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About George W. Bernard
- George W.
- Bernard is a British historian who specializes in the reign of King Henry VIII, specifically the English Reformation of the 1530s – both in England and globally – and the "reign" of Anne Boleyn.
- He is most famous for his arguments for the strength of Henry VIII as a ruler not controlled by faction, and for his theory that Anne Boleyn was guilty of adultery in 1536, based on a poem by Lancelot de Carles.
- He is commonly pitted up against David Starkey and Eric Ives, who forcefully present the opposite argument.
- Since 1981, he has taught at the University of Southampton as Professor of Early Modern History.
- He works alongside a former student, Mark Stoyle.
- In 2001–11 he was editor of the English Historical Review.
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