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   Democracy Matters :verified: (democracymattersalot@mstdn.social)'s status on Monday, 20-May-2024 01:49:52 JST Democracy Matters :verified:

   #TodayInHistory

   Anne Boleyn, second wife of Henry VIII, beheaded.

   On May 19, 1536, Anne Boleyn, the second wife of England’s King Henry VIII, was beheaded after being convicted of adultery.

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     HistoPol (#HP) 🥥 🌴 (histopol@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 20-May-2024 01:49:51 JST HistoPol (#HP) 🥥 🌴

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     #History #UK #HenryVIII
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     *Fact check:*

     There are few #English sovereigns with such a dubious marital record as Henry VIII, who fancied a lot of women and was very jealous.

     A lot of historic fiction portrays #AnneBoleyn as a lascivious #adulteress. Current scientific research does not support this hypothesis.
     She and her family, which rose "from rags to riches," most likely were a target of a court cabal by the infamous...

     https://www.britannica.com/biography/Anne-Boleyn

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     HistoPol (#HP) 🥥 🌴 (histopol@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 20-May-2024 01:51:22 JST HistoPol (#HP) 🥥 🌴

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     #UK #Enland #History #HenryIII

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     ...#ThomasCromwell:

     "👉That Anne was guilty as charged is unlikely👈; she was the apparent victim of a temporary court faction supported by Thomas Cromwell."

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     Hey Beth (hey_beth@sfba.social)'s status on Monday, 20-May-2024 02:14:28 JST Hey Beth

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     Highly recommend Reading the Past, which can be found on YouTube, for all things Tudor.

     History Calling is also heavy with Tudors.

     Quite a bit about the Boleyn family - their rise and fall.

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     HistoPol (#HP) 🥥 🌴 (histopol@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 20-May-2024 02:15:44 JST HistoPol (#HP) 🥥 🌴

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     Has been some years since I focused on that period.
     Do you have a different take, Beth?

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