Who’s the real Anne Boleyn—the 1534 medal, the portraits, or our imagination? I’m chatting with Helene Harrison about how Anne’s image has been made, remade, and misunderstood for 500 years. Watch the full interview on the Anne Boleyn Files YouTube channel and tell us which likeness you trust most. #AnneBoleyn #TudorHistory #HeleneHarrison | The Anne Boleyn Files

A medal for a massacre? On this day in 1572, Pope Gregory XIII gave thanks for two victories—Lepanto… and the slaughter of thousands of French Protestants. He even minted a medal: “UGONOTTORUM STRAGES” — Huguenot Bloodbath. Yes, the same pope who gave us the Gregorian calendar. Was it faith, fear, or propaganda? Tell me what you think. Full story on YouTube: The Anne Boleyn Files #OnThisDay #StBartholomewsDay #PopeGregoryXIII #Huguenots #Lepanto #GregorianCalendar #Reformation #History | The Ann

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Is this the face of Anne Boleyn? Part 3: The ‘Hever Rose’ portrait. In part three, we consider the iconic yet mysterious ‘Hever Rose’ portrait, labelled as Anne Boleyn. Housed at Hever Castle, Anne Boleyn’s childhood home, Lee Porritt and I are only now beginning to uncover its history. Could this be someone other than Anne Boleyn? It was posited in 2009 by Professor Susan James that the ‘B’ pattern portraits were not of Anne, but instead depicted the dowager Queen Mary Tudor Brandon. Is this tr