Aneurin Barnard As Richard IIITHE WHITE QUEEN (2013)

Aneurin Barnard as Richard III THE WHITE QUEEN (2013)

Jane Seymour

By English School

Oil on copper, 1800’s

Empress Maud (1102-1167)

great by birth,  greater by marriage,  greatest in her offspring

31 March 1532 — On Easter Sunday, Friar William Peto, preached a very controversial and dangerous sermon to Henry VIII and the court in Greenwich’s Franciscan chapel. While news had been rapidly spreading throughout the court that Anne had usurped Katherine of Aragon’s place during the Christmas season, which caused discontent among Katherine’s supporters and a general outcry among the citizens of London. Already others had begun to speak out against Anne Boleyn, including the Abbot of Whitby, who called Anne a “common stewed whore” and made history for being the first man brought to justice for doing so, and the Nun of Kent, who had been prophesying against the King, accusing him of only wanting to remarry to appease his “voluptuous and carnal appetite.” By the winter of 1531, according to Weir, the government had started to view Anne Boleyn as a threat to England’s national security, since she was causing so much discontent amongst the King’s subjects. Thus Peto, who was a fervent supporter of Katherine, saw his chance to tell Henry and Anne what he thought of their conduct and decided that instead of telling the story about Christ’s resurrection, he would preach on 1 King 22 comparing them to the biblical King Ahab and the pagan Jezebel. Henry, naturally, was furious upon hearing this and went purple with rage before he stalked out of the chapel, with Anne quickly following, equally furious. [x]

natalie dormer as anne boleyn in season 1 of the tudors

The next time I see your face, I want it for all eternity

Lady Jane (1986)