History's Anne Boleyn. Kingdom of England House of Boleyn. Henry Tudor VII. Elizabeth of York. Catherine of Aragon. Mary Tudor. Margaret Tudor. Frances Brandon. King James Stuart. Lady Lennox. James Stuart. Prince James Stuart. Thomas Boleyn. Elizabeth Tilney. William Carey. Mary Boleyn.
William Stafford. George Boleyn. Jane Parker. Henry Carey. Catherine Carey. Anne Stafford. Edward Stafford. Queen Elizabeth. Anne's badge, the crowned falcon, is also discussed in detail.
There is also a chapter discussing the role in which Anne played during the Reformation. Anne was said to be very fond of the Christian Humanists of France.
It also examines what importance the Bible was to her. This book portrays Anne as a victim of the court. This would lead to her untimely death. Ives gives the reader a lengthy, yet very informative and useful book on Anne Boleyn. There is a good index included, to easily the assist the reader. Owen, Elizabeth, Producer. Part of a website dedicated to the television mini-series. Beautiful design with history in the form of books.
Detailed and accurate information. Links to lots of more material. Worth exploring in detail. Rex, Richard. Martin's Press, Rex discusses how Anne Boleyn's relationship with Henry proved to be a decisive factor in the Protestant Reformation. It was a victory for Protestantism over Catholicism. Henry's divorce was extremely unpopular and Catherine was soon cast as the wronged wife. Women in particular were sympathetic towards Catherine. The divorce of Catherine and the death of Anne proved that a king could overpower the Catholic Church.
Episcopal appointments during the reign of Anne Boleyn were predominately of evangelical patronage reformers, helping to promote and protect Protestant ways.
While this book is not a book devoted to the life of Anne Boleyn, it does however, clarify the role Anne played in the Reformation. Notes, an index, and a bibliography are included. Saraga, Jessica. Saraga presents several yet, brief book reviews of historical books available in paperback. Some books are relevant to Anne Boleyn specifically, while others are about people, places, and events of her time. The article provides a list of valuable resources to help further research about Anne Boleyn and people and events relevant to her life and death.
Warnicke , Retha M. The Rise and Fall of Anne Boleyn. Warnicke gives complete backgrounds on Anne Boleyn and her family including family allegiances. These letters would be used against Henry during the process of trying to obtain a divorce from Catherine of Aragon. There are multiple pictures of Anne, Henry, and his court. The book frequently mentions Anne's patronage and supporters.
There is a great deal of attention paid to the sexual allegations, as well as the allegations of witchcraft brought against Anne. Her deformity of a sixth finger was attributed to witchcraft. The secret commission formed to investigate these allegations included Anne's father, Thomas Cromwell and her uncle. Four commoners, her brother, and herself would all be ultimately executed. Henry's marriage to Anne was declared invalid freeing him to marry, Jane Seymour.
The author also includes an interesting section about Nicholas Sander, one of the first writers to portray Anne in a very negative light. Warnicke has given counter evidence challenging those accusations made against the Boleyn's, especially the accusation that Anne and her brother George were involved in an incestuous affair.
There are extensive notes included at the end of the book and an index. Warnicke tries to present all sides of the stories surrounding Anne Boleyn. Weber, Louise. Senior Producer. A site to accompany the recent television broadcast. It has some useful information on the actual production with production notes, "frivolous bits" of trivia, synopses , as well as some useful links and an uncommented bibliography. Weir, Alison.
This book begins with an extensive chronology concerning all of Henry's wives. It includes the important events surrounding them. It is very useful and informative. The first part of the book is dedicated to Katherine of Aragon. The second part is dedicated to Anne Boleyn. The chapters dealing specifically with Anne Boleyn, examine how many Catholics despised her but was seen as a saintly queen by Protestant writers. In their eyes she did so much to further true religion in England, gave her protection to the followers of Luther, and produced the great Queen Elizabeth p The book examines how Anne was certainly not a saint, but neither an adulteress or guilty of incest with her brother.
It traces the Boleyn family history. The book looks at life at the court, the relationship between Anne and Henry while he was still married to Katherine and her relationship to poet, Thomas Wyatt. The book includes many excerpts of correspondences between Anne and Henry. The King's 'great matter' is discussed in detail and the challenges Henry faced in getting a divorce from Katherine.
