Dr Kat and the Traces of Anne Boleyn

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Going in search of the traces of Anne Boleyn - how many seem plausible to you?
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Miniature whistle pendant and cosmetic tools (1525-1530). By family tradition, Henry VIII’s first gift to Anne Boleyn. Held by the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
Portrait of Anne Boleyn by an unknown English artist (late 16th century, based on a work of circa 1533-1536). Held by the National Portrait Gallery, London.
Portrait of Mary Tudor and Charles Brandon to celebrate their wedding, attributed to Jan Gossaert (circa 1516). Held in the collection of the Earl of Yarborough; Brocklesby Park, Lincolnshire.
Illuminated pages, two with manual annotations by Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn, from the Book of Hours, Use of Sarum (''Anne Boleyn's Book of Hours'') (c.1500). Held by the British Library, Kings MS 9.
Illumination showing Henry VIII in miniature and the worked gilt covers with clasp and girdle loops from John Croke’s translation of the Psalms into English verse (a girdle book) (c. 1540). Held by the British Library, Stowe 956.
Bedhead said to belong to Anne Boleyn at her family home of Hever Castle, Kent. www.hevercastle.co.uk/visit/h...
The “Boleyn Cup” (c.1535). Held by St John the Baptist Church, Cirencester. Image from www.britainexpress.com/counti...
William Powell Frith’s painting of King Henry and Anne Boleyn deer shooting in Windsor Forest (1903). Held in a private collection, image from Wikimedia Commons.
“Anne Boleyn Clock” (1530-1870?). Held by the Royal Collection Trust.
Purse; crimson velvet; in the shape of a powder flask, with stiffened centre padded with horsehair; a drawstring pouch on each side and silver braid round edge (16th century (?)). Labelled: 'Given by Henry VIII to Anne Bullyne'. Held by the British Museum.
Obverse and inverse of the lead medal intended to celebrate the coronation of Anne Boleyn (1534). Held by the British Museum.
Hans Holbein’s designs commissioned by Anne Boleyn for a cup and table fountain. Drawings held by the Kunstmuseum Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
Photograph showing the entwined initials of Henry and Anne in the screen of the Great Hall at Hampton Court Palace.
Falcon badge graffiti in the Beauchamp Tower at the Tower of London. Image hosted at onthetudortrail.com/Blog/2013/...
Exterior of the Chapel of St Peter ad Vincula, containing the burial site and gravemarker of Anne Boleyn (2016). Photograph taken by Michael Coppins, from Wikimedia Commons.
The “Chequers Ring”, locket ring belonging to Elizabeth I (c. mid-1570s). Held at Chequers.
Quoted texts:
Transcription of Henry VIII’s love letters to Anne Boleyn - michelemorrical.com/love-lett...

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@beverlyfletcher4458 4 жыл бұрын

I love the idea of Elizabeth wearing a ring with the image of her mother. So, so sad.

@maggieweimar4693 2 жыл бұрын

The idea that Elizabeth wore a ring secretly with her mother’s portrait, helps me imagine the inner strength she had to find in a position that her father used to end her mother’s life. My heart very much likes the idea the portrait is her mother

@vitr1960 4 жыл бұрын

Get this woman a TV show! @BBC #BBC

@kathyeubanks5524 4 жыл бұрын

Vit R Hear, hear!

@birdyfilovingheart6365 4 жыл бұрын

Too good for that corrupt corporation!

@cotybare9720 4 жыл бұрын

I agree. Anyone would be lucky to have her as an addition to the family.

@johnchristopher20 3 жыл бұрын

The BBC would ruin it.

@MsLJK85 4 жыл бұрын

Anne's commission for a rosewater hand fountain for the banquet table is luxurious and practical-- I like it as a clue to her style as queen.

@mariafury1047 4 жыл бұрын

Henry and Katherine’s marriage was not perfectly good once he knew she would never bear him a son. If he had not divorced her to marry Anne, he would have divorced her for someone else.

@julieletford5695 4 жыл бұрын

I guess men didn't know in those days that they are the ones that determine the sex.

@SR-iy4gg 4 жыл бұрын

@@julieletford5695 Yeah. That wasn't discovered until about 1905.

@EnglishVirgo 4 жыл бұрын

@@julieletford5695 There are still a vast amount of men that still dont know that.

@LilyGarden528 4 жыл бұрын

I think it's the way Anne and her family boldly perused the king that gives her a bad name.

@veenapaulson4934 3 жыл бұрын

Some say Katherine was slowly poisoned. Her body was swollen with patches of black. Her dying wish was to see Henry one more time. He did not grant her wish.

@kelliknackmuhs2546 4 жыл бұрын

Elizabeth’s ring. I know she loved Catherine Parr but Anne was her mother. I would think, as she got older and became Queen herself, she would have missed her mother, and based on what she went through understood there was more to her mother’s story and needed her close. Such a sweet and tender reminder!

