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The History of England

229 The Reign of Queen Anne Boleyn

The History of England

David Crowther

Europe, Queen, England, Medieval, Politics, Royal, History, Parliament, English, King, Modern, Early Modern, Monarchy

4.86K Ratings

🗓️ 15 October 2017

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

We discuss what we know about Anne as Queen consort, and chart the progress of the break with a thousand years of tradition in the declaration of royal supremacy.

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0:00.0

Hello everyone and welcome to the History of England, episode 229 of Queen Anne

0:18.0

Ballin. Just to remind you, we are in the midst of the scandal of Christendom's series,

0:27.3

a chance for you all to hear about the woman who has divided opinions for the last 500 years

0:32.3

and to give your views in an SSS, otherwise known as Super Scientific Survey,

0:38.4

that will rock the world historical and generally have a good time.

0:43.2

Today we are going to hear about the reign of Queen Anne, that is to say the years between 1533

0:48.2

and her fall in 1536. Hope that's not a plot spoiler for anybody.

0:53.4

Then on Wednesday you'll get a second episode in the same week.

0:57.4

Ah, not only that, but it's from a historian and author, Natalie Gruniger.

1:02.9

Woop, and indeed Woop. She's published in the footsteps of Anne Ballin,

1:07.1

in the footsteps of the six wives of Henry VIII, and now discovering Tudor London

1:11.7

amongst other stuff. She's got a fab website with loads of information,

1:15.5

and I advise you to spend some time at onthetudor Trail.com.

1:19.7

Natalie is going to talk about the Royal Summer Progress, a consistent part of Henry and his

1:24.5

court life. But the rest of the scandal of Christendom's programme, hop along to the history of England.co.uk.

1:31.0

Just remember, we'll also have Claire Richway, creator of the Fantastic Anne Ballin Files,

1:36.3

and voting opens 29th of October, do not miss it, or B-square. That's the right expression.

1:41.9

Don't forget that for members you have Steve Cloutier on Thomas Wyatt,

1:46.9

me on Anne's Reputations Through the Ages, and on the 25th of October,

1:51.0

will have our very own members vote on why Anne was executed, with a prize draw for an original

1:57.4

silver, Elizabeth I, half-grote, courtesy of Hall's Hammond Coins.

2:03.7

Now then, we left off last week with the bombshell that Henry and Anne finally had sex.

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