The only person Henry loved was himself.

In my opinion the only love Henry had was the thought of a legitimate son. I believe that if the son Henry had with Catherine of Aragon had lived he would have stayed married to her until death.

I'd say obsession is different than love. Obsession would make you act this way. I don't feel like he loved her at all. He wanted what he wanted and when he thought he might not get it it made him crazy.

I believe Henry loved Anne as much as he was able to. His idea of love was probably confused with coveting...he was spoiled much as a child from what I’ve read, he got what he wanted most of the time, and he wanted Anne. Curiously, I think Anne’s fall began with Henry’s fall...off of the horse in the jousting accident. I believe he had frontal lobe damage, and it helped create the tyrant that had Anne executed.

I think it started out as an obsession with, and lust for something he couldn’t have. I do think he began to really care for her. And I believe that all the things he was drawn to about her in the beginning-her wit, intelligence, and her outspoken nature were the same things that he started to hate about her. That, and she didn’t give him the son she promised him. He had moved Heaven and Earth to get her, and being the pompous, vain man he was, he was no doubt angry with himself for looking like a fool.

I don’t think he “loved” any of his wife’s. I think he feared and respected Catherine and he was mesmerized by Anne. But I think the guy was incapable of regular love.

I think Henry really believed he loved her. His letters to Anne are the most passionate of all his letters! At least the ones we know about. Whatever he may have felt, it's very obvious he was willing to go to great lengths in order to have Anne as his wife. So, if nothing else, he certainly wanted her more than he'd ever wanted any other woman. But, as others have stated, if it was true love, no way could he have stood by and let her be tried and executed like that! But, my mama used to say there's a fine line between love & hate.

Can narcissists really love anyone other than themselves? I don't think so.

It seems like he loved her, in the way a narcissist loves someone.

If his first wife were to have given him a son I doubt he would have married Ann. He might have had dalliances but he would not have gone thru the hassle of divorcing Catherine

I completely agree with you that Henry early on was madly in love with Anne. Love is supposed to be unconditional. With Henry it was very conditional, his conditions. As to Henry standing by and letting Anne and the 5 men be framed? Nonsense. Thomas Cromwell could do nothing without Henry's permission. The blame for the murders of six innocent people starts with the king. Thank you Claire and Tim. Excellent presentation. It's a free class in Tudor History and I so enjoy your daily vidz and am looking forward to additional long form 'classes'.

Henry loved to have his way, he could not love anyone other than himself.

As an Anne obsessive, this was awesome, thank you! I first became enamoured of English history of this period after seeing Henry with his 6 wives in the Madame Tussaud's wax museum in Victoria, British Columbia Canada. Then I went on to do book reports on some of the Tudors, such as Bloody Mary, illustrating my work with hand drawn copies of Holbein's portraits. After discovering my talent, I went on to become a portrait artist! But back to Anne and Henry. I agree with you to the degree that Henry was capable of love. I think he was definitely enamoured and loved her in his own way, but that way was that of a Narcissistic Psychopath or perhaps Borderline Personality Disorder. Or maybe, just a spoiled, selfish man used to getting everything his own way all of the time. As long as people (Wolsey, More, Cromwell, Anne .....) did what he wanted and did not oppose him in any way, he loved them. However, the second they went against his wishes or (in Anne's case, became upset and complained about his infidelity), he turned cold and did not hesitate to send them to the block.

He did. In a way. Hiring that expert swordsman.

When I was younger I used to think Henry loved Anne. Series like “The Tudors“ fed such notions on my part, and of course I had studied Henry's “love“ letters to Anne. He desired and admired her for sure, was obsessed with her - and obsession can change the world. But, seriously, no person, not even a king, who ever truly LOVED a person body and soul would have their head smitten off, would have them suffer death by sword. I just don't buy it.

Who cares if he loved her or not, or he believed he loved her? He signed her death warrant on charges he was well aware were trumped up ... who needs or wants that kind of love.

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I don't believe he had any frontal lobe damage. It was just easier to get rid of Anne because she was just a noblewoman. Catherine of Aragon had blue blood so he couldn't kill her or else it might have cause a war with Spain. However, Henry was running out of churches to go to so he just had her executed. People tend to make his and Anne's story into a love story when in reality he just wanted a young woman who could have a son. He thought that Catherine of Aragon was too old to have children so it was the worth divorcing her even if it took that much time because he could get a young woman, like Anne, pregnant.

