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Faith and Spirituality
Due to Anne's early age involvement in courts, she had a lot of powerful influences around her for most of her life. These early influences mostly being aristocratic women, who were engaged with art, history, social class, and religion. Ives describes the women around Anne to be "aristocratic women seeking spiritual fulfillment". Some of these women being Queen Claude, who Anne was a member of her court. Marguerite of Angoulême, who was a well known figure during the Renaissance and was known for her strong religious views that she portrayed in the arts through poetry. These women along with Anne's immediate family members, such as her father Thomas Boleyn, may have had large influences on Anne's personal faith.

Another clue into Anne's personal faith could also be found in Anne's book of hours. In here she wrote, "le temps viendra" which translates to "the time will come". Alongside this inscription she illustrated an astrolabe, which at the time was a symbol of the Renaissance. This inscription can lead to us believing that not only was Anne passionate of the new age of the Renaissance, but also new ideas and thoughts relating to her faith since it was written in her book of hours.

Anne Boleyn's last words before her beheading was a prayer for her salvation, her king, and her country. Anne Boleyn said, "Good Christian people! I am come hither to die, for according to the law, and by the law, I am judged to death; and therefore I will speak nothing against it. I come hither to accuse no man, nor to any thing of that whereof I am accused and condemned to die; but I pray God save the king, and send him long to reign over you, for a gentler, or a more merciful prince was there never; and to me he was ever a good, a gentle, and a sovereign lord.." John Foxe, martyrologist, included Anne in his book, "Foxes book of Martyrs", advocating Anne to be a goodly woman that obtained sincere faith and trust in her God. Foxe also believed a sign of her good faith was Gods blessing unto Anne's offspring, Elizabeth I, and allowing her daughter to prosper as queen.