@auntkaz422 4 жыл бұрын

I'm thinking it is Anne in the locker ring. I imagine Elizabeth always wondered about (and missed) her mother. Anne did not want to leave her, she was forcibly taken from her by her tyrant of a father... Perhaps she had an artist who knew her mother do the tiny portrait. Either way, I could see her wanting a remembrance if her mother close at hand.

@tootieq6527 4 жыл бұрын

Nothing says “LOVE YA GURL!” better, than an earwax scoop.

@carolinewithers531 4 жыл бұрын

Well, everyone needs one sometime or other. This was a personal item from the king, so I assume he used it, therefore I guess it was precious to her.

@1976mcfarlane 4 жыл бұрын

Hahahaha!!

@thewavewitch3238 4 жыл бұрын

😂😂

@cotybare9720 4 жыл бұрын

Practicality is King... or was the King...

@averybell4273 4 жыл бұрын

Its the equivalent of getting a spa kit today. :)

@badbiker666 4 жыл бұрын

I think it is incredible that there are so few items or images of Anne Boleyn that can be positively traced directly to her. On the other hand, I am also a big fan of the TV program Time Team and was astonished to discover that whole palaces have disappeared in the course of time. They dig for them where they were reputed to be and sure enough, they sometimes find their foundations. King Richard III was found under a car park. So I guess I should not be so surprized that Anne's possessions are so few.

@christina3521 2 жыл бұрын

Great point. Also the civil war, Cromwell selling off all the royal jewels and Great Fire of London destroyed the royal warehouses- any little hidden items that did survive the Tudor’s may not have had a chance 100+ years later. Extremely frustrating to know that we are missing +99.9% of what they knew and touched and left from their world.

@laurencharley1545 4 жыл бұрын

She’s always been my favourite out of Henry’s wives, I’ve never been sure why I was just drawn to her straight away when I first learned about the Tudors.

@whatsupdoc1075 4 жыл бұрын

The ring is amazing. I had heard of it, but never seen it. Thank you for sharing!

@tonistark4169 4 жыл бұрын

DanvilleGuy yes that was a beautiful ring so intricately made plus the symbolism behind it!

@sassytbc7923 4 жыл бұрын

I have heard of the ring that Elizabeth is said to have worn many many times. I have heard that she wore It quite a lot. I don’t know anything specific, but I truly like to believe that it is Anne...and that Elizabeth did love her mother.

@ironsnowflake1076 4 жыл бұрын

Simply gorgeous, had to get out my 🔎 to really study it.... _amazing_

@shesaknitter 4 жыл бұрын

I have seen images of the portraits in the ring, but not the whole ring. We may never know for sure, but I really think that was her mother.

@barbaragarcia6396 4 жыл бұрын

I believe that the portrait of the women with the B necklace is not Anne because it does not match her description of the long neck, wide mouth and very dark hair. Also, I think that Elizabeth’s locket contains the picture of her mother, Anne

@brendagreen6943 4 жыл бұрын

To bad Holbein wasn't around during this time!! I'd really like to see what she looked like!!

@sheriking4041 4 жыл бұрын

Love the locket ring, I do think the mystery lady is Anne

@carolinewithers531 4 жыл бұрын

@cubomania3 She was close to Katherine Parr too.

@stephanieking4444 4 жыл бұрын

@@carolinewithers531 true, but the 'mystery lady' is dressed in the fashion of the early 1530s. Not the time when Elizabeth and Katherine Parr were close.

@jkern64 3 жыл бұрын

I agree

@amandadunn1238 3 жыл бұрын

I think if Elizabeth was to wear a portrait it would be of her mother. Elizabeth was extremely intelligent so she had to know her Mother didn't deserve death. I think she used the memory of her Mother as a warning to her how dangerous a man with great power can be. She never married and never gave a man power over her or her nation. It's so sad she didn't get to know her Mother.

@johexxkitten 3 жыл бұрын

I have a replica ring, supposed to be a ring presented from HVIII to AB when he was courting her in France. It’s a silver ring bearing the words “vous et nul autre”. I’ve always had somewhat of a soft spot for Anne, so the irony of that phrase upon a gift from Henry to Anne... when it should more likely be “you until I’m bored or you fail your purpose”

@skwervin1 4 жыл бұрын

The ring to me is something a daughter would wear - she owes her life to her mother, I honestly think that her mums behaviour, particularly on the scaffold, secured her survival and not her banishment and/or death by "misfortune" as a bastard child. She would have been old enough to remember how her mother looked and would have been able to either draw enough or supply enough detail for such a small token. It is through her mother, and her sacrifice, that she is Queen.

@leanie5234 2 жыл бұрын

Sadly, children do not form visual memories at 2 and a half years of age. What do YOU remember from that age ?

