David Starkey on Anne Boleyn - Part One

Clips on my favourite Queen consort Anne Boleyn, taken from David Starkey's series on the six wives of Henry VIII. Part one deals with her youth, her relationship with Henry prior to marriage, her marriage and coronation.

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[TheQueenAlexandria]

Anne Boleyn was such an amazing woman.

She was smart, beautiful and she had guts. I absolutely love her and it was sad how her husband turned on her in the end but he did really love her so much in the begginning. He turned on all his friends, broke with the catholic church and changed england forever just for her

[TheQueenAlexandria]

I reckon he did love Anne alot coz he practically killed his best friends, reformed england, risked excommunication and made many enemies and even sent Mary away all for Anne. So I think he did love her until he realized she was not able to bear him a son. He also mourned for Jane Seymour and Katherine Howard

[Angel48rules]

@NicolaWriter Oh that explains it, thanks :)

[NicolaWriter]

@Angel48rules

Because she was a political liability,both nationally and internationally. The majority of the English people and most of Europe didn't accept her as queen. King Henry's image had taken a serious hit and there was the fact she hadn't produced a son. I suspect that he was quite pissed with her for those reasons and let's not forget,he already had one wife that fought him tooth and nail. Anne likely would have done the same. A harsher solution had to be found.

[Angel48rules]

I never got this: If Henry loved Anne Boleyn and would do anything for her, why in the end did he technically kill her? Was it because she couldn't born a son or was it because Henry wanted to marry that one other woman but couldn't until he got arid of her? (Or is it both?)

[LaBoricua2591]

You cannot blame Anne for Henry wanting to divorce his wife because even when he started the divorce proceedings, he was writing to Anne asking her to be his "true loyal mistress and friend." He wanted Anne to warm his bed, not be his wife. It was after her continual refusal that he offered her marriage.

[Iusedtobeacat93]

@TheScarymoviefan1 That is true, but it's ONLY part of the reason why they killed her. Anne was a reverent reformer and the break from Rome caused many conflicts within England and its foreign affairs. Thomas Cromwell was working in favor of the Roman Catholic Church and Anne was practically in his way because she was a reformation figure and Henry broke with the pope in order to marry her. She was accused of plotting against the king. Adultery and witch craft were used to show her as immoral.

[andriamckee]

you know heres the bottom line the dude was selfish, and well you cant argue with the person who runs everything and is self centered/selfish! He will do what he wants and you have to go along with it!

[iGinaCristina]

its amazing you can see her own handwriting that she wrote, with some possible mistakes in there too

[MarinaMaxwellYuy]

@TheScarymoviefan1 It is true that Henry was tired of this situation but he loved her, a few days before anne's demise, he was still trying to convince Charles V of Spain that she was the Queen. Nevertheless, people who wanted Anne's downfall said that she comitted adultery with a lot of men, even with her own brother george and that she was a witch who used her power to seduce the king and God knew of it, this was why they didn't have a living son and Henry was in love with Jane Seymour.

[TheNuharoo]

I think that as his luck waned, Henry started to panic and wonder what had gone wrong with his life, the same as it had with Katherine. Then he likely got sick of Anne's meddling in affairs of state and her constant nagging about the women in his life, then the dead kids, so he wanted her out. Anne also inadvertantly taught Henry how to be so ruthless that he could in fact go so far as to butcher his second wife and her friends and also delegitimize his both his own daughters.

[TheScarymoviefan1]

so let me get this straight: just because anne didnt give birth to a boy they killed her and if thats not right plese someone explain to me