I’ve teamed up again with my good friend Dr Owen Emmerson to answer your burning questions about Anne Boleyn’s downfall. This is the second of two instalments, do do make sure to listen to Part 1 (episode 201) as well!
Tune in to hear Natalie and Dr Emmerson and I answer the following questions:
– Do you think Anne Boleyn repented of her bad behaviour (not that she was guilty, but she was a bit haughty and reckless) or was she just so shocked she thought Henry VIII would pardon her up until the last moment?
– Do you think much credence was given at the time to Anne’s final confession to Cranmer (i.e. that she was innocent)? Surely, she would not have lied and damned her soul just before going to her death.
– Who were the women with Anne at her execution? Who helped her remove the headdress, jewels and the expensive outer dress?
– Why death? What was Anne actually found guilty of?
– Had Katherine of Aragon not died at the beginning of January 1536, and everything else happened as it did, (Henry’s fall while jousting, Anne’s miscarriage, Henry falling for Jane Seymour etc.), do you think Anne’s fate would have been different?
– Do we know about how Anne’s mother dealt with the shock of losing two beloved children and “a shallow husband that did nothing”?
– After her execution, when was the very last mention of Anne in the court documents/ambassador’s reports? How long after the execution did people stop mentioning her or reporting what happened?
– Did Anne leave anything behind for Elizabeth? Any of her possessions or jewellery?
– What is the current thinking about portraits of Anne, especially the drawings in the Royal Collection by Holbein? Perhaps the Wyatt coat of arms on the back was a subtle way of indicating who should receive it after Holbein’s death?
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