@skwervin1 2 жыл бұрын

@@leanie5234 I remember playing on the floor with a tin of coins with my sister, I remember moving home and sitting in the back of the car and my dad yelling at mum to stop yapping with the neighbour and get in the bloody car, I remember our going to get fish and chips and coming home to find the gate open and our dog gone.... also I am autistic and have ADHD and have an excellent visual memory and being 56.... I still clearly remember lectures etc from the 80's including the clothes people were wearing.

@cwhite5015 4 жыл бұрын

“I love you. Now clean your ears.” Lol. I would love to sit in on one of your lectures. I’ve gleaned so much from your videos. Further, they get me thinking and questioning. Just wonderful videos.

@GrammerAngel 4 жыл бұрын

I appreciate your video immensely. Like many people, I always thought the portrait was of Anne Boleyn.. I never knew there was doubt of who the woman was. I am beginning to realize that much of what we consider history is merely conjecture and wishful thinking. Thanks for the video. Well done, from across the pond.

@bradydomann3102 4 жыл бұрын

Been moderately obsessed with Anne Boleyn since elementary school, when I read the Young Royals series. Specifically “Doomed Queen Anne”. Not terribly historically accurate, but sparked my curiosity to learn more.

@lizardcameron66 4 жыл бұрын

I just discovered you today while I was at work. Thank you for making my life a little bit better. I'm adhd and my boss understands enough to let me listen to KZfaq while I'm doing the cleaning part of my job. History helps me focus and your channel is a minor miracle for me. Thank you so much. You literally help keep me focused.

@emmonstrex65 3 жыл бұрын

Never knew about the ring- actually teared up, a visceral response. Thank you for a wonderful video.

@LeslieSunshine17 4 жыл бұрын

Loved, Loved, Loved this video. I'm an AB fanatic for over 40 years now. I was 11 years old when I happened to walk into my Mom's living room where she was watching Anne of the Thousand Days on the console TV! That was it! I had to find every book I could, and then movies, and then we had the internet! Lol. Thank you for sharing all the great and accurate information.

@nobodysbaby5048 Жыл бұрын

"God help me, the king is mad."

@sian2337 4 жыл бұрын

Anne Boleyn is top of my list of people I'd love to meet from history. Her story is so sad and I just find her fascinating. I had no idea there were doubts about her portrait though.

@happycat9577 4 жыл бұрын

I absolutely loved this video. I was fascinated to learn about all of the objects and letters associated with Anne Boleyn, but I think my favorite is the unidentified woman pictured opposite Elizabeth inside the ring. There is something very touching about the idea of Elizabeth secretly cherishing her dead mother, and holding her close in the only way she could.

@tumblyhomecarolinep7121 4 жыл бұрын

I so enjoy your videos. They always teach me so much, but also I love the measured approach you take to facts and rumour in history.

@ReadingthePast 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!

@scarymonsterzz 4 жыл бұрын

Anne Boleyn was such a fascinating woman. It’s so sad to me that so few of her images survived after her fall. So tragic.

@patriciahayes2664 7 ай бұрын

It shows how much Henry wanted to rid himself of any memories of her, just as he wanted to rid himself of any memories of her cousin, Catherine Howard. 🤔

@julieblackstock8650 4 жыл бұрын

I think you are the only person who has ever identified the famous B necklace portrait as possibly being Mary Duchess of Suffolk, wife of Brandon. That is certainly food for thought.

@diannameadows142 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for all the information about the Tudors. There have been so many fables we have been told and we are so lucky that you have done the digging to find the truth .

@beverlyfletcher4458 4 жыл бұрын

Yes, certainly interesting. Have we been wrong all these years?

@elizabethtrudgill3567 4 жыл бұрын

I always found it strange that Ann Boleyn would wear a B necklace instead of an A for Ann. If it was another lady wearing her husband's initial that would make more sense. Unless it was customary for wealthy women to wear their family initial then who knows.

@ZVG814 2 жыл бұрын

But the picture shows Elizabeths nose

@julieblackstock8650 2 жыл бұрын

@@ZVG814 which she would have got from her father Henry,, and Duchess of Brandon was his Sister hence the likeness

@desireestpaul6071 4 жыл бұрын

I think the story of Anne Boleyn is so terribly sad. Thank you for discussing her!

@DeidreL9 3 жыл бұрын

The ring speaks to me so much, as a lady’s thing, a secret thing…and it’s just beautiful that flowers are delivered to Anne Boleyn’s resting place each year. ❤️

@Dodgeowner 4 жыл бұрын

That ring is stunning and so creatively designed. You don’t see anything like that today.

@carolliubicich8222 4 жыл бұрын

Queen Elizabeth and Anne Are my favorites as women In history. Thank you

@sarahholland1375 4 жыл бұрын

Elizabeth I has a portrait wearing the same B pendant, with a pale gold dress . I've never read anything saying she was ever close to her aunt, so I'd guess it was Anne's & left to her after Anne was executed. .

