A Tale of Two Sisters | Episode 2 | Anne & Mary Boleyn | Free Documentary History

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Anne has been celebrated and damned, was she a schemer or a victim? Her sister Mary, where remembered by history at all, is often dismissed as a fool and a harlot. This documentary seeks to uncover their real stories. Watch 'A Tale of Two Sisters - Episode 4' here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oXS8gHuYpamtqbM #history #freedocumentary

[@lianefehrle9921]

A very good tale of two sisters

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Agree. I’ve read so much on Anne and Mary and the other wives of Henry VIII. And watch everything that comes my way.

[@knc3]

If only they knew that men determined the sex of the child…

[@Paulasantos.]

I would like to see how Anne looked like...her appearance... We know that she had dark hair and dark eyes...they say that she wasn't the kind of beauty that Henry liked...but was very intelligent, witty and charismatic..

[@Mark-Smeaton]

It's misleading the way these historians speak with such authority about Mary's affair with Henry. "There's strong evidence that Mary wasn't complicit . . .", (there is?) , "Henry found Mary very sweet" and so on (this sounds suspiciously like it was lifted from that god-awful work of fiction, The Other Boleyn Girl). I wish we knew these things too but sadly, the only thing we know is that Mary and Henry had sex - it may have been a passionate love affair. It may have simply been a one night stand. We just don't know. People always say the sisters weren't close but it was good of Anne to intervene on Mary's behalf and restore her allowance. As for Anne's rage when Mary married without consent, the saying "The past is like a foreign country. They do things differently there" was never more true. Elizabeth I became incandescent with rage if anyone dared marry without her consent, proving Anne's reaction to Mary's marriage wasn't just spite or malice - it was just considered disrespectful. Bad manners, I guess. Thank you for uploading, anyway

[@maryjanegarver3465]

My 17th great grandmother was Mary.

[@kidmohair8151]

I think that the fault of fecundity falls on the side of Henry. The Yorks (his mother's family) were famously producers of male heirs, while his father Hank 7, had descended from, on his paternal side, branches of the Valois, one of whom, Catherine (wife of Henry 5), had brought forth his immediate numerate Henry, no. 6, whose mental instability (a male Valois feature) was one the putative causes of the War of the Roses, and thus Hank 7 becoming king. Which is a bit of a moot point, as the Yorks can arguably be seen as usurpers (which can be said of all of the various kings up to that point, going back to William of Normandy)...ain't nothin like a bit of fambly rivalry, right?

[@yariahwilliams367]

I like the music that was featured in Anne trial because the song is pretty

[@renaschlener4919]

I wish a death mask had been done on Ann