Anne Boleyn : fatal attractions / G.W. Bernard.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bernard, G. W.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Anne Boleyn, Queen, consort of Henry VIII, King of England, 1507-1536.

Anne Boleyn.

Henry VIII, King of England, 1491-1547--Marriage.

Henry.

Queens--England--Biography.

Queens.

Great Britain--History--Henry VIII, 1509-1547--Biography.

Great Britain.

Great Britain--Kings and rulers--Biography.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (288 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"In this groundbreaking new biography, G.W. Bernard offers a fresh portrait of one of England's most captivating queens. Through a wide-ranging forensic examination of sixteenth-century sources, Bernard reconsiders Boleyn's girlhood, her experience at the French court, the nature of her relationship with Henry and the authenticity of her evangelical sympathies. He depicts Anne Boleyn as a captivating, intelligent and highly sexual woman whose attractions Henry resisted for years until marriage could ensure legitimacy for their offspring." "He shows that it was Henry, not Anne, who developed the ideas that led to the break with Rome. And, most radically, he argues that the allegations of adultery that led to Anne's execution in the Tower could he close to the truth."--BOOK JACKET.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

List of Illustrations

Preface

Acknowledgements

1. 'These Bloody Days Have Broken my Heart': The Fall of Anne Boleyn

2. Who Was Anne Boleyn?

3. 'Whose pretty dukkys I Trust Shortly to kiss' Henry VIII's Infatuation With Anne

4. 'The King's Great Matter': Henry's Divorce and Anne

5. 'The Most Happy': King Henry and Queen Anne

6. She 'Wore Yellow for the Mourning': Anne Against Catherine

7. 'I Have Done Many Good Deeds in My Life': Anne Boleyn's Religion

8. Anne's Miscarriage

9. Conspiracy?

10. 'A Much Higher Fault': The Countess of Worcester's Charge Against Anne

11. 'You Would Look to Have Me': Anne's Lovers?

12. 'Incontinent Living so Rank and Common': Was Anne Guilty?

Epilogue

Appendix: The Portraits of Anne Boleyn

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-300-16585-4

OCLC:

1024008805