A portrait of the "mastermind" behind the fall of Anne Boleyn is set to be unveiled at the former queen’s childhood home. Thomas Cromwell, the son of a blacksmith, worked his way up to become ...

She was the first English queen to be publicly executed. Who exactly was Anne Boleyn, the young woman who took the Tudor court by storm? Who exactly was Anne Boleyn, the young woman who took the ...

Anne Boleyn, second wife of Henry VIII and daughter of Thomas Boleyn, Earl of Ormond and Wiltshire, was crowned queen in Westminster Abbey by Thomas Cranmer on Whit Sunday 1st June 1533. The ...

This is the metadata section. Skip to content viewer section. The study of history is nothing if not full of controversy, and they're perhaps few people who are shrouded in more controversy than Queen ...

Image caption, A family portrait of ... A desirable queen was an asset, and it was expected that a king of his stature should have an attractive wife. Anne Boleyn was considered highly alluring.

Was England's first ruling queen a pioneer or a tyrant ... so he wanted a divorce to marry Anne Boleyn. In 1533, he got his way by splitting from Rome and the Catholic Church, opening the door ...