Anne Boleyn
At a glance:
- Series: Dictionary of World Biography: Renaissance
- Categories: Government and Politics, Women’s Issues, Religion, Ethics, Royalty, Rulers, Nobility
- Subcategories: Kings, Queens, Kingdoms, Monarchy
- Curriculum: Women’s History, British History, Renaissance History, Medieval History/Middle Ages
Article abstract: The desire of England’s King Henry VIII to marry Anne Boleyn led to the establishment of the Church of England.
Early Life
Future English queen Anne Boleyn was born into an ambitious family at a time when ambitions were realized through interactions with the court and marriage into the nobility. Young women from such families were expected to marry as their families dictated. Anne’s great-grandfather, Geoffrey Boleyn, a tradesman lacking in social status, rose to become lord mayor of London in 1457 but improved his position further...
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