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ladyroxton: May 19, 1536 • Woman, Daughter, Wife, Mother, Queen, Reformer Martyr. 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, a gentle and sovereign lord. And if any person will meddle of my cause, I require them to judge the best. And thus I take my leave of the world and of you all, and I heartily desire you all to pray for me. O Lord have mercy on me, to God I commend my soul. Anne Boleyn was many things, but she was not a whore or an adulterer or a witch nor did she commit treason or incest. She was a woman living in a world that told her she would never compare to a man. A world which dictated that her only use was of that which came out of her womb. Anne Boleyn was a woman who was far ahead in her ideas. She was a patron of the arts and incredibly charitable. She was a woman whose education rivaled that of the greatest learned men of her day. She changed the world by saying she would not be a mistress. Without her, there would have never been a Golden Age. Without her, there may have never been a Church of England, or even possibly a group of people who wished to seek religious freedom in the New World. Anne Boleyn was the most influential Queen Consort of England. 

ladyroxton:

May 19, 1536 • Woman, Daughter, Wife, Mother, Queen, Reformer Martyr.

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, a gentle and sovereign lord. And if any person will meddle of my cause, I require them to judge the best. And thus I take my leave of the world and of you all, and I heartily desire you all to pray for me. O Lord have mercy on me, to God I commend my soul.

Anne Boleyn was many things, but she was not a whore or an adulterer or a witch nor did she commit treason or incest. She was a woman living in a world that told her she would never compare to a man. A world which dictated that her only use was of that which came out of her womb. Anne Boleyn was a woman who was far ahead in her ideas. She was a patron of the arts and incredibly charitable. She was a woman whose education rivaled that of the greatest learned men of her day. She changed the world by saying she would not be a mistress. Without her, there would have never been a Golden Age. Without her, there may have never been a Church of England, or even possibly a group of people who wished to seek religious freedom in the New World. Anne Boleyn was the most influential Queen Consort of England. 

let-them-grumble: 19th May 1536 - The Death of Anne Boleyn This day 476 years ago saw the end to the life of Queen Anne Boleyn. Her legacy still stood in the young Princess Elizabeth. Her works still continued through the people who promoted the Reformation through England. Her family continued through her sister’s children. But her reign was marked down forever in History. Her death might of eradicated her physical being allowing Henry to be free to marry another, but the rest of her constitutional work and royal heritage lived on throughout the ages. No other Tudor Queen obtained as much power as she did, and with no other Queen did Henry move Heaven and Earth for. With her death allowing Elizabeth to realise the torment and harsh reality of this ‘Mans’ world creating her ‘Golden Age’ rule, it was a reasonable sacrifice…

let-them-grumble:

19th May 1536 - The Death of Anne Boleyn

This day 476 years ago saw the end to the life of Queen Anne Boleyn. Her legacy still stood in the young Princess Elizabeth. Her works still continued through the people who promoted the Reformation through England. Her family continued through her sister’s children. But her reign was marked down forever in History. Her death might of eradicated her physical being allowing Henry to be free to marry another, but the rest of her constitutional work and royal heritage lived on throughout the ages. No other Tudor Queen obtained as much power as she did, and with no other Queen did Henry move Heaven and Earth for. With her death allowing Elizabeth to realise the torment and harsh reality of this ‘Mans’ world creating her ‘Golden Age’ rule, it was a reasonable sacrifice…

royalruins:

“Poor Katherine Howard, she lies in the cold ground next to me, poor child, it was not her fault either. We were like two moths drawn to the flame, and burned.”