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Did Anne Boleyn ATTACK Jane Seymour while Jane was a lady-in-waiting to Henry VIII’s second queen? There is a story that while Jane was Henry’s mistress, Anne seized a necklace the King had gifted Mistress Seymour from around her throat which contained a portrait of the monarch and wounded her own hand in the process. This story was even depicted in the Showtime series, The Tudors. Did this Tudor royal catfight ever occur though? In this Tudor history documentary from History Calling, we look at the tumultuous period of time during early 1536 when Anne Boleyn was falling from favour and Jane Seymour was on the rise and at the source for this story (which I will quote to you in full). I’ll discuss why that source (which is a book written by an Englishman called Thomas Fuller called The Worthies of England and published after his death in 1662) is not to be trusted and look at errors within its contents (including Jane Seymour’s dates of death) and at the supposed provenance of the story about these two Tudor queens. This video will also include details about the life of Jane Seymour, such as what we know about her court career, the start of her relationship with Henry VIII and at how we know she responded to receiving gifts from the King at other times. It will look at stories of tensions between her and Anne reported by Nicholas Sander and Jane Dormer, Duchess of Feria and at how trustworthy those people are as source. It will consider too the dangers of trusting traditions surrounding famous historical figures, when there are no contemporary sources to support them. So let’s take a look at the royal love triangle between Henry VIII, Anne Boleyn and Jane Seymour.
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Did Anne Boleyn ATTACK Jane Seymour while Jane was a lady-in-waiting to Henry VIII’s second queen? There is a story that while Jane was Henry’s mistress, Anne seized a necklace the King had gifted Mistress Seymour from around her throat which contained a portrait of the monarch and wounded her own hand in the process. This story was even depicted in the Showtime series, The Tudors. Did this Tudor royal catfight ever occur though? In this Tudor history documentary from History Calling, we look at the tumultuous period of time during early 1536 when Anne Boleyn was falling from favour and Jane Seymour was on the rise and at the source for this story (which I will quote to you in full). I’ll discuss why that source (which is a book written by an Englishman called Thomas Fuller called The Worthies of England and published after his death in 1662) is not to be trusted and look at errors within its contents (including Jane Seymour’s dates of death) and at the supposed provenance of the story about these two Tudor queens. This video will also include details about the life of Jane Seymour, such as what we know about her court career, the start of her relationship with Henry VIII and at how we know she responded to receiving gifts from the King at other times. It will look at stories of tensions between her and Anne reported by Nicholas Sander and Jane Dormer, Duchess of Feria and at how trustworthy those people are as source. It will consider too the dangers of trusting traditions surrounding famous historical figures, when there are no contemporary sources to support them. So let’s take a look at the royal love triangle between Henry VIII, Anne Boleyn and Jane Seymour.
BUY MY BOOK (Find Your Irish Ancestors Online): amzn.to/3Z2ChnG
Website (with 2 FREE DOWNLOADS): historycallingofficial.com
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youtu.be/xUy_uQg3G-U
CORPSE OF RICHARD III
youtu.be/NpQZZanLaRM
DEATH AND BURIAL OF JANE SEYMOUR
youtu.be/N8e1qSS8EJA
WAS ANNE BOLEYN A WITCH?
youtu.be/jD6tduQofIM
BIRTH OF ANNE BOLEYN
youtu.be/iA_9SM0UTyw
LIFE OF HENRY VIII, PART 2
youtu.be/qXSoPsRZNAM
HIDDEN MEANINGS IN TUDOR FAMILY PORTRAIT
youtu.be/Eiq5QomXJ5E
TUDOR CONSORT NECKLACE
youtu.be/Yrs5FvcDlvs
TUDOR MONARCHS’ PLAYLIST
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLSjVq5Qtb0FD_vatnjVq9egboPYy8Kg0
SIX WIVES OF HENRY VIII PLAYLIST
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLSjVq5Qtb0Hb5Wjykc2hBrBddQYXDUqU
LEARN MORE:
Want to watch/hear/read more about history (and a whole host of other topics)? Then you might benefit from a free Audible or Prime video trial. They are available from the following links:
AUDIBLE
amzn.to/44MvlMi
AUDIBLE PLUS & AUDIBLE PREMIUM PLUS
amzn.to/42rh3PF
PRIME VIDEO
amzn.to/3LW7ykg
Eric Ives, The Life and Death of Anne Boleyn (Wiley-Blackwell, 2005)
amzn.to/3xLivgr
Antonia Fraser, The Six Wives Of Henry VIII (2nd edn, Phoenix, 2009) amzn.to/36IqD5r
David Starkey, Six Wives: the Queens of Henry VIII (Vintage, 2004)
amzn.to/3wImKIh
BUY OR RENT:
The Tudors, season 1
amzn.to/2VCwQ0j
The Tudors, season 2
amzn.to/2VMPnHw
The Tudors, season 3
amzn.to/3BijsPB
The Tudors, season 4
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Henry VIII and his Six Wives (2016 docu-drama)
amzn.to/3jiCkag
Six Wives with Lucy Worsley (2016 docu-drama)
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DJI Drone: amzn.to/38h1vXr (UK LINK) OR amzn.to/39hROZm (US LINK)
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