Anne Boleyn: Dispelling the Myths

Not Just the Tudors

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🗓️ 19 May 2022

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

There are so many myths about Anne Boleyn - among them that she had six fingers, that she was a murderess, even that she was Henry VIII's own daughter. In this episode of Not Just the Tudors, released on 19 May to mark the anniversary of the day of Anne Boleyn's execution in 1536, Professor Suzannah Lipscomb sets out to bust some myths with Natalie Grueninger, founder and editor of the On the Tudor Trail website and author of In the Footsteps of Anne Boleyn.

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0:00.0	For fans of Ambulin, the 19th of May is almost sacred.
0:09.8	It's the day that Ambulin was executed, on what are generally considered to be trumped
0:15.0	up charges of adultery, incest, and conspiring the death of her husband, King Henry VIII.
0:23.6	So not just the tutors, annual homage, this year we're debunking all the myths that
0:30.0	have circulated about Ambulin since that day in 1536.
0:35.7	To indulge in a spot of myth-busting, I'm joined by Natalie Gruniger.
0:41.2	Natalie is the author of the onthetutor trail.com website and hosts her own podcast,
0:49.5	talking tutors.
0:51.5	Last year, Natalie is running a truly unique and immersive learning experience called 365
0:57.8	days with Ambulin.
0:59.5	With lectures from a bunch of people, including yours truly, Zoom discussions, reading
1:03.9	lists, giveaways, all sorts of things.
1:06.2	There's an early bird price until the 1st of June 2022.
1:10.2	Just search 365 days with Ambulin.
1:14.0	But now, for our own day with Ambulin, back to those myths.
1:25.9	Natalie, it is a joy to welcome you back to not just the tutors.
1:30.5	We're going to have a lot of fun today as well.
1:33.0	This year to mark the anniversary of Ambulin's death, we've decided that we're going to have
1:37.4	a chat about some of the many myths that surround Ambulin and my goodness, there are lots,
1:43.6	absolutely.
1:44.6	Hello, Suzy and hello to all your wonderful listeners.
1:47.1	It's so lovely to be back on the podcast chatting with you.
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