Do you think ann boleyn truthfully deserve to get her head chopped off?

Question

Do you think ann boleyn truthfully deserve to get her head chopped off?

Answer 1

Yes, she did.  She was guilty of adultery and treason, the punishment for those crimes was death in the tudor times (it still is death for treason or high treason).  She would have known what she was risking when she engaged in her criminal activities, and that is a choice she made.  Off with her head!

Answer 2

nope!

&& it just proved it be awful Karma for Henry VIII

because he died a fat; worthless slob.

his only son dies..

his daughter Mary dies..

&& Annes "b*****d" child; Elizabeth; becomes queen =)

Answer 3

No.  She was a victim of society and a leacherous King!

Answer 4

A queen sleeping with someone other than the king was treason. The king had to be certain that any children of the union were his. Anne was found to have slept with other men and thus was guilty of treason. Whether she really was guilty or not is immaterial, that was the finding of the court. The sentence for treason for a woman was to be burned at the stake or beheaded with the king to decide which. He chose beheading and brought over a French swordsman to do the job rather than the standard English execution with axe and block. The sword was considered to be quicker and cleaner.

When Catherine Howard went to the block she certainly was guilty of treason by sleeping with other men.

Answer 5

No, I think she simply wound up in the unfortunate position where she was an inconvenience to her husband. By bringing scandalous charges of adultery and incest again her (which were almost certainly bogus), he thought he could get rid of her without damaging his own reputation (almost certainly in tatters by this time, anyway). I think Anne had behaved badly and foolishly by setting her cap for Henry in the first place, but I think her death was a result of Henry's transformation from a spoiled, lecherous creep into an egocentric monster.

Answer 6

Given the King's desperate desire for a son, the sequence of Anne's pregnancies has attracted much interest. Author Mike Ashley speculated that Anne had two stillborn children after Elizabeth's birth and before the birth of the male child she miscarried in 1536.[23] Most sources attest only to the birth of Elizabeth in September 1533, a possible miscarriage in the summer of 1534, and the miscarriage of a male child, of almost four months gestation, in January 1536.[24] As Anne recovered from what would be her final miscarriage, Henry declared that his marriage had been the product of witchcraft. The King's new mistress, Jane Seymour, was quickly moved into new quarters. This was followed by Anne's brother being refused a prestigious court honour, the Order of the Garter, which was instead given to Jane Seymour's brother.[25]

Five men, including Anne's own brother, were arrested on charges of incest and treason, accused of having sexual relationships with the queen.[26] On 2 May 1536 Anne was arrested and taken to the Tower of London. She was accused of adultery, incest and high treason.[27] Although the evidence against them was unconvincing, the accused were found guilty and condemned to death by the peers. George Boleyn and the other accused men were executed on May 17, 1536. On the morning of May 19, the queen was taken to the Tower Green, where she was to be afforded the dignity of a private execution.[28] She knelt upright, in the French style of executions. The execution was swift and consisted of a single stroke.[29]

Answer 7

Her husband was known to be a brutal man in general.  Did she deserve it?  No.  Based off the manipulation of government policies and evidence, however, it was was the proper punishment especially.  Beheading is a lot more honorable than being burned at the stake.  Those who were burned at the stake had commit far more heinous crimes than anyone else.

Answer 8

yes,she stole the  previous queen's husband.she knew what she was getting into when she married that crazy king.

Answer 9

Anne did not deserve the punishment she was given - it was an easy way for Henry to get rid of a wife that wasn't producing him male heirs. She was quite a vibrant woman, and something of a flirt, but the accusations (witchcraft, adultery, incest), were made up simply so he could get a divorce. He also had his eye on another at the time...

She was an ancestor mine, and got a bum rap.

Answer 10

No, Henry was just making c**p up to get rid of her because he wanted a new wife.

Answer 11

Depends what you consider worthy of being beheaded... Personally I don't think anyone deserves that, and on top of that, she may have been a nasty woman, but she more than likely didn't do much, if any, of what she was actually beheaded for, so it seems a little wrong on that basis as well!!

Answer 12

I don't think so. That's a pretty horrible way to die. I wish she had chosen to live differently, but no one deserves what her husband did to her.