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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes, she was wrongfully murdered. She was accused of infidelity to an insane degree, with a half-dozen men, including her own brother. It’s been reviewed and historians agree that she was not guilty of infidelity.

She was probably guilty of having a pre-contract to [b]Thomas Howard[/b], but it’s not her fault that Archbishop Cranmer worked with Henry and the Howards and the Boleyns to have it put aside.

She was absolutely no angel, but she also helped tear down Catholicsm’s iron grip on all aspects of life in that country at that time. She helped to crack the door that her daughter Elizabeth blew down, creating a country where people had more access to religious freedom, more access to reading Christian texts in English, more personal freedom.

She also helped create a world where women could be ennobled and own land in their own right. She is the first woman to be granted a patent of nobility in her own right.

If you are unaware of how much she directly worked to establish Protestantism in England—alongside Cromwell, who eventually turned into her enemy—you need to read a few of her modern biographies. She oversaw an entire council that was a precursor to Henry’s reformation. [/quote]

Thomas Howard was her uncle. She wasn't pre-contracted to him. Do you mean Henry Percy? [/quote]

I love it when the experts appear on DCUM. MUCH more interesting. [/quote]

YES this is the content i am here for. Not just the instant “Divorce him!” comments  in the Relationships (non-explicit) forum

(Although tbh if anyone deserved the “divorce him!” statement,
it would certainly be terrible old henry viii)

Does anyone know if there is a book or play that takes a “once upon a time in hollywood” approach to the anne boleyn story? [/quote]

The Other Boleyn Girl by Phillippa Gregory. She has a whole series on the Tudors but I think this is her most famous. She does her homework and if you read the notes, is very honest about where she is inventing and where she very firmly grounded in historical fact, as well as where she is taking liberties with things scholars have speculated about but cannot be known.

The book is interesting because it is focus on, literally, the "other" Boleyn -- Mary Boleyn, Anne's older sister, who was Henry's mistress for many years before he divorced Catherine and married Anne. She is believe to have had two children by Henry, though never acknowledged, and her relationship with Henry (very much orchestrated by her family, as was Anne's) paved the way for Anne's marriage. It's a very interesting book. I think they might have made a movie based on it, though if so, I never saw it. Is that maybe the one with Natalie Portman? I can't remember. But the books I very good. I haven't liked Gregory's other books as much.[/quote]

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