@plantagenetsurvivor8771 4 жыл бұрын

Sarah holland - Daughter.

@danaglabeman6919 4 жыл бұрын

@@plantagenetsurvivor8771 No ma'am she was right the first time She was referring to the improbability of Elizabeth's aunt, Mary Brandon, leaving the necklace to her, if it was indeed Mary's.

@danaglabeman6919 4 жыл бұрын

In strong support of your point is the fact that Mary Brandon died 4 months before Elizabeth was born. She didnt know she existed to leave it to her.

@SR-iy4gg 4 жыл бұрын

@@plantagenetsurvivor8771 No

@amandakay0429 4 жыл бұрын

I think you’re thinking of her possibly wearing the “A” necklace... onthetudortrail.com/Blog/2012/08/05/anne-boleyns-jewellery-and-the-princess-elizabeth/

@daughteroftime8047 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for putting all of this together! I'm familiar with most of the items on the list, but I love how you've compiled it with explanations, providence etc. I have to say, if the famous "B" necklace was found to represent Brandon rather than Boleyn a lot of people would be devastated. But looking at the image of Mary Tudor/Brandon, I've often wondered if the famous Anne portrait was her rather than Anne because the resemblance is uncanny. But perhaps thats because the portrait of Anne was from memory and memories are very unreliable. It gives me hope that the necklace was indeed Anne's! Great video. Thank you for posting!

@ReadingthePast 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you, I'm pleased you liked the video. I agree, it would be really sad if we did have to give up that portrait as being one of Anne Boleyn.

@leanie9660 4 жыл бұрын

Yes, just as the most accepted portrait of Katherine Howard could no (must not) actually be of her. Looks more like Jane Seymour. I once cut and pasted all of the pictures of wives and other Tudor women, and concluded that they all looked the same. Either the painter had only one style, or (more likely) they were not as diverse a group as thought

@graphiquejack 4 жыл бұрын

I think the NPG painting of Anne is likely to be her, but painted during Elizabeth's reign. If you look at portraits of mother and daughter, they look uncannily similar. Perhaps the artist not knowing what Anne actually looked like modeled her after her daughter? There is also a painting that has been recently discovered where the sitter is labelled as Anne Boleyn when she was 14. The similarity in clothing to this portrait of a teen-aged Anne and the NGB portrait are nearly identical, as is the pose (which curiously is also similar to the Mona Lisa, which Anne may have seen when she was living at the French court). I think it's possible that with so few portraits of Anne available, artists would have used any source materials they could have gotten their hands on. As for the 'B' pendant, if this was based on a surviving painting of Anne that is now lost to us, I think it's more likely an original would have been painted before Henry married Anne. If it was after she was queen, why would Anne still be using a B as an initial when A or AR would have been more appropriate? In regards to her appearance, the NPG portrait does show a woman with a very long neck and dark eyes (not so convinced of a wide mouth, though). Finally, the question of her hair colour... I've read that her hair was more frequently described as brunette or auburn than very dark brown or black in her lifetime, and that later critics of her gave her a more 'witch'-like appearance by describing her hair as black. The NPG portrait is, in my opinion, almost certainly 'her', but is an artist's recreation of her based on any portraits that may have survived and what her daughter looked like.

@danaglabeman6919 4 жыл бұрын

The original famous portrait all those are based off is clearly labeled "Anne, wife of Henry VIII," but...Mary and Anne do seem to look an awful lot alike, as do Catherine of Aragon and Elizabeth of York. I think that says alot about Henry psychologically. I think we can call it a fairly good likeness because I believe either A) the painter was copying a from life portrait we've now lost, probably a Holbein, or B) the painter, being very well aware of what both Elizabeth and Henry looked like, filled in the face with Elizabeth's features that were definately not Henry's. But the stiff style, no background, bad draughtsmanship and clear labeling make me think it's one of those quick, bad copies of a master portrait designed to be distributed to the middle classes, like the cheap copies made of Elizabeth's "official" portraits.

@tonytunbridge6275 4 жыл бұрын

@@graphiquejack " If it was after she was queen, why would Anne still be using a B as an initial when A or AR would have been more appropriate". She wasn't "Anne R" (Regina). Regina is only used by Queens who rule in their own right, not women who are just the wives of a ruling King. I don't know about the other wives, but Anne continued to use the name Boleyn, sometimes spelled "Bullen" after marriage and Kathryn Parr used to sign documents as KP after marriage to Henry. In a famous letter she wrote to Henry from the Tower of London on 6 May 1536 she signed herself as "Your most loyal and every faithful wife, Anne Bullen".

@hottieboi1982 4 жыл бұрын

I just found this amazing Series & Dr Kat. Omg I’m obsessed, so into history & this channel is the best .. really the best .

@lizaldam2157 4 жыл бұрын

Food for thought in the necklace mention...Boleyn or Brandon? Interesting puzzle.

