where do you position yourself on the spectrum “cromwell alone is responsible for anne’s fall” — “cromwell and henry are responsible for anne’s fall” — “henry alone is responsible for anne’s fall” ?

I mean honestly I’ve varied on a lot on this spectrum over the years; I feel like it’s always adjusted at least a smidge anytime after I read a paper on this topic. 

I’d say I believed most in the third one when I was like, 13-20 and that in retrospect that was more influenced by fiction than research. 

Right now I’m pretty dead-center on the second one; with the caveat that I think it was Cromwell’s idea initially, not Henry’s. I’ve never been the first, because it’s literally impossible– a jury convicted her, and ultimately Henry had to sign her execution warrant for it be carried out. It could only be the first one if Cromwell literally had her murdered by an assassin or himself, via poison etc. 

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