Was Anne Boleyn Really the Love of Henry VIII's Life?
People often call Anne Boleyn the love of Henry VIII's life, but was she really? In this video, I'm taking a closer look at one of the most romanticised relationships in Tudor history and asking whether we've mistaken obsession, desire and possession for love. Henry VIII pursued Anne Boleyn for years, wrote her passionate letters, and changed the course of English history in order to marry her, yet in 1536, when Anne was arrested, imprisoned in the Tower and accused of adultery, incest and treason, where was that love? I'll be exploring Henry's relationships with Anne Boleyn, Catherine of Aragon, Mary Tudor, Thomas More, Wolsey and Cromwell to ask a much bigger question: was Henry VIII capable of real love at all, or was his affection always conditional on people giving him what he wanted? In this video, I explore: the myth of Anne Boleyn as Henry VIII's great love what Henry's behaviour in 1536 reveals obsession, possession and power in their relationship whether Anne was the hunted rather than the beloved and what Henry's treatment of wives, children and friends tells us about the man himself I'd love to know what you think: was Anne Boleyn the love of Henry VIII's life, or is that one of Tudor history's biggest myths? #AnneBoleyn #HenryVIII #TudorHistory #TheTudors #SixWives #BritishHistory #EnglishHistory #HistoryChannel #RoyalHistory #TudorEngland Join this channel to get access to perks: / @anneboleynfiles Subscribe to my channel at / @anneboleynfiles so you don't miss my latest videos! Visit linktr.ee/claireridgway to find resources, events, social media links and more. You can find my books on Amazon at http://viewauthor.at/claireridgway
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