@Queenofthemuse 4 жыл бұрын

I’ve just found your channel and I love it! I’ve got a particular interest in Tudor history and the Wars of the Roses. I find your narrative style really easy to follow, approachable and refreshing! I look forward to seeing more of your videos - it’s a welcome distraction from our current situation!

@maggiesmith856 4 жыл бұрын

If Anne Boleyn had very dark brown hair, just one shade lighter than black, it could have auburn highlights when the light hit it. I have known people like that.

@realityslidersmandelaeffec6594 4 жыл бұрын

Me...my hair was like that...now I am left with just my dark hair

@ReadingthePast 4 жыл бұрын

Very true, my hair can look almost red in the sun.

@realityslidersmandelaeffec6594 4 жыл бұрын

@@ReadingthePast mine used to but I lost the auburn multi tones and I am left with just the dark now. I AM nearly 55 with dark brown hair so I'm not complaining

@clare5one 4 жыл бұрын

That is exactly the colour of my hair. It is off-black, but has auburn highlights in the bright sunlight.

@danaglabeman6919 4 жыл бұрын

So given how fantastic the Scropes portrait of young Elizabeth is, I feel it's likely that bright red shade was her true hair color. You usually only get bright red like that from both parents giving you a red gene. That's why I'm firmly convinced Anne's real hair color was a dark auburn or chestnut. I think that one, the portrait we have is a cheap, quick, bad copy of a much better one with beautifully painted hair, and two, that red pigment cells dont live as long. My own hair was copper bright when I was little and now is just barely auburn. By her thirties, when the original would have been painted, she may have lost her color.

@rycoli 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for bringing these treasure traces to light.

@BBK83 4 жыл бұрын

I'm so glad I came across your channel! I'm from the states (NY), but I've been obsessed with the Tudor history since I was in college (aka university). Just when I thought I knew "enough", your channel is opening my eyes to so much more. You're easy to follow, which is especially important. Thank you got creating this awesome channel!

@rebeccabeard384 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you Dr. Kat so very much. In 1979 I went to Schiller College, Wickham Court, West Wickham, Kent. Henry VIII proposed to Anne Boleyn in the Courtyard. They had much fun in the castle where I lived and studied.

@juliechi6166 3 жыл бұрын

That is so cool!!!

@samanthafordyce5795 26 күн бұрын

Thanks for showing that beautiful ring. I had not heard of it before, but it is truly splendid. I agree that the other portrait is more likely to be Anne Boleyn than anyone else.

@briannadickson8117 3 жыл бұрын

You went from 20,000 to 60,000! So happy for you!

@christophermooreworx4913 3 жыл бұрын

Fascinating. Dr. Kat's scholarship is a welcome revision of the perceived wisdom about Henry and the 6 wives, or "the real housewives of hampton court" as I call them . What strikes me about the locket ring likeness is how similar it is to one of the Catharine Howard portraits which would make sense, given that thry were cousins.

@tsavina62 4 жыл бұрын

Considering Henry's cruelty to Catherine and Mary and his desperation of a male heir, I could see in his rage with Anne the possibility of him having any portraits of Anne destroyed. It does make sense that the "portrait" of Anne is actually his sister.

@brontewcat 2 жыл бұрын

If the portrait had been painted in the 1930s, yes. But the portrait is from when her daughter was on the throne. It makes more sense for her daughter to have wanted her mother painted, rather than her aunt.

@maryannchaisson6742 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for showing the ring! It’s very beautiful & I like to think it was Anne! Makes sense as QElizabeth could not openly show her feelings about her mother! Just my thought..👏❤️🌹🇨🇦

@gwennvorsaga3576 4 жыл бұрын

I am quite pleased that through the covid crisis I was fortunate enough to have found your channel! Brilliant! No background music.... hooray. Thank you so much for that. No disturbances of sounds backdrops and all the rest of the annoying things found on youtube. I am completely satisfied with your wonderfully soothing voice and your intelligent delivery. Your voice is all the music anyone could want and your research, content, topics, and presentation speak volumes.... I have been binge watching since I discovered you Dr. Kat and I will continue to do so in the future. Thank You So Much.

@qiuwbr091 4 жыл бұрын

I’m guessing about 50-60% of the English population in the era of Anne Boleyn cleaned their finger nails with items like crude house nails or other very common items like corn brooms. Or something second hand. That manicure set must have made her feel extremely spoiled.

@raceystacey7945 4 жыл бұрын

Her death was so shocking because she was the first Queen in English history to be executed.

@christinelachance8012 4 жыл бұрын

Racey Stacey ...Anne was no longer Queen when Henry had her put to death!

@michaelserfort8128 3 жыл бұрын

Am I the only one who thinks of the executed men who lost their lives in connection with this court case ? Are they all forgotten ? I always have to think of this poor souls when this story comes up...

