Philip Chesney Yorke

Name: 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, Volume 4 — Boleyn, Anne
Author: Philip Chesney Yorke

1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, Volume 4… (1911)

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“1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, Volume 4 — Boleyn, Anne”, published in 1911, is a work by Philip Chesney Yorke. It explores elements such as Anne, Henry and Catherine.

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Philip Chesney Yorke, 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, Volume 4… (1911)

“ Her uncle, the duke of Norfolk, whom she was reported to have treated “worse than a dog,” reviled her, calling her a “grande putaine.” But her day of triumph was destined to be even shorter than that of her predecessor. There were soon signs that Henry’s affection, which had before been a genuine passion, had cooled or ceased. He resented her arrogance, and a few months after the marriage he gave her cause for jealousy, and disputes arose. A strange and mysterious fate had prepared for Anne the same domestic griefs that had vexed and ruined Catherine and caused her abandonment. ”

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Philip Chesney Yorke, 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, Volume 4… (1911)

“ Subsequently, on the 23rd of May, their marriage was declared valid and that with Catherine null, and in June Anne was crowned with great state in Westminster Abbey. Anne Boleyn had now reached the zenith of her hopes. A weak, giddy woman of no stability of character, her success turned her head and caused her to behave with insolence and impropriety, in strong contrast with Catherine’s quiet dignity under her misfortunes. ”

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Philip Chesney Yorke, 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, Volume 4… (1911)

“ Nevertheless, though unproved, Anne’s guilt is more than probable. It is almost incredible that two grand juries, a petty jury, and a tribunal consisting of nearly all the lay peers of England, with the evidence before them which we do not now possess, should have all unanimously passed a sentence of guilt contrary to the facts and their convictions, and that such a sentence should have been supported by Anne’s own father and uncle. Every year since her marriage Anne had given birth to a child, and Henry had no reason to despair of more ”

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Philip Chesney Yorke, 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, Volume 4… (1911)

“ She had regarded the prospect of death with courage and almost with levity, laughing heartily as she put her hands about her “little neck” and recalled the skill of the executioner. “I have seen many men” (wrote Sir William Kingston, governor of the Tower) “and also women executed, and all they have been in great sorrow, and to my knowledge this lady has much joy and pleasure in death.” ”

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Philip Chesney Yorke, 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, Volume 4… (1911)

“ A principal witness for the charge of incest was Rochford’s own wife, a woman of infamous character, afterwards executed for complicity in the intrigues of Catherine Howard. The discovery of Anne’s misdeeds coincided in an extraordinary manner with Henry’s disappointment in not obtaining by her a male heir, while the king’s despotic power and the universal unpopularity of Anne both tended to hinder the administration of pure justice. ”

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Philip Chesney Yorke, 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, Volume 4… (1911)

“ She appealed to the king’s less refined instincts, and Henry’s deterioration of character may be dated from his connexion with her. She is described as “not one of the handsomest women in the world; she is of a middling stature, swarthy complexion, long neck, wide mouth, bosom not much raised, and in fact has nothing but the English king’s great appetite, and her eyes which are black and beautiful, and take great effect.” ”

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Philip Chesney Yorke, 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, Volume 4… (1911)

“ She urged that both should be brought to trial under the new statute of succession passed in 1534, which declared her own children the lawful heirs to the throne. She was reported as saying that when the king gave opportunity by leaving England, she would put Mary to death even if she were burnt or flayed alive for it. ”

Philip Chesney Yorke

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