The 15 Minute Book Club · Alex Churchill, Matt Bone
History Hack: Making of the Boleyn's
April 29, 2024·42 min·4 clips
Nicholas Boleyn faced execution for stealing cloth, a crime that nearly ended the family line before Anne Boleyn was born.
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The Boleyn family story, with Anne kept in the background.
Claire Martin, a historian of medieval London, guides History Hack through the Boleyn family with Anne Boleyn kept firmly in the background. The episode turns on marriage, land, debts, and inheritance, tracing how the family advanced through property in Norfolk and a house in…
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You get the Boleyns before Anne steps into the story.
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