Anne Boleyn

noun

1. See Boleyn

Boleyn, Anne

1. The second wife of King Henry VIII of England ; the mother of Queen Elizabeth I . Anne Boleyn was convicted of adultery and beheaded.

Example Sentences

Think Henry the VIII and Anne Boleyn, the mistress he eventually married and ultimately beheaded.

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This is the closet Bordo comes to a phenomenological approximation of what it was like to be Anne Boleyn.

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No matter: The Creation of Anne Boleyn is a welcome corrective to the myths and misconceptions.

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His mother, Anne, was a lady-in-waiting and companion of  Anne Boleyn, Henry's second wife.

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Mantel's lecture, organised by London Review of Books, was titled Undressing Anne Boleyn and was on the topic of royal women.

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Cranmer pronounced his marriage to Catherine null, and declared him lawfully married to Anne Boleyn.

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The latter repudiated her in order to marry Anne Boleyn, and this divorce was the origin of the English schism.

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Anne Boleyn's fascinating smile split the great Church of Rome in twain, and gave a nation an altered destiny.

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Henry became disgusted with his queen, and enamoured of one of her maids of honour, Anne Boleyn.

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"Anne Boleyn" is particularly prolific in good puns, in the making of which the author showed himself an adept.

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