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canirove

The Tudors (2007-2010) | s02e07 | 73/?

Mini haul from Oxfam today - I wouldn’t normally bother with the book on the right. Not necessarily because it’s from Lettice’s point of view but mainly because it’s very outdated/downright inaccurate and the writing doesn’t make up for it, but I could not RESIST that cover

God I wish they still make histfic covers like these!

#historical fiction #histfic #Elizabeth I #lettice Knollys #Henry viii #Anne Boleyn

I've loved history since I was a little girl and now, armed with an BA and MA in Medieval and Early Modern Studies, my aim is to make histor

Hello all! Just wanted to make a quick announcement that I’ve made me a “Buy me a coffee” page where you can donate to help support my blog and website, if you feel so inclined.

I pay an annual fee to Wordpress to not only own my web domain, email and link page but to also keep my blog ad-free and accessible to everyone. I don’t ever intend on locking my non-fiction history content behind paywalls. Though I do have a full time job, which I’m very grateful for, my budget has tightened considerably now that I’m on a single income again living in one of the most expensive parts of Kent.

Rest assured I’m not struggling so this isn’t me fishing for pity, and I know money is tight for a lot of people right now, but if anyone was feeling generous and wanted to throw a few pounds my way to support my work, I would be endlessly grateful! Otherwise, just reblogging this to spread the word would be really helpful. Thank you!

#figured I’d post this here as well #literally no pressure at all I’m not in dire financial straits #but I am just feeling the squeeze a bit being back on a single income #signal boost

wardrobeoftime

My Lady Jane + Headpieces

Elizabeth "Bess" Tudor's headpieces in Season 01.

My first xenophobic hate comment! 🙌 I feel like I’ve passed a rite of passage lmao

#how are you this miserable on someone’s post where they are celebrating becoming a citizen of YOUR country

stellaluna33

It's so weird to me, as a person who grew up loving "period dramas," to realize that I haven't been really excited about a period drama in years. 😕 I used to be so excited about them, and now it's like.. a trailer comes out... I watch the trailer. I go, "Oh." And then I move on with my life with a vague sinking feeling of disappointment again. And it is what it is. The world certainly doesn't revolve around me and my preferences. But it's a weird feeling. Kind of like mourning the loss of a friend who you used to be close to, but has now changed beyond recognition, and you miss them.

#i liiiiiterally was just thinking this

romanceyourdemons

lmao i’m reading this essay from the 1580s that mentions how if you were wearing a big elizabethan ruff and you got caught in the rain it would flip up in the wind and hit you in the face, and then you’d have to spend the rest of the day with your stupid soggy ruff all flaccid on your shoulders. can you imagine. whole new potentials for pathetic unlocked

#oh…that’s FUNNY #just picturing Robert running frantically for cover the second he feels a drop of rain #absolutely CANNOT ruin his outfit #(granted he didn’t seem to be much of a fan of the huge cartwheel kinds he preferred the small chin kinda BUT STILL)#tudor tomfoolery

guess who’s officially bri’ish

#its MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE #🎉🎉🎉🎉#just got the confirmation email this morning!!!!!#Nigel Farage can kiss my Romanian ass!!!!!!!

my god its hotter than satan's ass crack right now

#im dangerously close to my overdraft but I'm already scrolling through amazon for portable ac units #ALL SOLD OUT OF COURSE

whydidisavethistomyphone

mikkeneko

#At this point they're just feeding him prime ministers - via @copiccrow

#it'll truly be a national day of mourning when this cat dies #screw the monarch I want a day off for him!!!!

fideidefenswhore

“On 15 September Elizabeth gained permission to write another letter to her sister. It has not survived, but the story of its composition offers a vignette […] Bedingfield sent her an inkstand, five pens, two sheets of fine writing paper and one sheet of rough paper, all of which he gave to Mistress Norton, one of the Queen’s most trusted ladies-in-waiting, on a Monday morning. Having stormed for nearly three months for writing materials, Elizabeth did not use them on Monday, having developed a headache. On Tuesday morning, she washed her hair. Finally on Tuesday afternoon she sent for Bedingfield, to say that she never wrote to the Council except through a secretary, so she asked Sir Henry to write a letter for her. In the end a suitable message was composed and conveyed to the Lord Treasurer and the Lord Chamberlain by Verney. Bedingfield then took away the pens and paper, carefully noting that one of the pens was missing; we never learn whether it was broken, or whether Mistress Norton was ordered to search Elizabeth’s belongings […]”

— Perry Maria. 1990. The Word of a Prince : A Life of Elizabeth I from Contemporary Documents.

#oh she's so funny #quotes