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♢  Farleigh Hungerford Castle, August 14th 1473 ♢

Birth of Margaret Plantagenet, future Countess of Salisbury. Daughter of George Plantagenet, Duke of Clarence, Prince of England and Isabelle Neville, Duchess of Clarence, joint heiress of the Earl of Warwick.

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“The consensus among modern commentators is that the first marriage of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn took place on 24 or 25 January 1533.  The evidence comes from two witnesses, neither of whom, admittedly, was present at the ceremony. Eustace Chapuys said that it took place ‘on the day of St Paul’s conversion’, i.e. 25 January 1533, and about the time that Dr ‘Bonart’, i.e. Edmund Bonner, came back from Rome, which, as Bonner told his colleague William Benet, was also on 25 January. Thomas Cranmer himself, writing to Nicholas Hawkins in June 1533, seems to agree, saying that Anne ‘was married much about St Paul’s day last’, although ���I myself knew not thereof a fortnight after it was done’.’” Diarmaid Macculloch,

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Gold earrings with sapphires, Roman, 2nd century AD

from The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts

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it feels like the 63rd of janaury

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(Almost) Every Costume Per Episode + Anne Neville's dark green cloak with black fur trim in 1x05,6,7

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ELEANOR TOMLINSON as ISABEL NEVILLE THE WHITE QUEEN: Episode 6 Love and Death

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roasting dumbledore’s terrible running of hogwarts and questionable educational curriculum is a favourite hobby of mine

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One of my favorite niche art genres is definitely “medieval Italian nobility absolutely pummeling each other in the face with snowballs”

(Details from the “January” fresco at the Castello del Buonconsiglio, Trento, c.1400)

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5.12 | 6.05

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The Sound of Music (1965) dir. Robert Wise

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Embroidered cuff of a woman`s shirt from the village of Pistyn, Ivano-Frankivsk Region, early XXth century

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Silver and bronze medals of Elizabeth of York engraved by Daniel Friedrich Loos (18th century). The latin inscription says: ‘Elizabeth of York wife of Henry VII Queen of England’ (obverse) and ‘Hence have our roses grown’ (reverse).

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similarities between Elizabeth Woodville and Anne Boleyn are always interesting.

Both their mothers were more highborn than their fathers. Both were noted for their charm and intelligence that captivated kings. Both their husbands had quite similar (surface-level) personalities. Both were highly influential as queens and understandably used their station to promote their families. Both were disliked by sections of the nobility including members of their husbands’ families. Both their reputations were slandered by contemporaries, including accusations of witchcraft, even though they were actually very pious and generous. Both had loyal brothers who were executed due to their connection to them. The nature of both their marriages was called into question which led to their downfall. Both their children were declared illegitimate for a certain span of time. Both of them went through immense hardships throughout their lives, but eventually “triumphed” (in a historic sense rather than a personal one) by their daughters becoming successful queens.

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Goodbye, my love. A thousand times goodbye.

Shakespeare in Love (1998) dir. John Madden

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Goodbye, my love. A thousand times goodbye.

Shakespeare in Love (1998) dir. John Madden

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let's pick out vinyls and books together for our library