How Could Anne Boleyn Attend A Party Right After KoA Had Died, Idk. How Could Mary I Get Proxy-married

‘How could Anne Boleyn attend a party right after KoA had died’, idk. How could Mary I get proxy-married right after Jane Grey and Guildford Dudley were executed? How could Henry VIII and Jane Seymour get married right after the executions of his wife, brother-in-law, and close friends?

Sometimes shit was fucked .

Magdalene in penitence, 1635, Guido Reni

Medium: oil,canvas

https://www.wikiart.org/en/guido-reni/magdalene-in-penitence-1635

The Vision of Saint Jerome, Giovanni Battista Langetti , c. 1660, Cleveland Museum of Art: European Painting and Sculpture

Jerome (c. AD 347–420) studied Greek and Latin literature in Rome, but eventually pursued theology, perceiving his conduct as corrupt and sinful. Around AD 374, Jerome had a vision of the Last Judgment in which an angel called him to task for his transgressions. Jerome then withdrew from society, learned Hebrew, and studied the Gospels, which led to his influential translations of the Bible. Langetti here follows a convention by depicting Jerome’s vision after he retreated from the world. Working in the northern Italian port of Genoa, Langetti absorbed Caravaggio’s impact, seen in the composition’s naturalistic bodies and dramatic light. Size: Framed: 238 x 187 x 13 cm (93 11/16 x 73 5/8 x 5 1/8 in.); Unframed: 200.2 x 149.2 cm (78 13/16 x 58 ¾ in.) Medium: oil on canvas

https://clevelandart.org/art/1951.334

I call God and all the world to witness that I have been to you a true, humble and obedient wife, ever comfortable to your will and pleasure. 

parallels // hurrem sultan and anne boleyn

“’[Anne] Boleyn was the crucial catalyst for three of the most important events in modern history: the break with Rome causing the English Reformation, the advent of the nation state, and the birth of a daughter whose forty-three years on the throne stand as England’s most spectacular literary and political success story.‘”

— Lacey Baldwin Smith, Anne Boleyn - the Queen of Controversy.