A big thank you to Diane for telling me about Charles Maclaurin’s 1925 book “Post Mortems of Mere Mortals: Essays, Historical, and Medical” and his chapter on Anne Boleyn, “The Case of Anne Boleyn”. I think it amused me and horrified me in equal measure.
In this video, I share excerpts from Maclaurin’s book about Henry VIII, Anne Boleyn and Maclaurin’s rather strange and unpalatable view regarding why he believes Anne Boleyn did commit adultery and why she belonged in a mental hospital…