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The Tower of London was the backdrop for two defining moments in the life of Anne Boleyn - let’s take a look at them …
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Intro / Outro song: Silent Partner, "Greenery" [youtube.com/watch?v=qeIkbW49B6A]
SFX from freesfx.co.uk/Default.aspx
Linked videos and playlists:
Order of the Bath: youtu.be/yIPhE8l16CI
History of the Tower of London: youtu.be/JCmwvwNY6eE
Images (from Wikimedia Commons, unless otherwise stated):
Near contemporary portrait of Anne Boleyn by an unknown artist (c.1550). Held by Hever Castle.
Portrait of Henry VIII by Joos van Cleve (c.1531). Held by the Royal Collection.
Photograph of the Tower of London taken from the Shard (2013), by Duncan from Nottingham, UK.
Artist's Impression of the Tower of London Site, 1547 by Ivan Lapper (1999). Commissioned for the Royal Armouries Museum (image from art.uk).
Portrait of Thomas Cranmer by Gerlach Flicke (1545-1546). Held by the National Portrait Gallery.
Portrait of Sir Thomas More by Hans Holbein the Younger (1527). Held by the Frick Collection
Silver Falcon Badge of Anne Boleyn, also used by her daughter Queen Elizabeth I of England (see tympanum of St Margaret's Church, Tivetshall St Margaret, Norfolk). A falcon rising argent crowned or standing on a Woodstock and holding in its sinister claw a royal sceptre or. Source: Thomas Willement, Regal Heraldry: The Armorial Insignia Of The Kings And Queens of England, from Coeval Authorities, London, 1821, p.69.
Artist's Impression of the Tower of London Site, 1080 by Ivan Lapper (1999). Commissioned for the Royal Armouries Museum (image from art.uk).
Detail from a copy of William Hayward (sometimes also spelled Haiward) and John Gascoyne’s 1597 survey of the Tower of London. Engraving by George Vertue, likely after a copy of the survey that was in the collection of John Montagu, the second Duke of Montagu. Published by the Society of Antiquaries of London in 1742.
Anne Boleyn's Execution by Jan Luyken (between 1664 and 1712). Held by the British Museum.
Quoted texts:
british-history.ac.uk/letters-papers-hen8/vol6/pp2-16
Sections from Edward Hall's chronicle: containing the history of England, during the reign of Henry the Fourth, and the succeeding monarchs, to the end of the reign of Henry the Eighth, in which are particularly described the manners and customs of those periods. Carefully collated with the editions of 1548 and 1550. From archive.org/details/hallschronicleco00halluoft/mode/1up?ref=ol
Sandra Vasoli, Anne Boleyn’s Letter from the Tower: amazon.co.uk/Anne-Boleyns-Letter-Tower-Updated-ebook/dp/B0BP9WLH23
Treason Act of 1351
Also consulted, were:
Other relevant entries from The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Online.
#History #TowerOfLondon #AnneBoleyn
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The Tower of London was the backdrop for two defining moments in the life of Anne Boleyn - let’s take a look at them …
I hope you enjoy this video and find it interesting!
Please subscribe and click the bell icon to be updated about new videos.
Also, if you want to get in touch, please comment down below or find me on social media:
Instagram: katrina.marchant
Twitter: @kat_marchant
TikTok: @katrina_marchant
Email: readingthepastwithdrkat@gmail.com
Intro / Outro song: Silent Partner, "Greenery" [youtube.com/watch?v=qeIkbW49B6A]
SFX from freesfx.co.uk/Default.aspx
Linked videos and playlists:
Order of the Bath: youtu.be/yIPhE8l16CI
History of the Tower of London: youtu.be/JCmwvwNY6eE
Images (from Wikimedia Commons, unless otherwise stated):
Near contemporary portrait of Anne Boleyn by an unknown artist (c.1550). Held by Hever Castle.
Portrait of Henry VIII by Joos van Cleve (c.1531). Held by the Royal Collection.
Photograph of the Tower of London taken from the Shard (2013), by Duncan from Nottingham, UK.
Artist's Impression of the Tower of London Site, 1547 by Ivan Lapper (1999). Commissioned for the Royal Armouries Museum (image from art.uk).
Portrait of Thomas Cranmer by Gerlach Flicke (1545-1546). Held by the National Portrait Gallery.
Portrait of Sir Thomas More by Hans Holbein the Younger (1527). Held by the Frick Collection
Silver Falcon Badge of Anne Boleyn, also used by her daughter Queen Elizabeth I of England (see tympanum of St Margaret's Church, Tivetshall St Margaret, Norfolk). A falcon rising argent crowned or standing on a Woodstock and holding in its sinister claw a royal sceptre or. Source: Thomas Willement, Regal Heraldry: The Armorial Insignia Of The Kings And Queens of England, from Coeval Authorities, London, 1821, p.69.
Artist's Impression of the Tower of London Site, 1080 by Ivan Lapper (1999). Commissioned for the Royal Armouries Museum (image from art.uk).
Detail from a copy of William Hayward (sometimes also spelled Haiward) and John Gascoyne’s 1597 survey of the Tower of London. Engraving by George Vertue, likely after a copy of the survey that was in the collection of John Montagu, the second Duke of Montagu. Published by the Society of Antiquaries of London in 1742.
Anne Boleyn's Execution by Jan Luyken (between 1664 and 1712). Held by the British Museum.
Quoted texts:
british-history.ac.uk/letters-papers-hen8/vol6/pp2-16
Sections from Edward Hall's chronicle: containing the history of England, during the reign of Henry the Fourth, and the succeeding monarchs, to the end of the reign of Henry the Eighth, in which are particularly described the manners and customs of those periods. Carefully collated with the editions of 1548 and 1550. From archive.org/details/hallschronicleco00halluoft/mode/1up?ref=ol
Sandra Vasoli, Anne Boleyn’s Letter from the Tower: amazon.co.uk/Anne-Boleyns-Letter-Tower-Updated-ebook/dp/B0BP9WLH23
Treason Act of 1351
Also consulted, were:
Other relevant entries from The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Online.
#History #TowerOfLondon #AnneBoleyn
