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Long portrayed as a scheming villain in works like Philippa Gregory's The Other Boleyn Girl , Jane’s reputation is currently being rehabilitated by scholars who see her as a woman navigating a "deadly machinery of Tudor politics" where disobedience to a Queen could be just as fatal as betrayal. She has been portrayed by actresses such as Jessica Raine in the TV adaptation of Wolf Hall .

: When the affair was discovered, Jane was arrested. She suffered a mental breakdown in the Tower of London , leading Henry VIII to pass a specific law—the Act of Attainder —allowing for the execution of the "insane". jane blow

: On February 13, 1542, she was executed on Tower Green, immediately following Queen Catherine. Eyewitnesses noted she died with "godly" dignity. Modern Legacy and Media Long portrayed as a scheming villain in works

: She entered court as a teenager in the household of Catherine of Aragon . She suffered a mental breakdown in the Tower