@karinkicat 4 жыл бұрын

Oh I am so subscribed! Thank you for posting this treat!

@joscarsimmons4210 4 жыл бұрын

Dr Kat , I am an AFRICAN American who is absolutely in love with Tudor Royalty especially Eizabeth I . Can you possibly explore if any Africans interacted or worked in a Tudor Royal house hold . My research shows that some Africans did live in London but Elizabeth ask to send them back to where they came from thinking they were the cause disease that began to break out in the country .

@shesaknitter 4 жыл бұрын

Hi! I am an African American Tudor history fan, too! Here is a book that I learned about some years ago. I was working as a librarian so was able to get my hands on a copy of it, briefly. It is kind of expensive so I don't have my own copy yet, but it's on my list. In case you have not seen it, or don't know of it, here is a link to more information about the book: www.amazon.com/Blackamoores-Africans-England-Presence-Origins/dp/0953318214

@cplmpcocptcl6306 4 жыл бұрын

This interests me also. Thanks for the link.

@CairistionaO 3 жыл бұрын

Hi, a bit late, Henry VIII payed a black trumpeter by the name of John Blanke. An illustration of him appears on the “Westminster Tournament Roll.” He has his own wiki page too. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Blanke

@joscarsimmons4210 3 жыл бұрын

Cairistiona O’Loughlin THANK YOU !! 🙏🏽🙏🏽✊🏾🖤

@joscarsimmons4210 3 жыл бұрын

Dani Stark YES it is ! The King James Bible used all over the world especially in African American Churches today. Many of us congregants don’t even know how this version came about existing . #KingJames

@jillwhatley994 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I just love your videos! ❤️

@dawnshaw6969 4 жыл бұрын

I just love this channel! Thank you Dr. Kat , god bless you and yours ❤️

@bunzer.of.wunzerton2235 4 жыл бұрын

I absolutely love your videos ❤️ They're not just entertaining but educational. I enjoy it so much.

@ThursdayASMR 4 жыл бұрын

I adore your channel, Dr. Kat! I really enjoy your presentation with your speaking voice and your eloquence. Subscribed on the first video!

@anyahanley6698 4 жыл бұрын

thank you for sharing this . It was excellent. Well done !

@tiffanystevenson5329 4 жыл бұрын

Oooohhhh, loved this!!!! Just subscribed. I like to thing Anne touched everything mentioned!!!!

@dale3404 4 жыл бұрын

Dr Kat, I hit like before I watch. I’ve never been disappointed. Thank you so much.

@alexlefay 3 жыл бұрын

OMG, the return of the pretty duckies. I will never rest in peace again.

@melissacavanagh9662 4 жыл бұрын

I just visited The Tower for the first time last month. It was an amazing, moving experience. Even though so much was still not accessible and the closest we got to Anne's burial place was the fencing that runs around the Chapel of St Peter ad Vincula, it was still incredible. It was such a moving and emotional experience to stand just yards from where her bones rest, look around, and consider how she might have felt that last morning of her life--and all of the days she spent in The Tower after her arrest. I was really glad I had watched this video before going there; definitely helped enhance the visit. Thank you!

@changingperspective. 4 жыл бұрын

Just found you! Loved your Anne of Cleves vid. It’s the most in-depth look at this intriguing person I’ve ever come across. Thank you for your work!

@lisab2581 4 жыл бұрын

So interesting!! Going to watch more of your videos now.

@hottieboi1982 4 жыл бұрын

I watch it now religiously ☺️🙏😘thank you dr Kat ur awesome !

@VLove-CFII 4 жыл бұрын

Great video! All new information for me. Thank you!

@jemgem9593 4 жыл бұрын

I love your intelligent, informative, fascinating videos... so interesting x

@chicagonorthshorerealtor 4 жыл бұрын

I just found your channel and I LOVE IT! I am fascinated by Tudor history. I would love to hear more about Anne’s court, especially Lady Margaret Lee and all the others.

@shesaknitter 4 жыл бұрын

Dr. Kat, this video was fantastic. Just fascinating! I am a high school instructional assistant (my retirement job...I am a retired librarian) in two history classes and the teacher and I were having almost daily side chat/history geek offs before school had to be closed temporarily for the pandemic. I have shared your channel with him. I am thrilled to have so much time to learn and he will be, too, I'm sure! I just discovered you and thank you so much for all of your research and for sharing your findings. I am thrilled that there are many of your videos that I will be watching to get caught up!

@aspentree242 4 жыл бұрын

Wonderful video! I've just discovered your channel and you're one of my new favorites!

@colin5543 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your insightful reading of history.

@Lgeary1963 4 жыл бұрын

Absolutely love your channel!

@Lgeary1963 3 жыл бұрын

The ring is divine! Thanks for sharing!

@elizabethraitanen5057 3 жыл бұрын

I don’t know how I missed this! I am quite taken by the ring shown at the end. Thank you for another thought provoking and informative video!

