ANNE BOLEYN’S EXECUTION OUTFIT | How to dress for death in Tudor England | Six wives documentary

ANNE BOLEYN’S APPEARANCE on the day she died, specifically what she chose to be her clothes to die in, was carefully choreographed for there was a set of rules governing how to dress for death in Tudor England if one was a member of the elite and about to be executed. In this six wives documentary from History Calling, we’ll use this execution of a queen (which was also one of the most famous executions in history) as a case study to look at how historical fashions were adapted during the Tudor period if one was of high social rank and on the way to the scaffold. We’ll think about how clothing was used to communicate to spectators and why Anne made particular choices about what colours and fabrics to wear, the neckline of her dress and the unexpected style of her hood. I’ll also share with you how some other execution victims chose to dress for their final appearance in this world and what happened to an execution victim’s clothes after they died. We’ll see how early drawings of Anne Boleyn’s final moments got her outfit wrong and use a history versus Hollywood approach to see which depiction of Anne Boleyn's execution on screen has provided the best recreation of her outfit. Henry VIII’s second wife (and the mother of Elizabeth I) has always been famous for her fashion sense and her understanding of how to make a statement with clothing carried on right up until her dying breath. BUY MY BOOK (Find Your Irish Ancestors Online): https://amzn.to/3Z2ChnG Website (with 2 FREE DOWNLOADS): https://www.historycallingofficial.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/historycalling Amazon storefront: https://www.amazon.com/shop/historycalling Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/historycalling/ YOU MAY ALSO LIKE: THE BIRTH OF ANNE BOLEYN https://youtu.be/iA_9SM0UTyw THE LIFE OF HENRY VIII, PART 2 | THE STORY OF ANNE BOLEYN https://youtu.be/qXSoPsRZNAM ANNE BOLEYN’S B NECKLACE https://youtu.be/RrODYM4mRdM DID ANNE BOLEYN HAVE A PSEUDO PREGNANCY IN 1534? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTCTzd4IG9s TUDOR ROYAL FERTILITY PROBLEMS https://youtu.be/eQ0Xv9vGMVw ANNE BOLEYN’S LAST LETTER https://youtu.be/PZHvxGetth8 ANNE BOLEYN’S EXECUTION: HOLLYWOOD VS HISTORY https://youtu.be/gBczwBsGCqM WAS ANNE BOLEYN EXECUTED WHILST PREGNANT? https://youtu.be/4ByDYXiijaE DIGGING UP ANNE BOLEYN AND OTHERS https://youtu.be/EjCxVN7V6FA EXECUTION OF MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS https://youtu.be/cAxYKkrFOAI BUY A VERSION OF ANNE’S B NECKLACE (some items only available in UK or US): https://amzn.to/3vqQJqR (UK LINK) OR https://amzn.to/3xUgn90 (US LINK) https://amzn.to/3Kr7vua (UK LINK) https://amzn.to/3vTihDY (UK LINK) OR https://amzn.to/3kDWTOd (US LINK) https://amzn.to/3EUyQnc (UK LINK) https://amzn.to/3KjsA9T (US LINK) GEAR USED DJI Drone: https://amzn.to/38h1vXr (UK LINK) OR https://amzn.to/39hROZm (US LINK) Go-Pro Hero 10 camera: https://amzn.to/3EPIK9U (UK LINK) OR https://amzn.to/3rTWScL (US LINK) GoPro 3-Way 2.0 (Tripod/Grip/Arm): https://amzn.to/37CdC1r (UK LINK) OR https://amzn.to/3vaVxjU (US LINK) Memory Card: https://amzn.to/36QvcOQ (UK LINK) OR https://amzn.to/3KeLZZs (US LINK) Microphone: https://amzn.to/3MFtoaK (UK LINK) OR https://amzn.to/3rYtjH8 (US LINK) BUY OR RENT The Tudors, season 1 https://amzn.to/2VCwQ0j The Tudors, season 2 https://amzn.to/2VMPnHw The Tudors, season 3 https://amzn.to/3BijsPB The Tudors, season 4 https://amzn.to/3z16S58 Wolf Hall (2015) https://amzn.to/3B70Qlp The Other Boleyn Girl (2008) https://amzn.to/3xKvbEg Anne of the Thousand Days (1969) https://amzn.to/3z5xt18 Henry and Anne - The Lovers Who Changed History (2014 docu-drama) https://amzn.to/2USJc3Z Henry VIII and his Six Wives (2016 docu-drama) https://amzn.to/3jiCkag Six Wives with Lucy Worsley (2016 docu-drama) https://amzn.to/3wH2mr2 READ: Eric Ives, The Life and Death of Anne Boleyn (Wiley-Blackwell, 2005) https://amzn.to/3xLivgr Susan Bordo, The Creation of Anne Boleyn: In Search of the Tudors' Most Notorious Queen (One World Publications, 2014) https://amzn.to/3zznLY1 Sarah Morris and Natalie Grueninger, In the Footsteps of Anne Boleyn (2013) https://amzn.to/2W9oJct Antonia Fraser, The Six Wives Of Henry VIII (2nd edn, Phoenix, 2009) https://amzn.to/36IqD5r David Starkey, Six Wives: the Queens of Henry VIII (Vintage, 2004) https://amzn.to/3wImKIh Maria Hayward, '”We should dress us fairly for our end”: The Significance of the Clothing Worn at Elite Executions in England in the Long Sixteenth Century’ in History, Vol. 101, No. 2 (345) (2016), pp 222-45. NB: Links above may be affiliate links. This means if you make a purchase through one of these links, I earn a small commission. It in no way affects the price you pay. Thumbnail: see credits at end of video. All images used under Fair Use. Creative Commons licenses used see https://creativecommons.org/licenses/