The closest precedent is probably Anne Boleyn’s trial for adultery in 1536. It was about sex, the trial was in a hostile jurisdiction controlled by her accuser, and the whole point of the ...
Anne Boleyn was the second wife of Henry VIII and the mother of Elizabeth I. Henry's desire to divorce his first wife and marry Anne helped bring about the English Reformation. She was the first ...
The 2024 season at Chichester opens with Mike Poulton’s adaptation of Philippa Gergory’s novel, The Other Boleyn Girl. What the historians amongst you must realise is that it’s an adaptation ...