@starquant 3 жыл бұрын

Utterly fascinating. You are extremely knowledgeable on the subject and very easy to listen to.

@ZOSOqueen 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your great videos, Dr Kat. So well researched, presented and narrated. I enjoy them and find them very informative. Cheers!

@tammyz7689 4 жыл бұрын

I have never subscribed to a channel so fast (other than Claire Ridgeway). You are a gifted narrator and capture an audience like few others can. I am so loving binge watching your channel ❤️. Thank you for your devotion to this wonderful channel.

@harrietlyall1991 4 жыл бұрын

Very interesting and informative, with many objects not usually seen. Thank you.

@rubyc5664 3 жыл бұрын

I watch your vids multiple times & binge watch you everyday 😍 love you Dr. Kat 😄

@francosporto3c 3 жыл бұрын

The fabulous ring is my favourite

@amandapittar9398 4 жыл бұрын

I have been binge watching your videos. You are just wonderful. I’m not sure which is your “time period” as a historian, but you certainly bring Tudor people to life. I have a life long love of History, an MA in the subject and a postgraduate qualification. Even after years of study, I read history books and biographies for pleasure. I enjoy your presentation of the subjects - as well as the way you bring up different point of views for us to ponder. Personally I believe Anne played a dangerous game. She was a Howard, trained and educated from birth to forward her family. I very much doubt her family would have relinquished control of her whilst Henry was wooing her. Her sister had been his mistress and given him a son, and they maybe decided to play the game a “new” way. For Anne’s part , I also think she may have seen herself as a reformer - perhaps as a public one, to gain a following maybe? I think she was dismayed at the way the reformation was being conducted by Cromwell, and this was their silent quarrel. Do you think she maybe thought of herself as a partner Queen rather than mere woman? The long and intense courtship may have led her to believe that she and Henry were interdependent as rulers, that he would look to her first in matters of faith rather than Cromwell. At least as a sounding board. Maybe there were three in the marriage and one had to go? Henry was never the same after he had that accident where he was unconscious for some time. I agree with one of the other contributors- how wonderful it would be to scan her skull and recreate her image, we could then gaze upon the face that changed history. Elizabeth I was the product of two extraordinary people in their prime. If they had married earlier, with less stress & anxiety, who knows what other brilliant offspring they may have had?

@JAV619 3 жыл бұрын

On a bit of a Dr Kat binge today. I love this channel! And yes Dr. Kat should have her own show!

@jackie4701 4 жыл бұрын

I think I have just found my new favourite channel 👍I live in Canada and have many ancestors going back to 1533 Tudor times and before....love British history thank you...Jackie from Canada

@eliv5585 4 жыл бұрын

one of the most interesting videos i have ever watched!

@lucyinwonderlandart 4 жыл бұрын

I've only just found your channel and omg I love you! Since I was little, I've always been obsessed with the Tudors (my primary school took a trip to Hampton Court because my 6 year old little self said it was vital to our project lol) I would always do history essays on the Tudors, especially Anne Boleyn. I loved the video and will now binge your other videos lol

@lindaswitzer2550 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you. We need to get you on BBCA. You are a font of information and common sense. You are awesome!!!

@themoreyouknow-anthonylega6560 3 жыл бұрын

FASCINATING! I've always found Anne Boleyn (aside from Elizabeth I) to be so unique, especially looking at these figures in the context of the Tudor mindset. As you brought up earlier...is she a villain or a victim? I personally think she did the best she could during a time when women had no rights, and a kings word (especially Henry's) was literally the law of the land. I still hope that one day, her lost letters may be uncovered.

@calebchuilo2810 3 жыл бұрын

Very informative n strong thank you Dr. Katherine.

@499PUCK 3 жыл бұрын

Hello Doctor, just wanted to comment on your clips. Your pronunciation and articulation is perfect. If there is a better story teller I haven't heard them. Your skill can make any subject interesting. Job well done.

@amywebb4586 2 жыл бұрын

As someone who lost their own mother as a child I love the idea of Elizabeth wearing the ring as just a momento mori. The one piece that has always fascinated me was the "B" necklace. I would love to know if it ever truly existed, and if it did, what happened to it? It's just such an iconic piece and the only evidence we have of it is in the reproduction of a painting in the National Portrait Gallery.

@faithhouck8756 4 жыл бұрын

I love all your videos. All are so entertaining and informative. I also like your music intro.

@aloknarain723 4 жыл бұрын

Great information hitherto unknown, at least, to me . Showing so many objects of that time and also the disputed portrait of Anne and piecing all of them together in a masterly fashion in so short a video is really commendable. A great work of Tudor history.

@ReadingthePast 4 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@mizfrenchtwist 4 жыл бұрын

BEAUTIFUL ARTIFACTS.............great share , very nice . thank you , for sharing..........

