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Comparing The Societies View Of Anne Boleyn

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Societies View of Anne Boleyn as a Catalyst to the English Reformation
In the eyes of the people in 1533, Queen Catherine of Aragon is the rightful queen, not Anne Boleyn, who has closed the eyes of their King to what is right. Divorce is immoral, illegal and messing with the views of the church and the Pope only intensifies the hatred. The followers of Queen Catherine were outraged by the divorce and poor treatment from King Henry the VIII. They were boisterous about this and even flooded the streets with protests. A common shared feeling amongst the people was one of unacceptance of this evil fake queen, this can be backed up by the fact they routinely referred to her as a “goggle-eyed whore.” In modern times many seem to desire to discredit Anne Boleyn as being a catalyst, writing her off as simply a greedy, lustful woman. I can understand that if we simply accept that the people saw her as an evil woman, a witch who cast dark spells over their King. Her beliefs and courage ushered great change though, had she not begun to win over the people, then the Church of England would have sure failed in time. …show more content…

Some of the things I have found that show society saw this good in her:
• There were no deaths of heresy during her reign, she even spoke on behalf of a man who was to be killed for carrying a Bible s
• She had the Bible translated and set out for those less educated to read and see the truth in its words rather than only believe the word of the Pope.
• She personally saw to it more money was given to the poor than any queen before her, even sewing clothing with her own hands for

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