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Anne Boleyn and Elizabeth I (with Tracy Borman)

Noble Blood

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Anne Boleyn's Agency

How much agency do you ascribe to Anne Boleyn as opposed to the powerful men in her life? I think she had an unusual degree of agency, and a comparison would be useful here with another of the six wives, Catherine Howard. Do you believe then that she was sort of innocent of the adultery charges presented against her? 100%.

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