The Final Hours of Anne Boleyn

She got off rather easy really. A dramatic death with lots of witnesses. The life of a queen that she did not deserve. And still managed to die an innocent death at the hands of a murderer. Plus we are still talking about her today. While I feel sorry for her, I think she got off a lot easier then most. A quick and painless death rather than a slow, lumbering descent into decrepit old age.

I don't understand what her crime was... didn't the king dally like a randy mutt?

She didn't really commit a crime. She was prosecuted for a number of reasons (although these were not the reasons given at the time). 1-She didn't produce a male heir, 2-Henry blamed her for the state of his Kingdom. His people were turning against him and supporting Queen Katherine, calling Anne a whore. 3-There is evidence that a head injury he suffered may have inhibited his mental stability, and 4-Those around him were using Anne and her failings to produce an heir as evidnce against her, all politically motivated.

Last Edited by LillyandGish on 03/08/2011 01:12 PM

See, that's what I thought... admittedly I've only really studied Thomas Cromwell, finding him more interesting than Henry as I believe Cromwell was Illuminati or Freemason. He comes out of nowhere, knowing everything he needs to and gets himself into a high position.

I did research on her beheading. During the beheading something very surreal happened. I think it involved her head continuing to pray or talk. I have to go into my other computer and pull up my notes. I had been researching this because I was writing a poem, probably channeled her to write it. Anyway, the research was done in the UW-Madison collection where they have rare manuscripts in a special room. I was reading the letters of Anne and the king as well as other items.

she was innocent..a victim..there is no excuse for taking anothers life

Her mouth continued to move as if in prayer after being beheaded.
They also tore her heart out.

I have heard about this. What I read was that it was not unusual for the brain to continue functioning and people continuing to talk for a few seconds after the head was severed from the body. Creepy!

the brain seemingly continues to function till all the blood is drained from it after the beheading..so yes several seconds still thinking..

what a world ..sigh that anyone can do this to another living creature is just absolutely beyond belief

Anne Boleyn is often blamed for Henry VIIIs break with the Catholic church and called a whore, accused of witchcraft, etc.
The truth is she was a pawn in the power game of her male relatives. Her sister Mary had already been the king's mistress and bore him an illegitimate child, so when the king showed an interest in Anne her family put pressure on her to hold out for marriage with the king. Since he was looking for a younger woman who could still bear him a male heir to marry, she did string him along. When the Pope denied him a divorce from Queen Katherine, Anne finally gave in and got pregnant and he married her in a secret ceremony and then decided to break with Rome and make himself head of the church in England,granting himself a divorce from Katherine.

Once Henry had Anne and she gave birth to a female (Elizabeth I) he started to tire of her. Apparently she was tempermental and jealous because she was losing his attention. Then after a couple of miscarriages, Henry started looking for a way to rid himself of Anne. A new faction was seeking favor with the king, the Seymours with their relative, Jane.

So, when the rumor was put around that Anne was committing adultery, he chose to believe that. Adultery against a king was considered treason, punishable by death. Seven men were accused of adultery with Anne, including her own brother. It's doubtful that any of them were guilty. One (maybe more) confessed under torture.
Many of the men were hanged, drawn and quartered meaning hanged until they were almost dead, then taken down and disembowled with their intestines being burned while they were still alive and then they were chopped into pieces. This was actually a common punishment for people who committed treason in that time!

Anne probably didn't protest her innocence because if she had spoken against the king at her execution her family would have been punished. It's possible that her own execution with a sword could have been stopped and she could have been tortured or had her head chopped off with a dull axe.
Some historians speculate that she was sneaked a drug to relax her, but regardless, she died a brave death.
Henry VIII was a very evil man who killed hundreds of people during his reign.

it is also reported that seemingly his blood and bodily fuids were drunk by wild dogs as the prophecy fortold it would be ..as it dripped from his coffin on to the church floor