Anne Boleyn’s final words were said on May 19th, 1536 as she stood before the block to a crowd of on-lookers. Her words were written by Tudor chronicler Edward Hall and will be known throughout time as the powerful words of the first queen to ever be publicly executed. Anne stated calmly, “Good Christian people, I am come hither to die, for according to the law, and by the law I am judged to die, and therefore I will speak nothing against it. I am come hither to accuse no man, nor to speak anything of that, whereof I am accused and condemned to die, but I pray God save the king and send him long to reign over you, for a gentler nor a more merciful prince was there never: and to me he was ever a good, gentle and sovereign lord. And if any person
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The words of Anne Boleyn have been written and shared with the world for years though many different interpretations have been written regarding her words. Some have written interpretations based off of her innocence while others base their writings on her guilt. All the interpretations have their own justifications, their own personal opinions and thoughts, none of which help to solve the mystery of whether Anne was innocent or whether she was guilty. Anne Boleyn allowed herself to die with her dignity, she is the only person who knew the absolute truth to her story. Anne knew the level of her innocence and the level of her guilt and yet she did not get on her knees before all of England, she simply said her words to the people of England and ended by saying “O Lord have mercy on me, to God I commend my soul. To Jesus Christ I commend my soul; Lord Jesus receive my soul.” Anne’s life ended but her words lived on, the world wants to know the truth. We want it so desperately that even in recent times we continue to imagine and create films and plays to depict what we feel must have occurred.
Why was Anne the first queen to be executed publicly? What did she do differently from previous queens before her? Was Anne such a terrible queen or was she trying to do what was best for her throne? What did she do that was so terrible to have everyone turn on her? These are some of …show more content…
Did Anne Boleyn commit adultery, incest and conspiracy as the King accused? There are so many records with differing historians each believing different interpretations. While some believe that Anne was set up by the King and his men so that they could remove her from the throne, there are others that completely believe that Anne really was the ‘Great Whore’ everyone believed her to be. Some believe that she truly did have multiple affairs during her reign as queen, one of those being with her own brother George Boleyn. While the story of Anne Boleyn is a mysterious one, many interpretations of the story of Anne Boleyn have been created but not one person knows every detail, every miniscule event that occurred. Therefore the story of Anne Boleyn will never be fully understood by
The words of Anne Boleyn have been written and shared with the world for years though many different interpretations have been written regarding her words. Some have written interpretations based off of her innocence while others base their writings on her guilt. All the interpretations have their own justifications, their own personal opinions and thoughts, none of which help to solve the mystery of whether Anne was innocent or whether she was guilty. Anne Boleyn allowed herself to die with her dignity, she is the only person who knew the absolute truth to her story. Anne knew the level of her innocence and the level of her guilt and yet she did not get on her knees before all of England, she simply said her words to the people of England and ended by saying “O Lord have mercy on me, to God I commend my soul. To Jesus Christ I commend my soul; Lord Jesus receive my soul.” Anne’s life ended but her words lived on, the world wants to know the truth. We want it so desperately that even in recent times we continue to imagine and create films and plays to depict what we feel must have occurred.
Why was Anne the first queen to be executed publicly? What did she do differently from previous queens before her? Was Anne such a terrible queen or was she trying to do what was best for her throne? What did she do that was so terrible to have everyone turn on her? These are some of …show more content…
Did Anne Boleyn commit adultery, incest and conspiracy as the King accused? There are so many records with differing historians each believing different interpretations. While some believe that Anne was set up by the King and his men so that they could remove her from the throne, there are others that completely believe that Anne really was the ‘Great Whore’ everyone believed her to be. Some believe that she truly did have multiple affairs during her reign as queen, one of those being with her own brother George Boleyn. While the story of Anne Boleyn is a mysterious one, many interpretations of the story of Anne Boleyn have been created but not one person knows every detail, every miniscule event that occurred. Therefore the story of Anne Boleyn will never be fully understood by