Best Quote: Execution doesn't seem a sign of true love 👍lol 😂

I think Henry loved Anne as much as he could but I also think Henry was in love with the idea of being on love. He was narcissistic and lacked a certain kind of maturity needed to stay devoted to anyone come what may.

Henry only loved someone as long as it served his purpose or if he saw a reason. Case in point, the way he treated Mary

Claire I could listen to you all day. I think Henry was obsessed. Anne made the best out of a difficult situation. Henry saw hope for a son and he was attracted to her looks and unique qualities. That made a very dramatic situation.

I've been angry, I've been hurt, and I've been let down a few times. Never thought of killing anyone I loved. Not ever. Sane people don't go there.

I think from everything I understand about the couple in question, that Henry did "love" Anne, in so far as he was CAPABLE of such a thing. By all accounts, Henry seems to have suffered if not from simple NPD (and why not - he was told he was and treated as next to God by all those about him - who wouldn't be narcissistic under those circumstances??), possibly an actual mental illness of some kind. Poor man was basically impaired emotionally. Just my 2 cents.

We also have to remember Anne was executed shortly after Henry's jousting accident, in which he suffered severe brain trauma. From that point on, accounts of his temperament illustrated him as the tyrannic despot pictured in the famous Holbein portrait. I believe Henry's patience for Anne's own temperament shortened significantly. In addition, his paranoia of civil war and lack of an heir was probably heightened as well.

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👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Yes, Claire! I’m almost entirely in agreement with you and use many of the same opinions and bits of information to galvanize my own position on this question. It would be easier to see Henry VIII as wholly a monster but virtually nobody is entirely evil or bad at every moment. Maintaining objectivity about the context of the time is absolutely essential to honestly evaluating the relationship(s) Of Henry VIII to his wives - and theirs to him. I loved this longer "chat-style" video from you. It truly displays why so many of us are passionate about the Tudor period (and perhaps Anne specifically). Facts are wonderful but, once we have them solidified in our minds insofar as they’re "useful", contemplating the depths of human beings and their behaviors is what really ignites the passion of the period for me. Thank you for doing this 😊

It would be amazing to hold the letters that King Henry and Anne actually touched!!!

I always thought that it was wanting what he couldn't have. Anne refused to be his mistress (And to his credit Henry would not bed an unwilling woman), but teased, tantalized Henry until he felt crazed and was willing to do whatever it took to make Anne his, and she would only agree to be his wife. Like others said he became obsessed. Once he got what he thought he prized most, like most highly coveted things, it lost its luster. Her failure to provide him with a son, her jealously, nagging made him turn against her. (And I think he felt guilt about his behavior towards his first wife, although he could never admit he had been wrong). The trumped up charges against her were because he wanted rid of her, but again guilt played a part because he sent for a swordsman from France to behead her (He knew she was innocent). Catherine Howard, guilty beyond doubt, got the ax.

Classic "love hate" that so many of us have been through but on a grand scale. Love your work you have a natural gift and you have me hooked!!.

Love this series so far! Can’t wait to watch more! I had read your countdown book but it’s time for another go!

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In love? No.In lust definitely! What Henry wanted Henry would have.

Whenever I revisit this topic this is ALWAYS the question I have! I do not know if it matters but I wish I knew all the same. Why Anne has held our interest for centuries, I don't know. But I've been fascinated with her for as long as I can remember.

I agree completely! Love can so quickly turn deadly. This was one of my favorite of your videos so far. I love your honesty.

Since I watched the tudors@the orther boleyn girl I can't get enough of history on this now I'm watching documentarys on this subject I love I found this charming video

The love letters alone prove he was in love. They are heartfelt and tender. For a man who hated writing letters, they show a man with a longing, passion and lust that you get in the early days of courtship.

How could she have truly Loved him when he had her beheaded? She was well-educated in France and wanted to be well positioned. I feel King Henry was drawn to her because she was different from the normal. She was independent and I feel this is what drew him to her. Her confidence! Love allows, it doesn't try to possess or control....or even worse, behead. I feel King Henry allowed his Ego to rule and win.

