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Anne Boleyn: A Life from Beginning to End

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Anne Boleyn: A Life from Beginning to End

By: Hourly History
Narrated by: Matthew J. Chandler-Smith
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Anne Boleyn is most likely the best-known of Henry VIII’s six wives; she is also the most controversial. History has represented Anne as either a whore or a martyr. The true story, however, is far more complex.

Inside you will learn about:

  • Early Life as a Lady-in-waiting
  • The King’s Great Matter
  • Anne Ascends the Throne
  • Another Birth, Another Tragedy
  • Trial and Execution
  • And much more!

Henry VIII of England pursued Anne Boleyn for seven years while he was battling for an annulment from his first wife, Catherine of Aragon. Catherine had failed to provide Henry with a male heir to the throne, so the king looked to Catherine’s maid of honor, Anne Boleyn, to secure his Tudor lineage. When Anne also failed to give birth to a son, her fate was sealed. She was charged with multiple counts of adultery during a trial everyone agreed was a sham. Found guilty, Anne Boleyn was beheaded immediately afterward and placed in an unmarked grave. Her death served to reveal the true horror dispensed to wives who displeased their royal husbands.

©2019 Hourly History (P)2019 Hourly History
Europe Great Britain Politics & Activism Royalty Marriage England Tudor
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