Before Anne Boleyn left England for the European courts, before Henry VIII, before scandal, drama, queenship, and tragedy... there were two places that shaped her earliest world, places that were home to her.   Those two places were the Boleyn seats of Blickling Hall in Norfolk and Hever Castle in Kent.

In this episode, we explore:

• Blickling Hall as the heart of the family’s Norfolk roots, and the probable birthplace of Anne Boleyn
• The medieval origins of Hever Castle and its transformation into a refined Tudor home
• How Thomas Boleyn reshaped Hever to reflect his growing power at court
• Why these estates mattered to Anne’s sense of self and future

This video forms part of my ongoing series on Anne Boleyn. In the next episode, we follow Anne beyond these family estates, as she leaves England for the courts of Margaret of Austria and France.

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