#Jeanne of Burgundy

[poniatowskaja]

Just how happy Jeanne’s marriage to Philip was is impossible to say. It was certainly more prolific than those of Philip’s brothers. Philip and Jeanne had their first child, a daughter Jeanne, in May 1308, and before the spring of 1313 at least three other daughters. In contrast, Louis and Marguerite had no children before a daughter Jeanne was born on 28 January 1312. Charles and Blanche at some point had a son and a daughter, but neither is known to have been born before January 1314. Whatever the significance of the number of children Philip and Jeanne produced, Jeanne’s relationship with her husband survived the adultery scandal that engulfed the royal court in the spring of 1314. Unlike her sisters-in-law, Marguerite and Blanche who were imprisoned as adulteresses at Château-Gaillard, Jeanne largely escaped its consequences. Although the censorious Philip the Fair had Jeanne confined at the castle of Dourdan, she was judged, found innocent, and liberated after Philip the Fair’s death on 29 November 1314. She was reunited at once with her husband, and her mother Mahaut of Artois later testified that from this time on the couple lived together ‘in good peace, concord, agreement, and love, without strife, rancor, or hatred’. Such feelings as Mahaut attributed to Philip and her daughter would go far to explain Philip’s generosity to Jeanne. But it is not clear that her words are trustworthy. What else would Mahaut have said of a daughter who had reigned as queen of France – particularly when she was defending herself against charges of using potions to bewitch her son-in-law? Just how Philip and Jeanne felt about each other is obviously impossible to determine. Philip often waxed eloquent about his sentiments toward Jeanne, but many of his statements are formulaic. He repeatedly referred to the ‘sincere [or magne] dilectionis affectum’ which she bore him,  to the ‘faithful and natural congress [societas]’ and the devotion by which ‘his most beloved wife’ was bound to him, as well her constant efforts to please him. In January 1320, he mentioned her free and considerate services, honours, and courtesies, and the most faithful union she had carefully observed with him. In his preamble to the testament his wife completed on 27 August 1319, Philip himself declared that ‘nous amons de tout nostre Cuer & desierrons la salu de lame de le’. This is touching, but the statement can be read to mean not that Philip loved his wife with all his heart and desired her soul’s salvation, but rather that with all his heart he loved her soul and desired its salvation. These statements, in short, have no real bearing on the question of whether Jeanne was indeed guilty of adultery, and whether her husband took her back because she was countess of Burgundy and he feared to lose the county if he abandoned her.  This seems to me unlikely – although it is not impossible. Philip may have loved his wife deeply, or feared her, or been bewitched by her – for whatever reason, he showered her with gifts, whose extravagance is exceptional and impressive.

Elizabeth A. R. Brown, 'The King’s Conundrum: Endowing Queens and Loyal Servants, Ensuring Salvation, and Protecting the Patrimony in Fourteenth-Century France' in John Anthony Burrow and Ian P. Wei (eds), Medieval Futures: Attitudes to the Future in the Middle Ages, 134-138

[concrete-the-cat]

"... what... the hell?"

The Queen of France rose to her feet, dusting off her dress as 100 mini suns burned her eyes; atop poles and outside what looked like odd bricked small castles. The air was no longer fresh, and the people sure as hell weren't wearing dresses. She wondered what was going on; and looking up at a nearby statue, the confusion only increased as she saw that the statue was of herself.

And that, more specifically, it wasn't a statue, but a tomb. Of Jeanne I de Valois. Her. The realization was sudden.

She remembered the searing pain, and the remembering gave her a massive headache as well; the rogue Burgundian assassins driving a blade into her right in the middle of the street. How dare they, when their country ceased to exist... and that was all that she had time to think.

And now, somehow, she was alive, by the grace or will of God, she assumed.

"What year is it?" she asked a nearby passerby with a blank expression.

"2023, you stupid cosplayer. She didn't look like that."

She most certainly did because she's ME, Jeanne thought, annoyed, but decided not to voice her concern or curiosity at the word 'cosplayer' because-

There was the second realization.

If she had indeed died; then she'd been dead for-

For-

... over 600 years. Of course.

But if she was alive now; she had a purpose, didn't she? Perhaps France needed her diplomatic skill or military prowess. She had been chosen - they, her father and the citizens of France, knew she, regardless of the preference for male heirs in her time, would lead France well, and she did - didn't she? She must've, to garner such a wonderful statue.

So perhaps that was her fate once more?