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So glad we got 2 from you today!!!

Claire so glad I found you, you're a wealth of knowledge indeed. I love the stories of Queen Mary Tudor the most, I am sure that there was much good about her.

I read that Percy was more interested in Anne than she was in him, and that she kept him at arms length, as she did all other potential suitors, including Thomas Wyatt. Later Percy refused to admit they were ever betrothed and he swore it on the sacrament. If they could prove that Anne and Percy had been betrothed it would give cause for an annulment so that Anne had never been the kings wife. And Percy was pressured mercilessly to admit to the betrothal, by a number of officer of the court. And Percy had been betrothed to the Shrewsbury girl for years beforehand so was in no position to contract another marriage to anyone. The marriage was just sped up, and neither of them wanted it and the marriage was a disaster and produced no children.

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I think he loved her while he did not had her. It a was a matter of intense desire (or obsession) more than true love. I think the young Henry really loved Catherine of Aragon until he got older and needed a son to leave the throne to and became clear that she was not going to give him the heir he desperately needed.

I feel he loved the idea of having sons rather more than ANY of his queens.

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The question should be: Did Henry love Catharine de Aragon.

For me this is a clear case of lust rather than love. I could never have someone I truly love executed (and neither should anyone else!)

I can’t get enough of these videos! Thank you for separating fact from fiction

Thank you for the informative videos, great job, I love to listen to you.

I feel Henry truly loved her. It was the first time he met a woman who said no and he was beguiled by her wit and her charm and the fact that she can hold a conversation. In that aspect she reminded him aspect of Katherine but there was this recklessness that he needed to tame. That however didn't transfer well into a marriage and in other words he married his girlfriend. Anne wasn't educated in royal marriages and wasn't cool about not being his only woman so all that recklessness and that wit came to bite him back later on. They were an ideological difference: Anne was a reformer and Henry truly wasn't that difference alone had caused resentment and anger towards her because he sacrificed so much to be with her logically speaking he forsaken centuries of tradition that had made his father king and something that he believed in deeply which won't be transfer to any descendants he had, which is a hard blow to a religious man like Henry and honestly she isn't even trained or have the understanding of the restraint put upon her when she became Queen. Their relationship was always doomed. I feel the greatest love of Henry's life out of his wives was Katherine, they had a strong, healthy and grand relationship that lasted the longest and traits of her he would consistently pursue throughout his life. Anne: Her wit Jane: her spirituality Anne: her ties and contributes as a queen Katherine: her former youth and beauty Katherine: Her prudence and wisdom Every Queen that he picked: he had Katherine in mind and she truly the only one who was a competent partner to Henry. None of the women were and it wasn't for her not being able to have a son and was 6 years older than it wouldn't have been an issue and history would be different.

I think Henry did love Anne in the beginning and maybe fell out of love with her ( she didn't live up to his expectations of giving him a long awaited Prince).

This is my new favourite Anne Boleyn Files video (which is really saying something, because you've created an such impressive collection of excellent videos). Although it was a *monologue* , it felt like I was actually listening to a *dialogue* because of the way you went back & forth, carefully presenting the evidence, sifting through it & drawing conclusions from it. I'm always impressed by your thoughtfulness & fairness in respecting contrary opinions, as well as how much effort you put into getting to the truth.

You give Henry much more credit than I ever could! 🤣 I find him really hard to stomach!! Love your videos!

Thank you for making this video! I always wondered whether he loved her or just really fancied her, because the idea of killing someone you love just seems so impossible to me. But you brought up some points that I have never thought about, like how someone you love more than the stars can easily turn into the one person you hate above everyone else. I definitely now see how he was infatuated with her because he loved her, but their marriage turned into something awful, and he eventually hated her. I wonder why? It seems unlikely, to me in 2019 anyway, that you could hate someone just because they haven’t given you a son yet as a part of me thinks he knew she was innocent but wanted her gone. But it was a very different time so who knows. 🤷🏼‍♀️ I love your channel and your website (it really helped me when I was doing my A Level History coursework last year) and the effort you put into them, I look forward to exploring your ideas in your books! ✨

Very sensibly the most honest explanation of love. Passionate love does not last. If it does not grow into a deep and abiding mutual friendship love between mature people that for this love would not dream of purposefully hurting the other out of selfishness, it is doomed to fail. And so seen, frequently does. More women need to get their heads out if romance novels and lifetime movies .

