if your rigour does not forbid me...

ari. he/him. older than you.

[fideidefenswhore]

[elizabethboleyn]

[glorianas]

CATE BLANCHETT as ELIZABETH I

ELIZABETH 

(1998)

[period-dramallama]

Elizabeth (1998) has its inaccuracies certainly but the scene where Elizabeth practices her speech to Parliament and goes pink with stress and frustration might be the most relatable Elizabeth I has ever been

[elizabethan-memes]

Me every time someone mentions History Reddit:

[thefreakyfun]

ANNE BOLEYN APPRECIATION WEEK

ANNE BOLEYN + CATHERINE OF ARAGON

George Cavendish, in his biography of Wolsey (cited in Eric Ives’ biography), would have us believe that Katherine’s behaviour towards her lady-in -waiting was impeccable and that she: “shewed([neither] to Mistress Anne, ne to the king) any spark or kind of grudge or displeasure…dissembled the same, having Mistress Anne in more estimation for the king’s sake”.

[thefreakyfun]

ANNE BOLEYN APPRECIATION WEEK

ANNE BOLEYN + FACTS

[fideidefenswhore]

[jxckwestgifs]

Tom McKay as Jasper Tudor The White Queen (2013 ) 02 / ?

[perioddramasource]

ISABELLA BROWNSON as LADY KATHERINE GREY in My Lady Jane — 1.08 "God Save The Queen"

[catherinesboleyn]

Jonathan Rhys Meyers as Henry VIII

The Tudors 2.05

[perioddramasource]

ISABELLA BROWNSON as LADY KATHERINE GREY in My Lady Jane — 1.01 "Who'll Be Next In Line?"

[didanagy]

NATALIE DORMER as ANNE BOLEYN

THE TUDORS (2007-2010) created by michael hirst

2.03 Checkmate

[calisverse]

𝐑𝐔𝐀𝐈𝐑𝐈 𝐎'𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐍𝐎𝐑 as 𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐇𝐄𝐍𝐑𝐘 𝐕𝐈𝐈𝐈 𝐎𝐅 𝐄𝐍𝐆𝐋𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐋𝐎𝐓𝐓𝐄 𝐇𝐎𝐏𝐄 as 𝐐𝐔𝐄𝐄𝐍 𝐊𝐀𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐍𝐄 𝐎𝐅 𝐀𝐑𝐀𝐆𝐎𝐍

The Spanish Princess. Season 1, Episode 6.

[thefreakyfun]

ANNE BOLEYN APPRECIATION WEEK

wolf hall & six wives with lucy worsley + same dresses

[calisverse]

𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐋𝐎𝐓𝐓𝐄 𝐇𝐎𝐏𝐄 as 𝐂𝐀𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐍𝐄 𝐎𝐅 𝐀𝐑𝐀𝐆𝐎𝐍

The Spanish Princess. Season 1, Episode 1. Catherine white nightgown.

[fideidefenswhore]

Norton, Elizabeth. Patronage, Material Culture and Image Crafting. Routledge, 2026.