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I guess I am in that phase where I feel worthless when I don't post or draw anything

Me right now:

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Me right now:

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Mary Tudor and Katherine Howard could have actually been friends? 🏵️

All of us Tudor fans have been persuaded at some point to believe that Mary and Katherine were enemies and couldn't stand each other. If we were to read separate biographies of katherine and Mary, we would indeed get that impression, especially when it comes to the narratives of certain authors who didn't see much need to delve into the relationship between the two.

🧐 What do we know about Mary and Katherine's relationship besides common belief? That Katherine wanted to dismiss two of Mary's ladies because Katherine was a spoiled and childish young lady, or that Mary found Katherine vain because she liked to dress francy clothes and dance. But what if I told you that Katherine acted as a merciful queen in many instances, such as when she sent her tailor to Margaret Pole in the Tower of London or when she helped free Thomas Wyatt, the poet, from the Tower? And what about Mary liking fancy clothes and dance too? But well, we will not try to understand Katherine's qualities hidden in the shadow of the stereotype this time. In order not to develop a giant text, I will just make a timeline of the relationship between the two from 1540 to 1542.

🏵️1540 — DECEMBER — Katherine try to dismiss two of Mary's ladies because Mary was showing her little respect as she had shown Jane Seymour and Anne of Cleves. (In my opinion, this only happened because Mary was witnessing what happened to her mother repeat itself. *Let's not forget that Katherine was a lady-in-waiting to Anne of Cleves, as Anne Boleyn was to Katherine of Aragon*).

🏵️ 1541 — JANUARY — (New Year) Mary tries to reconcile with Katherine and sends gifts, trying to maintain a good relationship with her father and stepmother.

🏵️ 1541 — 2 of FEBRUARY — Henry banishes one of Mary's ladies. Chapuys was the one who reported this, and unlike the first occasion when Katherine tried to dismiss two of Mary's ladies, on this occasion Chapuys mentions only the king. I believe that if it had been an appeal from Katherine to the king, Chapuys would have mentioned it, as before.

(It would not be the first time Henry had expelled ladies-in-waiting. He did the same to Katherine of Aragon when the two argued over the attention the king was giving to Henry Fitzroy. That time he expelled three of Katherine's ladies-in-waiting).

🏵️ 1541— 22 of FEBRUARY — Mary and Katherine baptise Jane Seymour daughter of Edward Seymour (Edward VI uncle). Why did they both were godparent of the same child if they were not in good terms? This makes me believe that Mary's problem 20 days before this was indeed with the king.

🏵️ 1541 — Spring — Katherine is said to have sent Margaret Pole clothes according to Alison Weir, she didn't mention an exact month, but Conor Byrne points to 'spring' (so, March, April or early May). I know Katherine had a good heart and Margaret's situation touched her, but I think she may have had some consideration for Mary when she did this.

🏵️ 1541 — MAY — Margaret Pole is executed, the same time Katherine aproves Mary staying at court. (This is why I believe she had some regard for Mary's pain of losing her second mother.)

🏵️ 1541 — In the summer Katherine, Mary and Henry traveled together to visit Prince Edward, and Katherine gave Mary a gold pomander containing a clock while they were on a progress at Pontefract Castle. (Again, why would she if they were not in good terms?)

🏵️ 1542 — FEBRUARY — Katherine is executed. "Following Katherine Howard’s execution, Mary enjoyed far greater favour and presided over court feasts as if Queen. As a New Year’s gift Henry presented her ‘with rings, silver plate, and other jewels’ among which were ‘two rubies of inestimable value’. However, during these months, the princess suffered repeatedly from chronic ill-health, linked to anxiety, depression and irregular menstruation, although the symptoms varied widely from one episode to the next. In March and April, she had a ‘strange fever’ that brought on heart palpitations and so afflicted her that at times ‘she remained as though dead’."

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We know that Katherine died in February, but by December Culpeper had been executed, and the queen's jewels had certainly returned to the king who had given them to Mary. If Mary had developed any feelings of friendship with Katherine, it was very cruel of him to make her go through this, and I am not surprised that Mary fell strangely ill afterwards. 😪💔

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Art by: https://www.instagram.com/heqijin_illustration?igsh=MTRjZTN4bzJqcXJseA==

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Sources:

https://tudortreasures.net/mary-catherine-howard/

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewels_of_Mary_I_of_England

Katherine Howard: A New History by Conor Byrne.

Mary Tudor: England' First Queen by Anna Whitelock.

Baatard Prince: Henry VIII'S lost son by Beverley A. Murphy.

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Can relate

everyday I enter in YouTube and some well-respected, fan favourite YouTuber has fallen into disgrace

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-Calais Pier, with French Poissards Preparing for Sea, an English Packeet Arriving-

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So now that I am currently disappointed in my studio work (sigh, am I ever happy...), I am doing doodling (basically for fun).

I overreacted and made 7 carbon paper prints of this one doodle (mounted on 8X10 mat). I hand-painted them all with watercolor: 3 in color and 4 in black and white; all turned out slightly different.

Can I be steadfast enough to do a doodle a day, like the rest of the folks?! Probably not...

but the word D-O-O-D-L-I-N-G is just an amazing word, pure magic.

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King Henry VII, Margaret Beaufort Countess of Richmond and Derby (his mother), and John Beaufort 1st Earl of Somerset (his great-grandfather)

Question: were the Beauforts actually a single person in multiple bodies?

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Night at the Museum; The Henry VII vs Richard III edition.

So in Night at the Museum 3, the tablet of Ahkmenrah came to the British Museum and everything in it came to life.

What if Richard III’s reconstructed head and Henry VII’s bust were in that museum!? NEXT TO EACH OTHER.

IMAGINE, FELLOW HISTORY LOVERS, IMAGINE!

“….Tudor.”

“…fuck.”

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Bette Davis & Maggie Smith (+ Angela Lansbury) DEATH ON THE NILE (1978) dir. John Guillermin 

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I hated that movie it's boring and inaccurate

Possibly one of the worst portrayals of the Boleyn sisters ever

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Here is an rant by the laughing cavalier about The Other Boleyn Girl *vomits* https://youtu.be/JunUfMEYa6E?si=j5BpuI51gRvGK48N

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Thanks for 10k followers!!!

Here are all eight Kings Henry, getting along about as well as you'd expect.

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Stained glass: Catherine Woodville and Jasper Tudor (left), Henry VII and Elizabeth of York (center), Richard III and Anne Neville (right). Cardiff Castle, Wales

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To quote my mother, who grew up under a dictator:

"Dictatorships are born in whispers."

Pay attention to every bill or executive order. Don't ask how it'll benefit the country. Ask how it'll benefit the one trying to get it passed. You'll start noticing the whispers.

To those who say, "Stop reading between the lines." No. Always read between the lines. Never take a politician at face value. This goes for all politicians regardless of party.

Look at their history, listen to their words, and ask yourself, "How is this benefiting them?"

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I don't know why some people blame Mary for everything even for being Catholic. (They even blame KOA for that as she influenced Mary regarding her religion). It's ridiculous.

And of course Mary would still be Catholic I mean religion was a connection to her mother.

Getting mad at her for being Catholic, when Catholicism was the main religion of the land until everyone was forced to convert is ridiculous! That is such a silly thing to be angry at her for LMAO.

And you are right, Catholicism is the way she felt connected to her mother. One of the things she did when she was queen, was made it so that her mother was once again seen as the valid, legitimate queen of England and that her marriage to Henry was also seen as valid. Mary's relationship and love for her mother always chokes me up, especially having to sit through years of people calling her mother a liar and unfaithful.