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Thanks for a compelling look at love between Henry and Anne.

wanting is not loving. Henry wants what Henry wants and he gets it. My definition of love is not everybody's but I have loved and been loved. We do not murder someone we love and we never completely stop loving those we truly love.

I agree that they loved each other and pretty much everything else you said. However, I think it was Henry and Cromwell, 50/50 that had Anne prosecuted, both for their own reasons. Love these videos. I could listen to your voice for hours.

New subscriber, I enjoy how you take the romance out of it and bring it down to more thoughtful ideas

I came across this channel from searching for videos about six tge musical and Im so interested in learning more about Anne's history

It is interesting that Henry VIII was determined to have a male heir. His male heir who eventually was born through Jane Seymour passed away at a young age.... It was Elizabeth I who succeeded him the longest out of his children...Wasn't it 45 years in reign? She was Anne Boleyn's child with Henry VII. So his determination for a male heir was unfounded.

I agree totally! I believe that everything started out with great intentions of Both Henry and Anne, but as time went on he may have been struggling with his resentment towards her and as he questioned what he gave up for her I believe it turned to hate.

I love your vids, so informative, well presented. Thank you for feeding us history junkies.

Loved this video. Excited to read your books. I find Henry's illegitimate son's story interesting but have never heard the thought he could have been made heir if Henry choose. I look forward to more videos!

Hi Claire, thanks so much for this video. Brilliant analysis, in my view. I found it so refreshing that you don't subscribe to the "Anne knew she could seduce him and become Queen" theory that seems to have been repeated in so many documentaries and books. She had the example of her own sister being set casually aside so it really does not make sense that she was scheming for the crown from the start. I also believe she only gradually became attached to him over time and then when she committed to marry him, she did so fully and by that time was really in love with him. In the end though, nothing really excuses his conduct in how callously he pushed aside or killed those who had once been close to him. Catherine, Anne, Katherine Howard, Thomas Moore, Thomas Wolsey, and the list goes on. Deep down he seems to have had some genuine affection for others but his big and deep love was himself and his own ego and gratification. I also have and enjoy that book by Karen Lindsey you recommended. Great read. She's quite funny on numerous occasions as well as educational.

Hello Claire...thankyou for another really enjoyable video....I agree with you..I think he did love Anne...hate only comes when you have truly loved...Anne's inability to give him a living son...I think set off the resentment in him...plus maybe she wasn't as accommodating in their marriage as Katherine was...a different personality....set him on that downward spiral into resentment & hate....a tragic end to their feisty relationship...so sad they seem to have been truly well matched for each other....

Wonderful work and research you have done and very generous and interactive to let your audience ask questions which you answer. Thank you Claire. Could you add artworks of the times and people you are discussing ? Even just in the top right square ?

I really loved and enjoyed listening to this. It was very informative

I believe he did love her in the beginning, but when things didn’t turn out the way he wanted (a baby girl and 2 miscarriages) he compartmentalized everything, and rationalized her downfall to pave the way for a new relationship, because he married Jane Seymour very quickly after Anne’s demise. Women were disposable pawns back then, sad to say. However cruel it may seem to us about a decapitation, he also had a swordsman from France sent over so that her death would be quick and painless (or so he wanted to believe) vs having someone hack at her neck w an axe, But who knows maybe he just wanted to look nice to the crowd; I believe in the end he just saw her as collateral damage on the way to getting his son and heir and made her a scapegoat. I also believe that after he lay unconscious for several hours after the jousting accident earlier that year, darker parts of Henry VIII were awakened from brain injury, and much like we see in today’s football players with Traumatic Brain Injury, They are irritable, impulsive, angry and prone to violence. But Being the king he can just hire someone to get rid of her on trumped up charges. He was a megalomaniac; So in the end, only what he wanted mattered, no matter how much he loved her at the start. If he could’ve seen the success their daughter, (Elizabeth I from hated Wife #2) would become, I hope he would’ve eaten a big slice of humble pie!

