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Podcast: British History: Royals, Rebels, and Romantics
Episode: Fierce, Feisty Women: Anne Boleyn and Elizabeth I, part 2 (episode 20)
Description: In early September 1533, Anne Boleyn was supposed to be getting ready to give the King a son. The birth of a son would justify the actions Henry VIII had taken—setting aside his first wife, going against the wishes of most of his ministers, breaking with the Pope, and establishing himself as Supreme Head of the Church of England. Henry believed God would reward these actions by giving him the son he had wished for since he came to the throne almost 25 years previously.It seemed God had other plans.Anne must have realized in th...