The Life And Death Of Anne Boleyn

• A full biography of Anne Boleyn, based on the latest scholarly research.
  
• Focusses on Anne’s life and legacy and establishes Anne as a figure of considerable importance and influence in her own right.
  
• Adulteress or innocent victim? Looks afresh at the issues at the heart of Anne's downfall.
  
• Pays attention to her importance as a patron of the arts, particularly in relation to Hans Holbein.
  
• Presents evidence about Anne’s spirituality and her interest in the intellectual debates of the period.
  
• Takes account of significant advances in knowledge in recent years.

List of Illustrations.

Part I: Background and Beginnings.

1. A Courtier’s Daughter.

2. A European Education.

3. Debut at the English Court.

4. The Sources.

5. Passion and Courtly Love.

6. A Royal Suitor.

Part II: A Difficult Engagement.

7. A Marriage Arranged.

8. Anne Boleyn and the Fall of Wolsey.

9. Stalemate, 1529–1532.

10. The Turning-point, 1532–1533.

11. Wedding Nerves.

12. A Coronation and a Christening.

Part III: Anne the Queen.

13. A Royal Marriage.

14. Anne the Queen: Influence, Power and Wealth.

15. Anne Boleyn: Image.

16. Anne Boleyn: Art and Taste.

17. Anne Boleyn: Life at Court.

18. Anne Boleyn and the Advent of Reform.

19. Personal Religion.

Part IV: A Marriage Destroyed.

20. The Rival, 1535–1536.

21. The Coup, April–May 1536.

22. The Response, January–April 1536.

23. Judgment.

24. Finale.

Epilogue.

Bibliographical Abbreviations.