The fall of Anne Boleyn

• Anne and Cromwell's relations publicly broke down


  Cromwell felt his relationship with the king, as well as his life, was threatened
• Cromwell's actions


  1. Allied with the conservatives

  2. Persuaded Henry that Anne's flirtatious manner had led to adultery
• Anne was accused of adultery (and also incest), which for the wife of the monarch constituted treason
• Anne was executed


  19 May 1536
• In Catholic eyes Henry was now a widower and free to remarry
• Henry already had his eye on Jane Seymour