Regardless, she had a lot to learn, she knew, and she set out for it...

The battle was over, but somehow, you survived. As you stare into the heavens, it occurs to you… You remember dying. And from the look of the battlefield, considerable time has passed…

[tomicscomics]

05/20/2024

"May of the Maid" continues with a story-arc featuring Joan's real-life rival mystic?!

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JOKE-OGRAPHY:

1. The Source: This cartoon is based off people who are mentioned briefly in St. Joan of Arc's trial. Here are some relevant passages (translated by W. S. Scott):

1a. Extorting Peasants / Housewifery: "This Catherine said [...] that a woman appeared, a white lady, dressed in cloth of gold, who told her to go through the good towns, and that the king would give her heralds and trumpets to proclaim that whoever had gold, silver, or treasure should at once bring it forth; and that she would know those who did not and those who had hidden it; and would know where to find the treasure; and it would serve to pay Jeanne's men-at-arms. To which [Jeanne] had answered that [Catherine] should return to her husband, and look after her household and children."

1b. Too Chilly: "Asked if she had spoken to Catherine de la Rochelle concerning going to La Charité, [Jeanne] replied that Catherine did not advise her to go there; saying that it was too cold, and she ought not to go."

1c. Premature Truce: "[Jeanne] said also to Catherine, who wished to go to the Duke of Burgundy to make peace, that it was her opinion that they would find no peace save at the lance's point."

2. The Characters: Brother Richard was a Franciscan friar and a doomsday preacher. In 1429, he was prophesying the end times in 1430. He was incorrect, but before people knew that, his sermons stirred whole cities. He also seemed to try and befriend any female mystics (women with visions) he came across, probably to boost his legitimacy. Catherine de La Rochelle was one of these mystics. She and Joan might've started out as friends, but Joan eventually came to suspect Catherine of being a fraud and told the king so. As you might guess, that didn't go over well with Brother Richard or Catherine. It might be because their relationship ended on a sour note that Joan is so short in her answers to questions about them during her trial.

[threadtalk]

House of Paquin at the turn of the last century was drama, drama, drama. Paquin has always been one of my favorites, not for the least of which is the fact my own French family has the same last name. Jeanne Paquin, as she came to be known, however, was likely not a relation to me at all. She and her husband used the Paquin name. Though it is now synonymous with Paris Haute Couture, it's also one of the most common last names in Québec!

That said, this gown encompasses so much of what I adore about the last little bit of the Victorian era. It's intense. Intense colors, intense fabrics, intense flounces. Though we are firmly in the narrow-waist era, it's all about shape and proportion. As you're likely aware, those huge leg o'mutton or leg of lamb sleeves are, in fact, Gigot callbacks to the earlier part of the century.

Personally, I'm just enchanted by the burgundy wine hue on that silk, to say nothing of the intricacies of the bodice. Though the 1890s were very, very covered up, they still had an almost architectural brutality to some of the designs. Like, this IS the villain era, you know what I mean?

From Tessier-Sarrou.

[goodqueenaly]

Do you see a similarity between Margery Tyrell (as well as Elinor Tyrell, Megga Tyrell, and Alla Tyrell) being put on trail and the trail of the daughter's in law of King Philip the Fair of France (specifically as described in The Accursed Kings), I was reading the Iron King a few weeks ago and it made me wonder if there was a connection as GRRM is a fan of the The Accursed Kings.

Me, think about a connection between ASOIAF and The Accursed Kings? Now when have I ever done that before?

(It me, it always me. Also long, more under the cut.)

Absolutely, I 100% believe that GRRM partially (emphasis on partially) based the supposed love affairs of Margaery and her cousins on the Tour de Nesle Affair as depicted in The Accursed Kings - specifically the first novel of the series, The Iron King. To very briefly summarize, the Tour de Nesle affair centers on the three daughters-in-law of King Philip IV of France: Marguerite of Burgundy, wife of Philip’s eldest son, Louis (and Queen of Navarre, since Louis is King of Navarre in his own right); Marguerite’s cousin Jeanne of Burgundy, wife of the king’s second son, Philip; and Jeanne’s sister (and, naturally, Marguerite’s cousin) Blanche, wife of the king’s third son, Charles. Marguerite and Blanche engage in extramarital sexual affairs with two courtiers, the brothers Philippe and Gautier d’Aunay, with Jeanne acting as facilitator and messenger for their trysts; the affair takes its name from the tower of the Hôtel-de-Nesle, the manor of the King of Navarre, where Marguerite and Blanche entertain their lovers. The affair is discovered by another French prince, Robert of Artois, and he and Philip IV’s daughter, Isabella, engineer a scheme to trap the princesses and expose them. Marguerite, Blanche, and Jeanne are subsequently caught and found guilty, the former two of adultery, the latter of aiding and abetting them; Marguerite and Blanche are imprisoned (the former until she is murdered, the latter until she dies, prematurely young and apparently insane), while Jeanne is likewise initially imprisoned but eventually freed by and reunited with her husband.

