Anne Boleyn's Impact on England
Reformation of religion
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After Anne Boleyn became the second queen of England, she began to change how King Henry VIII thought about England's religion. At the time, everyone in England went to a Roman Catholic Church which was not part of England. Anne Boleyn decided to reform the religion into Protestant and make the Church of England. So to begin, she made King Henry VIII break away from the Roman Catholic Church to began building the Church of England.
In the tower
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Times are now hard on Anne Boleyn because King Henry VIII is seeming to get caught up with Jane Seymour (who would later become his 3rd wife). He also thinks that she may be committing adultery with Mark Smeaton, who is just Anne's daughter's, Elizabeth's, music teacher. Then she gets thrown into the Tower of London, by her own people of England! She is accused of planning to kill King Henry VIII and of her being a witch. Elizabeth is saved, but Anne must still go through her own execution.
Speech Before Execution
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On May 19th, 1536, right before her execution Anne Boleyn speaks these words:
'Good Christian people, I am come hither to die, for according to the law, and by the law I am judged to die, and therefore I will speak nothing against it. I am come hither to accuse no man, nor to speak anything of that, whereof I am accused and condemned to die, but I pray God save the King Henry VIII and send him long to reign over you, for a gentler nor a more merciful prince was there never: and to me he was ever a good, a gentle and sovereign lord. And if any person will meddle of my cause, I require them to judge the best. And thus I take my leave of the world and of you all, and I heartily desire you all to pray for me. O Lord have mercy on me, to God I commend my soul.'
After being blindfolded and kneeling at the block, she repeated several times:
"To Jesus Christ I commend my soul; Lord Jesus receive my soul."
Taken from http://englishhistory.net/tudor/prianne3.html "Anne Boleyn's speech at her Execution"
'Good Christian people, I am come hither to die, for according to the law, and by the law I am judged to die, and therefore I will speak nothing against it. I am come hither to accuse no man, nor to speak anything of that, whereof I am accused and condemned to die, but I pray God save the King Henry VIII and send him long to reign over you, for a gentler nor a more merciful prince was there never: and to me he was ever a good, a gentle and sovereign lord. And if any person will meddle of my cause, I require them to judge the best. And thus I take my leave of the world and of you all, and I heartily desire you all to pray for me. O Lord have mercy on me, to God I commend my soul.'
After being blindfolded and kneeling at the block, she repeated several times:
"To Jesus Christ I commend my soul; Lord Jesus receive my soul."
Taken from http://englishhistory.net/tudor/prianne3.html "Anne Boleyn's speech at her Execution"