Category: Anne Boleyn

Although the desire to reform religion played some role in the creation of the legislation for Royal Supremacy, it was not a primary motivation  instead this was focused on Henrys need to annul his marriage to Catherine of Aragon. This would permit him to marry Anne Boleyn, as he believed he could acquire his…

On May 19th, 1536, a womans fate was sealed. Clad in a loose, dark gray gown and a gable headdress, she slowly approached her ineluctable demise. A unanimous conviction by a court of peers brought Anne Boleyn from the pedestal to the scaffold. Accused of adultery, incest, and high treason, she received one last act…

Tudor history is rife with politics, reformation, and scandal, and in the midst of it, all is Anne Boleyn, the notorious temptress who changed the face of religion and stands out for her time with her determination. Even to this day, she remains one of the`s most famous queens despite ruling for just three years,…

Sir Thomas Wyatt, born in 1503 in at Allington Castle, was fated to become one of English literatures most important Renaissance period poets. Wyatts father, Henry Wyatt, was a Lancastrian who followed a similar life as his son in that he was arrested under the reign of Richard III and was released by Henry VII…

Was the Kings a great matter cause for the English reformation? Albert Frederick Pollard was the chair of the history at the London University College for 28 years and written over 500 entries on the Tudor period. His many years of knowledge of the Tudor period make this source more reliable. However because this book…

Many factors can be argued to be the most influential and political ones regarding crown policy. These factors may contradict each other or even complement each other, however, the most influential one is still debated. In my opinion, I think that religion was the most influential political factor, however other factors such as Successorship, Foreign…

The early modern period roughly encompasses the time period from 1500 to 1800. This period gave rise to many acclaimed authors, playwrights, and poets including Sir Thomas Wyatt and William Shakespeare, both of whom I will be discussing in this essay. The literature I will be exploring are Wyatts poems Whoso List to Hunt and…