyn
(Cover image – © Pinterest) The list of Royal mistresses throughout British history is a large one; there is a reason that there were so...
Kali Hollands
Oct 20
Facts you might not know about Anne Boleyn
(© Unknown Artist – The National Portrait Gallery) Anne Boleyn is one of the most infamous names in not only Tudor history but history as...
Ashlie Newcombe
Sep 22
Blood, Sex & Royalty – a modern take on Anne Boleyn?
Blood, Sex & Royalty © Netflix Blood, Sex & Royalty , the Netflix docuseries released in 2022, attempts to blend historical drama with...
Ashlie Newcombe
Sep 3
Anne Boleyn - Marquess of Pembroke
Natalie Dormer and Jonathan Rhys Meyers in The Tudors The Investiture of Anne Boleyn as the Marquess of Pembroke on September 1st 1532...
Rosanna Heverin West
Aug 25
What If? - Anne Boleyn edition
(© Unknown Artist – The National Portrait Gallery) Sometimes it can be hard to judge a person’s impact on history. Their stories are too...
Elizabeth Verity Dryden
Aug 23
Exploring Anne Boleyn theories
(© Unknown Artist – The National Portrait Gallery) Anne Boleyn is more than just a name that causes a stir; she is a figure which for...
Jessica Faulkner
Aug 5
Did Henry VIII truly believe Anne Boleyn was unfaithful and if not did he regret executing her?
The first meeting of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn. (From 1835 by Fine Art Images / Heritage Images via Getty Images) Anne Boleyn and Henry...
Kali Hollands
Aug 4
The Boleyn siblings – what was the relationship like between Anne and her brother George?
Portraits believed to depict George Boleyn and his sister Anne In the Beauchamp Tower at the Tower of London, a mysterious carving of a...
Elizabeth Goff
Aug 3
Representation critique – Whose representation of the court of Henry VIII is the more accurate: Allison Weir vs Philippa Gregory?
(© Unknown Artist – The National Portrait Gallery) The Tudor Court. One of the most written about, blogged, filmed and discussed periods...
Ashlie Newcombe
Jul 15
The Posthumous Image of Anne Boleyn, A Series: Part 2 – Anne in Literature
Natalie Dormer as Anne Boleyn in The Tudors Definitions Disclosure: For the purposes of this blog series, the terms ‘romanticisation’ and...
Ashlie Newcombe
Jun 10
The Posthumous Image of Anne Boleyn, A Series: Part 1 - Anne In Film.
Natalie Dormer as Anne Boleyn in The Tudors Definitions Disclosure: For the purposes of this blog series, the terms ‘romanticisation’ and...
Hannah Fawcett
Jun 6
The Battle of the Boleyns – Anne vs Mary; which sister was the more scandalous of the two?
(Natalie Portman and Scarlett Johansson in The Other Boleyn Girl) When you think of the Boleyn sisters, which one do you think of first?...
Ashlie Newcombe
Jun 1
Her Crowning Moment: Ladies and Gentlemen, God Save the Queen!
(Genevieve Bujold as Anne Boleyn, in Anne of a Thousand Days, 1969) On June 1st 1533, Anne Boleyn was crowned Queen of England in a...
Charlotte-Whitney Brown
May 17
Innocent men condemned; the executions of five men accused of adultery with Anne Boleyn
The Execution of George Boleyn © Hulton Archive In the early hours of 17th May 1536, five men were led out of the western entrance of the...
Emma Holbrook
May 16
Henry Percy; the lost sweetheart of Anne Boleyn?
(Anne Boleyn and Henry Percy in The Other Boleyn Girl – © BBC) Before the famous love story of King Henry VIII and his second wife Anne...
Ashlie Newcombe
May 6
“From my doleful Prison the Tower, this 6th of May”- The Letter from the Tower
[British Library Add. MS 22587, f. 22r-22v.] On the 1st May 1536, Henry VIII attended a May Day joust with his queen. In the middle of...
Emma Holbrook
May 6
Anne Boleyn's Last Letter | Interview with historian Sandra Vasoli
The tragic downfall of Queen Anne Boleyn has always, and will continue to, fascinate many across the globe—for she was the first Queen to...
Maria Margarita
May 2
The beginning of the end - Queen Anne Boleyn is arrested
Anne being taken through the ‘Traitors Gate’ to the tower On the 2nd of May in 1536, it seemed as if Anne Boleyn was keeping herself busy...
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