The Real Cause Behind Anne Boleyn’s Downfall

Taking a more honest look at the motivating factors behind this infamous queen’s demise.

A 19th century CE painting by Edouard Cibot. Public Domain. (Musée Rolin, Autun, Burgundy, France)

What happened to Anne Boleyn? How did this once-beloved woman become the hated center of scandal that has gripped historians for centuries? These are questions that have plagued writers and devotees of the Tudor period for centuries. The fall…