Can you do a "Did Henry VIII love any of his Wives ?" If tou haven't? I love your videos!❤❤❤

I absolutely agree with you. Especially as I have been in a relationship that started with so much love and ended with us wishing the other dead and doing every thing to destroy the others reputation.

This is a fun series to have stumbled across on a Sunday afternoon. Thank you Claire for delving into questions posed but rarely answered. It's interesting to me that one small point in resolving the question was completely ignored by EVERYONE. Henry was certainly infatuated. Henry wanted what Henry wanted. I certainly believe Henry came to love Anne (and that he came to sour on her too over the prospects of delivering a son); but most importantly HE CARED ABOUT HER. It seems to have been lost that Henry commanded that a French swordsman be engaged to cross the Channel to do the deed! A small detail perhaps; but let's not forget that said swordsman whispered her name and then lopped off her head (from the opposite side where there was clear access) in one (one hopes) painless stroke. A generation later Elizabeth's order to behead an anointed queen ended in six hacks of the axe before the end. I say he cared...

The one exculpating thought I have about Henry is that deep down he put the country first. Lack of a son and lack of a peaceful succession could have plunged the country back into warring factions such as seen in the preceding century. The Tudor claim to the throne was weak to begin with. Another interesting question to explore is when or if Henry decided he would have to replace Queen Catherine due to her age and infertility? She wasn't going to get any younger. What, if any, plans did Henry have to provide a male heir outside of his marriage beyond elevating Henry Fitzroy? Was Henry's initial attraction to Anne the thought she could provide him with a son, in or outside of marriage? If so, how would he have legitimized such a son? Would he have kept Anne as his chief mistress until the natural death of Catherine, then married Anne if she had provided sons? Did Henry love Anne? My close friend deeply loved and married a man who was horribly abusive. In counselling later, the therapist suggested to my friend that the man had loved as much as he was capable of loving. In some ways that is true for all of us, we love according to our capabilities. I think too, relationships are stronger if there is mutual need from both partners. For instance Queen Victoria depended on Prince Albert, he likewise needed her and their needs ranged from personal to business. What would Henry have needed from Anne? Sons. Companionship? Mental stimulation? Shared interests? Other than sons, how dependent would he have been on receiving anything else from his wife? I don't think the Tudor court fostered the warm domestic life sought by Victoria and Albert or Tsar Nicholas and Alexandra. It seems to me Tudor kings and queens lived fairly separate lives. I cannot imagine Henry going to Anne for comfort after a difficult day at the office. I think spontaneity would have been missing for the most part. I think Henry loved Anne as much as he was capable. I can think of many reasons why he acquiesced to her death but in my opinion there is no excuse for killing the mother of one of his children. Henry must not have been thinking. If Elizabeth continued to be considered legitimate, what would he say to her? How would the execution of her mother affect a dynastic marriage in Elizabeth's future? If she ever became queen, how could her reign be affected and therefore the welfare of the country? Though England had had some dangerous and divisive queens in the past, those were not executed. Why did Henry break with tradition and open himself to being a laughingstock on the continent? What was so horrific about Anne's continuing existence that he had to kill her? If Henry had not dissolved the monasteries and convents, would he have locked her in a convent? If Henry had not broken with Rome, what would the pope have said or done about Henry executing a wife and mother of his child? How could Henry as first head of the Church of England, therefore responsible for the souls and moral character of his people, set such a horrible example? Surely he was familiar with Jesus' words about a woman taken in adultery and casting the first stone. Perhaps Henry believed England was close to another civil war. I think Henry was raised with a stronger sense of duty than of love. Maybe he felt fear in 1536 and his sense of duty overrode his weaker tendencies for personal and domestic love. Henry had been adored all of his life, first as a son and prince and then as king. His quest for Anne and perhaps especially the religious reforms, had cost him a certain amount of adoration by his subjects. It is possible Henry's psyche needed love from his citizens more than any love a wife could give. So Henry, excusing his acts as political necessity, killed one aspect of love to regain a love that more perfectly filled his heart.

Why couldn't the ship have been BOTH a New Year's gift and an acceptance? Giving it at a time that gifts were expected would have been a way to avoid gossip.

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A historical video about Henry VIII and Ann Boleyn complete with relationship advice! Thumbs up!!