Henry's need for an alliance with Spain and to make peace with Charles V, nephew of Katherine of Aragon is also examined. Thomas Cromwell and the allegations made against Anne and the conspiracy that transpired are also examined. The Queen's decapitation is described and how King Henry would never speak of her again. The author includes a thorough bibliography and index.
There is also a section of genealogical tables of Henry's as well as all of his wives families. Interesting pictures are also included. This book provides a good amount of useful information relevant to the life of Anne Boleyn. While this book does not concentrate its attention upon Anne Boleyn, it does give insight into her relationship with her daughter Elizabeth and stepdaughter Mary. Anne possessed a great hatred for Mary and had even urged Henry to have her put to death.
On the other hand, Mary refused to acknowledge Anne as the Queen. Eventually Mary would serve as caretaker and ad a role model to Elizabeth as she was growing up. Upon Anne's death, Elizabeth would receive the harsh and cruel treatment that Mary had. Both of Henry's daughters had lived in uncertainty while their brother Edward, was always secure.
This is not a useful book on Anne Boleyn but it does help understand the relationship she had with her children. Williamson, Hugh Ross. The Conspirators and the Crown. The book does not focus a great deal upon the life of Anne Boleyn.
It does, however, mention the poor relationship that existed between Anne and her stepdaughter Mary who was only eight years younger than Anne herself. The author also discusses the allegations that Anne had an affair with dancing man, Mark Smeaton.
Mary would accuse stepsister Elizabeth of being the product of that affair. This book does not focus upon Anne Boleyn, it only briefly mentions her in a sporadic fashion. It is however, an interesting book in discussing the relationship between Anne's daughter Elizabeth, and stepsister half-sister Mary. Mary let Elizabeth stay at the court and was a kind of role model to Elizabeth during her younger years. Elizabeth was pronounced illegitimate as Mary had also been once before. There is only a brief index and some pictures included.
By the mids, Boleyn had become one of the most admired ladies of the court, attracting the attention of many men, among them Henry Percy, the 6th Earl of Northumberland. Around this same time—whether it was before or after Percy's interest in Boleyn had developed is uncertain—the king himself fell in love with the young maid. What is known is that Boleyn's sister, Mary, one of the king's mistresses, had introduced her to Henry VIII and that the king wrote love letters to Boleyn circa In one of the king's letters, he wrote: "If you I will take you for my only mistress, rejecting from thought and affection all others save yourself, to serve only you.
Your mistress I will not be. Boleyn's response surprised Henry VIII, who is believed to have had several mistresses at that time, reportedly entering into these adulterous relationships because he badly wanted a son, and Catherine of Aragon had not borne a male child.
Queen Catherine would not bear a son that survived infancy throughout the duration of their marriage, from to ; the couple's first child to survive infancy, Princess Mary, was born in But Henry was desperate to have Boleyn, so he quickly configured a way to officially abandon his marriage with Catherine. In his petition for annulment to the pope, he cited an excerpt from the Book of Leviticus stating that a man who takes his brother's wife shall remain childless, and claimed that he and Catherine who was his brother's widow would never have a son who survived infancy because their marriage was a condemnation in the eyes of God.
Following a six-year debate, during which time Henry and Boleyn had courted discreetly, Anne discovered that she was pregnant in early Without the blessing of the pope, on January 25, , Henry and Boleyn quickly married in a secret ceremony led by Thomas Cranmer, archbishop of Canterbury.
The following June, a lavish coronation ceremony was held in honor of the new queen. Anne would conceive twice more, in and , with each delivery producing a stillborn baby.
In , Archbishop Cranmer decreed Henry's marriage to Catherine Aragon invalid because she was the king's sister-in-law. Henry subsequently broke England away from Rome by setting up the Church of England.
Catherine would pass away two years later, in While Queen Anne's public persona was that of a sexually promiscuous status seeker—due in no small part to the public's long-held allegiance to Catherine of Aragon—her efforts to play the traditional role of queen during her reign were both valid and sincere, focusing on improvements for the poor. Boleyn was also renowned at court for her stylish wardrobe, much of which followed French fashion trends of the time.
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