@esperanzamoreno4749 3 жыл бұрын

Beautiful presentation. So thrilled to see something new about Ms Boleyn. Thank you for your dedication to English Royal Artifacts.

@jenniferbrooks 4 жыл бұрын

This was fascinating! I have never heard anything about the portrait being questioned but I completely see it. It would be wild to find out for sure that the famous B necklace stands for Brandon. So appreciate your passion and research!! Thanks for this!

@Zeldarw104 4 жыл бұрын

Hi! I'm new and I love learning about medieval history, I find it fascinating!🤔🙂 Wow this was an excellent video.

@christymcinnis4324 4 жыл бұрын

I just discovered this channel and I am completely hooked!

@tonistark4169 4 жыл бұрын

I’m so glad I found your videos and love commenting on them. What you do in less than 30 minutes provides a much more vast “visual picture” of Anne Boleyn, Elizabeth I, Anne of Cleves, Henry VIII other wives, and Mary Queen of Scots in all your videos than ANY other videos I’ve seen on the aforementioned subjects. Much more information, pictures of memorabilia and brings to life the historical figures you speak of. Your information is succinct, detailed and historically accurate as much as ANY historian out there. This period of historical importance is literally brought to life (such as that bit of information about the jewelry etc. and never before seen or talked about in any other historians pages). I find it rather odd for lack of a better word, that chaste Jane Seymour, Henry’s favorite wife whom he’s buried beside, married him within a week of Anne’s death! You’d think that her “piety” and grace would prevent her from “grabbing the title of Queen” so soon after Anne was put to death. I find it also strange that KNOWING what happened to Anne, wife #2, she’d go running for the hills. I guess no matter WHAT happened to your predecessor, it was an “honor” to be his Queen 👸 Had she not died soon after childbirth, he’d have found a way to dispose of her too! However, then again, I’m sure NO ONE said NO to Henry VIII.

@ReadingthePast 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much, your supportive comments are such a lovely boost! I agree - the picture of demure, plain, meek, obedient Jane seems to ignore her serenity while essentially walking through her former mistresses blood on her way to sit on her throne! Sure, Anne Boleyn was the calculated and cruel schemer *eyeroll*!

@tonistark4169 4 жыл бұрын

Reading the Past you’re most certainly welcome!! I LOVE your channel! Yessss, how lovely of sweet Jane to step over the dead body of Anne Boleyn on her way to ascend to the throne. I don’t think she perhaps had much choice as her Father and Brother Edward Seymour were the ones basically pimping out their daughters like Jane to ascend to power themselves much like Thomas Boleyn! That fool not only had to know that Anne and George were beheaded for HIS crimes climbing over the dead first wife, Catherine of Aragon, to shove his daughters both in front of Henry. I don’t think the Seymours were that different! Daughters were used for political gain and wealth of the men in those families and many others. To earn the “favor of the King” was to line your pockets with gold...but at what price???

@hogwashmcturnip8930 4 жыл бұрын

@@tonistark4169 I think Jane was actually the most duplicitous of the lot, aided and abetted by her unscrupulous family. I think Anne did genuinely try to fend Henry off, especially with the marriage or nothing stance, but when she realised he was actually prepared to go for it the game changed. Jane just basically followed her lead. I have always wondered what would have happened if she had lived. She would have bored Henry witless in no time, but he would have been stuck with her, as mother of his heir. All I can see is a loveless relationship (if love was even a consideration in the machinations) and an endless string of mistresses that she would have had to tolerate, like Katherine before her.

@tonistark4169 4 жыл бұрын

Hogwash McTurnip i agree wholeheartedly. Jane was a “dupe” used by her duplicitous, greedy Father and Brother for wealth and position. Henry called her his “great love”, was buried by her all because she gave him a son. His “love” seemed to be tied up in the wives ability to give him a son above all else proving his “virility”. Little did they know in that time period it was really Henry’s fault as the male’s DNA determines the sex of the child. So who was the fool then and so many women died either in childbirth or other medical issues. I do think Jane was cheated on whilst pregnant if not during their short marriage. That was his M.O. I don’t think Henry was capable of love; only the desire to sire a male heir. You make great points!

@tosinakin2508 4 жыл бұрын

No doubt the entire picture we've been painted of Jane is a farce. Although I wouldn't say she was herself totally unscrupulous, I am sure that her image was heavily skewed by the rose-tinted glasses that Henry had. Indeed, his great love and respect for her was likely due to her untimely demise and status as mother to his only son. Not only did she not live long enough to grate on his nerves, but she also died in childbirth less than two years after their marriage. She was the ideal wife. No matter her true personality, Henry would have extolled her great virtues for all his days. Besides all that, let us not forget that she married Henry ON THE DAY OF ANNE'S EXECUTION. In spite of her supposed great purity and devotion to the Catholic faith, she was definitely one of his mistresses before she got the crown.