History Forgets

Sarah (Lex), she/her, 31, Bisexual, Writer, Procrastinator. Personal blog of inspiration and the rest

[tarmairons]

INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE (2022-) | S03E01

[threesonsofyorks]

ANNE BOLEYN and HENRY VIII in Blood, sex & Royalty | Episode two

[omnybus]

I think what I love most about mythology is that the “Trickster God/Spirit” is an archetypical character found in almost every body of folklore. It’s like “Oh, here’s our God of the Sun, our God of the Sea, our God of Fertility, and our God of Being A Wretched Little Gremlin Who Causes Problems On Purpose”

[earlofwiltshire]

"...fascinatingly intelligent and high-spirited..." "...the only one of Henry’s six wives whose marriage to the king was regularly called her ‘reign’ by contemporaries... a major player in the early English Reformation, the beginning of a Reformation unique in Europe in having two women among its leading architects..." "...a devout, intelligent, and determined woman..." "...undoubtedly intelligent, attractive, spirited..." "…an educated and opinionated woman who attracted supporters and detractors in equal measure…"

[glorianas]

 Her that did set our country in a roar, 

-Thomas Wyatt 

[themarquesswrites]

What is your favorite tv show

The Americans

The Great

The Borgias

Black Sails

Interview with the Vampire

Succession

Arcane

Fleabag

Avatar: The Last Airbender

Doctor Who

Voting ended onMay 14

Rules: Make a poll with 10 of your favorite shows and have your followers choose their favorite

Tag: anyone who wants to do it 🩵

[melrosing]

im doing a succession rewatch

[its-a-state-of-angst]

Happy one year anniversary to Étoile.....

WE HARDLY knew ye...it was premiered and cancelled within the same breath

I've written many rants about the treatment of Étoile and treatment of television in general, and the DEVASTATION I felt about it still too. BUT YES THAT CLIFFHANGER...

TWO CLIFFHANGERS ALL SURRounding CHEYNNE.

Season 2 was truly going to be Cheyenne's season...I COULD FEEL IT

IT IS WHAT IS...BUT I FEEL that journey for her...especially involving JACK would have been fascinating.

PLUS WE WOULD HAVE LEARNED WHAT HAPPENED between them FIVE YEARS AGO...but I CAN DREAM

[fideidefenswhore]

To go from being the daughter of a minor noble family to becoming a queen was highly unusual. In the sixteenth century the only recent precedent had been Elizabeth Woodville, whose marriage appears to have been a spur of the moment decision by Edward IV. Anne and Henry on the other hand faced many more obstacles to actually marry and Anne emerged, for a period, as one of the king’s chief ministers and very much a politician in her own right. This was a remarkable achievement and one that was not followed by any of Henry’s later wives (with even Catherine Parr finding it difficult to assert herself politically).

If she had lived longer, Anne would almost certainly be remembered as England’s first Protestant queen (a distinction which belongs to Catherine Parr). At the time of her death, the religious reform movement was heading towards Protestantism, but it was still in its infancy. If she had survived, Anne would also have been regent for her minor children. Perhaps this would have been thirteen year old Elizabeth in January 1547, or a younger son? In her lifetime, Anne was very politically driven. I always think of her as a politician first and I think this would have continued – she would have been a competent and powerful regent.

–Dr Elizabeth Norton

[thetudorsdaily]

“A different woman might have ignored the critics and trusted to her own attractions and her ability to nag or persuade the king into marriage, but not Anne Boleyn. Instead she entered politics. The first evidence of this is her growing exploitation of her influence over Henry… It was clearly a bad thing to cross Lady Anne, even if you were the king’s chief minister and had right on your side.” | Eric Ives, The Life and Death of Anne Boleyn

[hiveswap]

big fan of when you peel back all layers of a character and at the bottom of it there's love

[hiveswap]

why are they doing this? because they loved someone so much it caused the plot to happen. Grief counts btw

[hiveswap]

ESPECIALLY a big fan of when this isn't enough to make them a good person

[withered-rose-with-thorns]

Anne was that rare phenomenon, a self-made woman. And she was a challenging personality, who wouldn’t be quiet and shut up when she had something to say. She was a young woman placed in a really difficult and awful situation, manipulated by her father, the king, and circumstances, but she was also feisty and interesting and had a point of view and tried to use her power to advance what she believed in. - Natalie Dormer (insp)

[boleynqueenes]

⚡️ “Maybe…maybe, if you tell me why thunderstorms make you homesick.” ⛈️

eminent domain, chapter 2.

[haticesultanas]

merve boluğur as anne boleyn ♦ requested by anon

[hickeywiththegoodhair]

“why are you, as someone in their 30s, still on tumblr” oh so you think you’re gonna be normal when you’re my age? you think you’re gonna be CURED?? you think the witches’ curse will have been lifted by then?? cmon now

[whitewolfofwinterfell]

SHIPS MEME: ‘a historical ship’ ↳ Henry & Anne (The Tudors)

I beg you, my entirely beloved, not to frighten yourself nor be too uneasy at our absence, for wherever I am, I am yours. No more at present, from lack of time, but that I wish you in my arms, that I might a little dispel your unreasonable thoughts. Written by the hand of him who is and always will be yours.

[boleynqueenes]

"And you named her 'the Princess' to my husband, when you did? As you just did, to us?"

Nowe Thus, Chapter 44: bond.