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Did Mark Smeaton father Anne Boleyn’s baby?

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Yes, that is the question that I find myself answering today. I've never actually had someone ask me…

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Correcting the myths

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Last week, I published a guest article, Fact, by Clare Cherry in which she talked about the problem…

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Fact? by Clare Cherry

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Clare Cherry, co-author of George Boleyn: Tudor Poet, Courtier and Diplomat, discusses the problem of assumptions and theories…

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The slut shamed Anne Boleyn by Kyra Cornelius Kramer

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To celebrate the release of her new book The Jezebel Effect: Why the Slut Shaming of Famous Queens…

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Wolf Hall and Cardinal Wolsey going down to Hell

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The masque scene from BBC2's Wolf HallIf you haven't read Hilary Mantel's novels, don't know the history surrounding…

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29 January 1536 – Anne Boleyn loses a son

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On 29 January 1536, tragedy struck King Henry VIII and Queen Anne Boleyn. Anne Boleyn suffered a miscarriage,…

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Anne Boleyn – The Boleyn Family’s Meal Ticket?

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Detail from Thomas Boleyn's brass memorialThis article was inspired by lots of comments I received on The Anne…

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