Anne Boleyn
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'Anne Boleyn' The Boleyns by Amanda Harvey Purse
2023 marks the year of change for the monarchy. Just as every coronation has done for centuries. However, the titles of a queen or king doesn’t change, it is only the person that does. On 6 May 2023 King Charles III was crowned at Westminster Abbey, London, almost seventy years after his own mother’s, Queen Elizabeth II’s coronation that occurred...Read More -
Everyday Life in Tudor London by Stephen Porter
Tudor London was a large and vibrant city holding an unrivalled position within England as the centre of government, political life and the law; the focus of power and patronage; the hub of overseas and inland trade, with a diverse and flourishing economy. Its wealth and the opportunities which it offered drew aspiring incomers from across the country and attracted...Read More -
Anne Boleyn - A Tudor Victim by Lynda Telford
Anne Boleyn’s rise to fame as Henry VIII’s second queen is often quoted as a case of a king raising up a commoner for love. The reality is far more complex. While Anne descended from a background of solidly noble maternal ancestors, and upwardly mobile courtiers on her father’s side, Henry’s own antecedents were shaky. His father and mother both...Read More