He was simply in lust and obsessed over someone he couldn’t have. Saying “no” to a man that has only heard “yes” his entire life will drive him mad. And mad people do what he did, execute a woman he supposedly loved.

My Lord I wish I could see the look on henrys face if he lived in are time if just for 15 min, to find out male briths come from the fathers side not mom's ! So you no how many women died because of this ?

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Thanks for your explanation.

by the way , i really enjoyed this more lengthy presentation...........i could not wait , til the end to write my opinion..........until next time.........

I think he was certainly " smitten '' with her but loved her ......no . she was sophisticated , she had style , she looked different , her coloring , build , etc. and she was an intellectual match for him ( maybe smarter ) . all of that , along with the fact , that she wasn't readily obtainable , something he was unaccustomed to . if he truly loved her , I doubt that , he would have so willingly , went along with the calumnies , she was accused of . however , i think , he would have loved her , had she given him a son .......................i think , he truly loved jean Seymour.............

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FYI - modern historians say his head accident completely changed his personality as was serious. Brain scientists confirm this as it happens today.

I'm sure he thought it was love, but it was really a toxic obsession he had for Anne -- just like those crimes of passion you're describing. These types of relationships are signs of someone who is either very emotionally immature, or mentally unstable, which, when you look at how abominably Henry treated everyone in his life, it's pretty evident he was the latter. Even in his own time, his behavior was shocking to the other monarchs of Europe. Anne may have grown to love him, but I don't know many women who could put off sleeping with a man they were in love with for seven years. That seems a saintly amount of willpower. And I've seen Anne called a lot of things, but that certainly wasn't one of them. I think she fell in love with the power and status.

Fabulous video, Claire

EEEUUULLLAAALLLLIIIIAAAA!!!!! Really enjoying your bookshelf :-D Also, I believe that Henry's version of love towards others was a possessive and self gratifying love because he saw himself, and believed others saw him, as the most valued and deserving of love. He saw his love for others through how much he thought they could love him. When he realised they were had a person hood outside of his desires and were not merely seraphs ever to praise him, in self gratification, he would kill them.

Ann was Henry's midlife crisis. An experience common to men who marry young and grow into middle age with the same partner. Is it love? Is it passion born out of a sudden lust-filled change of life's direction? I think it is both. Add to this the dire necessity of a king like Henry having to produce a legitimate male heir must have driven him under considerable stress to the edge of despair trying to resolve these two hopeless dilemmas. Historians tend to overlook the emotional nature of Henry's character, a personality, driven by romanticism and the desire to keep everybody happy, which was impossible of course. Like a cornered animal he had to come out fighting mad or go under. He made a start by kicking the pope out of England, sacking all the monasteries and thereby risking war; divorcing his brother's wife, marrying his mistress and crowning her queen. There is no doubt in my mind that Ann Boleyn changed the course of world history!

Also, wasn't it Chapuys who said that Anne had miscarried of her saviour? I think if any of his wives had given him the longed for son, their position would have been secure.

This was great and thought provoking.

I loved this video!!! I believed he still had love for Anne because he hired the expert swordsman to shorten any suffering. Along with his advisers pressure I think his declining health and increasing pain played a part in his descision. Thank you for giving me daily Tudor history!

Claire, this is a wonderful video, thanks so much for the well thought out / researched commentary. I think there’s no doubt he loved her, however he loved. He just pursued her way too long to have it be lustful. He could have anyone and probably more “beautiful” - he just risked too much. I think Henry also greatly loved Katherine. He just seemed to have such a skill for falling out and turning off, being very changeable, running and being tyrannical with whatever he wanted.

thanks for the tip about George Wyatt, I was able to read digitized excerpts of his book courtesy of the Library of Congress. According to Wyatt no one was persecuted for religion's sake during Ann's 3 year reign. Is that true? Because if that is, it is a major achievement.

Phew! Difficult to say, but I would like to think that he loved her. There was so much game playing back then, with romanticism and I think we sometimes forget that these were real people that once lived, breathed and walked this earth like we do and we can't conclude everything from history books and theories. We have to somehow find a connective value that will enable us to understand their thoughts. We can only do that by modifying information we accrue from ourselves. Thank you Claire, you've given my childhood heroine a secure place in modern day studies.

I love your videos.