romanticillusions:

historicalconfessions:

What was so great about Anne Boleyn besides Elizabeth? She used her charms for the crown. How can anyone forgive her for separating a mother from her child? (Catherine and Mary)

OP, honey, Henry could take care of himself. Mary was HIS daughter, and HE separated her from Katherine because HE WANTED A SON. He didn’t think a girl was good enough.

That said, what’s so great about a well-educated, headstrong, strong-willed, passionate woman willing to speak up for her beliefs in the sixteenth century? What’s so great about being a remarkably modern woman in a world dominated and controlled by men? WHAT’S SO GREAT ABOUT THAT?

Elizabeth wasn’t only Henry’s daughter, you know.

What’s so great about opening a history textbook?

How can anyone forgive HENRY from separating Elizabeth from Anne OR for separating Mary from Katherine?

It goes both ways.