Épistre Contenant le Procès Criminel Faict à l'Encontre de la Royne Anne Boullant d'Angleterre
Épistre Contenant le Procès Criminel Faict à l'Encontre de la Royne Anne Boullant d'Angleterre, or A Letter Containing the Criminal Charges Laid Against Queen Anne Boleyn of England, is a 1,318-line poem written in French in 1536, by Lancelot de Carle, secretary to the French ambassador to England, Antoine de Castelnau.[1]
In May 1536, a musician of the royal household, Mark Smeaton, the courtiers Henry Norris, Sir Francis Weston, William Brereton, as well as the queen's brother, George Boleyn, Viscount Rochford, were tried and executed for treason and adultery with Anne Boleyn, the second wife of Henry VIII.[2] Lancelot de Carle was in London at the time, and was an eyewitness to Anne's trial and execution.[3]
The poem, dated 2 June 1536, details the life and the dramatic events surrounding the arrest, trial and execution of Anne Boleyn, and those accused with her.[1][4] Although not published until 1545, it does appear to have been widely circulated prior to this.[1][5]
Notes
- 1 2 3 Schmid 2012, pp. 412–414.
- ↑ Lipscomb 2013, pp. 18–24.
- ↑ Guy 2009.
- ↑ Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII, 10, 1036English summary of Lancelot de Carle's poem.
- ↑ Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII, 12(2), 78.
References
- Guy, John (1 November 2009). "The Lady in the Tower: The Fall of Anne Boleyn by Alison Weir". The Sunday Times. London. Retrieved 15 December 2013.(subscription required)
- Lipscomb, Suzannah (April 2013). "Why Did Anne Boleyn Have to Die". BBC History Magazine. 14 (4): 18–24.
- "Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII". British-history.ac.uk. Retrieved 29 March 2014.
- Schmid, Susan Walters (2012). "Epistre Contenant le Procès Criminel Faict a l'Encontre de la Royne Anne Boullant d'Angleterre". In Wagner, John A.; Schmid, Susan Walters. Encyclopedia of Tudor England (hardback). 2. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO. pp. 412–414. ISBN 9781598842982.
External links
- Epistre Contenant le Procès Criminel Faict à l'Encontre de la Royne Anne Boullant d'Angleterre A Letter Containing the Criminal Charges Laid Against Queen Anne Boleyn of England at Bibliothèque nationale de France