The Anne Boleyn Myth-Buster: #1, Anne’s Looks

Our ideas about Anne Boleyn’s looks tend to fall into two equally inaccurate categories. The movies and television have taught us that she was a ravishing beauty, a la Natalie Dormer.  Yet mythology surrounding Anne describes her as six-fingered and sallow, covered with disfiguring moles, sometimes with three nipples.  In the “Corpus Christi” festival in… Continue reading The Anne Boleyn Myth-Buster: #1, Anne’s Looks