"Did Anne Boleyn have extra fingers?" Topic
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Tango01 | 17 Apr 2014 12:59 p.m. PST |
"Wild rumors and speculation have always surrounded the life of Anne Boleyn, the young noblewoman who became King Henry VIII's second wife in 1533 only to be cast aside and beheaded three years later. But among the many mysteries concerning the doomed queen, perhaps the most unusual is the claim that she had six fingers on one of her hands. The story of Boleyn's extra digit most likely originated in a book by the Catholic propagandist Nicholas Sander. Writing a few decades after Boleyn's death, Sander notes that the young queen "
had a projecting tooth under the upper lip, and on her right hand, six fingers." He also claims the she had an unsightly cyst on her neck, which she tried to hide by wearing dresses and jewelry that covered her throat. Sander's description later wormed its way into Boleyn mythology, but its reliability has often been called into question. Sander never saw Boleyn in person, and critics argue that it's unlikely that such a seemingly ugly woman would have captured the affections of a would-be playboy like Henry VIII. More importantly, Sander had a personal vendetta against Boleyn's daughter, Queen Elizabeth I, whose religious policies had forced him into exile. In the medieval era, moles and other bodily imperfections were often viewed as signs of devilry and witchcraft, so Sander may have painted an unflattering picture as a way of denigrating both Boleyn and her royal offspring
" Full article here link Amicalement Armand |
Brian Smaller | 17 Apr 2014 2:26 p.m. PST |
I live in a pretty rural area so a woman with six fingers on a hand, moles and crooked teeth might be considered a catch. |
morrigan | 17 Apr 2014 2:39 p.m. PST |
And a feller with one tooth is a goooood lookin' man. ;) |
Happy Little Trees | 17 Apr 2014 3:47 p.m. PST |
Hey. Eleven fingers mean she actually can give 110%. |
Brian Smaller | 17 Apr 2014 6:17 p.m. PST |
She would also have been top of her class at maths. |
Arteis | 18 Apr 2014 2:20 a.m. PST |
It apparently isn't that unusual. My sister-in-law had six fingers on each hand when she was born. The sixth fingers were tiny appendages to the side of each hand (and she had a similar one on one foot). They were removed surgically in her first year – you can still just see the scars. Two of her children have had the same thing, so it is genetical. |
Tango01 | 18 Apr 2014 11:28 a.m. PST |
My friend Brian Smaller
you have make me laught a lot! (big smile). Amicalement Armand |
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