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[decadent-trans-girl]

'why is so much politically-focused genre fiction centred on monarchies' many reasons, but one which I think deserves attention: monarchy is an obvious way of tying together the dysfunctions of the domestic to those of the state

[nightfhury-deactivated20150817]

There is another story about Katherine, a different story. Henry went to France to have a little war; he left Katherine as regent. Down came the Scots; they were well beaten, and at Flodden the head of their king cut off. It was Katherine, that pink-and-white angel, who proposed to send the head in a bag by the first crossing, to cheer up her husband in his camp. They dissuaded her; told her it was, as a gesture, un-English. She sent, instead, a letter. And with it, the surcoat in which the Scottish king had died, which was stiffened, black and crackling with his pumped-out blood.

Wolf Hall - Hilary Mantel

[ymabdarogan]

If I’m gonna run with Luigi Mangione as Man Boleyn I think Mane Seymour should be played by Tyler Robinson

[ymabdarogan]

JANE SEYMOUR FOUND NOT GUILTY!!!

[meschersyeux]

witness his piety

now see him fabulous

[doodlespatulas]

"Doomed yuri" this, "doomed yaoi" that

WHAT ABOUT DOOMED SIBLINGS

What if we were two sides of the same coin. What if i lived in your shadow all my life but found comfort in the darkness and dont know what to do once youre gone. What if youre the only person who understands. What if you have have no idea what i went through. What if we went through the same traumas but ended up with oposite conclusions about our suffering. What if i dont recognize you anymore. What if i see the ghost of my former self reflected through your eyes. What if it never had to go this way. What if this was the only way things were ever going to go

[english-history-trip]

[ymabdarogan]

The Courage That My Mother Had - Edna St. Vincent Millay

[austin--friars]

if you are going to speak on katherine of aragon, especially when comparing her to anne boleyn and seeing who is more empowered or influential or what have you, you HAVE to do research about katherine of aragon OUTSIDE of the anne boleyn/henry situation. most people tend to reduce her to a religious, conservative old woman because that is how anne boleyn centric tudor media paints her. i implore you, if you're gonna speak on katherine you have to actually research who she was before anne boleyn came into the picture.

[threesonsofyorks]

CLAIRE FOY as Queen Anne Boleyn Wolf Hall (2015) | Episode five

Requested by anon.

[eobard-thawne]

FAVORITE SCENES FROM BECOMING ELIZABETH: 6/∞ After all that you have been through, all that I have seen and admired, you chose that? At least I chose him, rather than be chosen. I will call that victory in this life. And weak or foolish or judged as I am by you, I will continue on and be happy. No matter the cost, in spite of others' misery. I thought a great many things of you but negligence was never one of them. You thought many things? I respected you. And then I loved you. And then I hated you. And I came here hating you still. But now... now I pity you.

[theladyelizabeth]

I’ve said this before but after living in England for 5 years I can say with some confidence is that May is when England is as it’s most beautiful. The flowers are blooming, the weather is actually nice most of the time and it’s warm but not sweltering hot.

I don’t know if the same was true for the 16th century but my heart can’t help but ache a bit for Anne Boleyn who might have been killed on a day of such profound beauty.

[earlymodernbarbie-deactivated20]

I love watching people argue over who was a “good” or “great” monarch. “Richard III rules and Henry VII drools!” “Lizzie the first is the Gloriana! Greatest monarch englands ever had!?!))?(;;4”

WRONG

You’re all wrong, there’s no such thing as a good monarch because the institution of a monarchy is inherently evil and oppressive. Hope this helps!

[jezabelofthenorth]

greensleeves, but it's brat green

[fideidefenswhore]

not to put too fine a point on it but it is wild, the things the men on this show say to the women (without really thinking about what it really means, to the recipient…)

[captmuldoon]

[flymarlo]

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[english-history-trip]

Okay, let’s kick this sucker off with some thoughts on my boy Henry VIII!

Everyone tends to think of Henry’s thing as “starting a new religion because this one won’t let him get divorced,” but, as with most things, it’s really more complicated than that.

The Pope gave out annulments ALL THE TIME; in fact, Henry’s buddy Charles Brandon had gotten two. So Henry figured it would be a routine walk in the park. BUT. Just as he was trying to get this done, Catherine of Aragon’s nephew, Charles V, had CAPTURED THE POPE, and Charles wasn’t keen on losing his influence in England by letting his aunt be divorced.

So Henry had the thought: Maybe it’s bad policy to let the political turmoil of a foreign power (essentially what the papacy was at the time) dictate what’s happening in his own country. Also, we’re sending them all this money? Also, all the English clergy had basically diplomatic immunity, and also we’re giving THEM money? We wouldn’t do this for France or Spain, so why Rome?

Moreover, Henry was not out to create his own religion; he was as Catholic as they come. He hated Protestants. In fact, back in the day, he had written a treatise raving about the Pope, which earned him the title Defender of the Faith. So even when he was excommunicated, he was still Defender of the Faith! In fact, even now, long after the English DID make their own religion and got as far away as possible from the Catholic Church, the monarch is STILL Defender of the Faith. It’s on the coins.

History, man.

(Picture: Portrait of Henry VIII c. 1531, Joos van Cleve)

[english-history-trip]

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[miniangel]

miffy with a pearl earring i adore you