With respect to parallels between this story and the plot of AFFC, the Tour de Nesle affair and the affair Cersei invents for Margaery both involve several interrelated royal (or semi-royal) ladies. I mentioned above the princesses in The Iron King, who are called the “Princesses of Burgundy”: Marguerite is the daughter of the Duke of Burgundy, while her cousins Jeanne and Blanche are referred to as the “sisters of Burgundy”, daughters of the late Count of Burgundy. (Yes, the Duchy of Burgundy and County of Burgundy were at this time two separate political entities despite sharing a name). Likewise, the sexual scandal dreamed up by Cersei centers on four Tyrell girls at court, with one a queen: Queen Margaery, of course and three of her cousins, Megga, Elinor, and Alla. None of the Tyrell girls are sisters to any of the others, but all four are part of an extended Tyrell family, grouped together as “Tyrells” much as the three princesses of The Iron King are counted together by Robert of Artois as part of the “family of Burgundy”. In turn, just as Robert of Artois seeks to reveal the scandal specifically so that “[t]he whole family of Burgundy will be plunged up to the neck in the midden … [and] their inheritance will no longer be within reach of the Crown” - leaving that disputed inheritance open to Robert himself - so Cersei, furious at being “awash in roses”, dreams of framing Margaery for a crime of treason so serious that “even her own lord father must condemn her, or her shame becomes his own”.

Moreover, the parallel between these plots in The Iron King and AFFC is strengthened by the identities of the respective plotters. As I noted, one of the two chief architects of the plot against the princesses of Burgundy is Queen Isabella - daughter of King Philip IV of France, sister-in-law to the three princesses, and Queen of England as the wife of King Edward II. Just as Cersei is considered one of the most beautiful women in the Seven Kingdoms, inheriting the golden good looks of any number of Lannister antecedents, Isabella is often compared to her famously handsome father, Philip the Fair, sharing what Druon calls the king’s “legendary personal beauty”; a courtier of her father’s, Hughes de Bouville, even goes on to compliment Isabella in a later novel, The She-Wolf of France, by saying that Isabella had inherited “all [King Philip’s] beauty which was so impervious to time”. Yet The Iron King opens on Isabella by calling her “the loveless queen”, and it’s a description as fitting to Cersei as it is to the daughter of Philip IV.  Just as Isabella is trapped in a miserable marriage to Edward II, so Cersei was trapped in a terrible marriage to King Robert Baratheon - marriages made by their respective fathers, for the political gains of their paternal families. Indeed, King Philip’s retort to Isabella’s complaints about her bad treatment at the hands of her husband - “I did not marry you to a man … but to a King. I did not sacrifice you by mistake” - seems like the sort of reply Tywin would have given to Cersei, having chosen to make his daughter queen and secure a future royal grandson despite privately dismissing Robert as a stupid oaf (to say nothing of Robert's years of abusing Cersei). 

Likewise, both queens seek solace in their eldest sons, as well as their birth dynasties. Isabella is first shown approving that her baby son Edward’s first word was “want”, which Isabella calls “the speech of a king”; she also teaches her son that “he belongs to France as much as to England” and insists that he “get accustomed to the names of his relatives” and learn “that his grandfather, Philip the Fair, is King of France”. Isabella also surrounds herself with reminders of her French past: The Iron King opens with Isabella listening to a French poem, her most trusted lady-in-waiting is the French Jeanne de Joinville, and in a later novel, The She-Wolf of France, Isabella loses to her husband’s favorite a book of poetry by Marie of France. For her part, Cersei has made sure - or at least tried to make sure - that Joffrey was raised as a Lannister with no love for his Baratheon “father”; indeed, Cersei even likes to think of conceiving Joffrey with Jaime as an act of revenge against Robert while trapped at the home of Robert’s maternal family. Joffrey’s surcoat when he duels Robb at Winterfell shows the Lannister lion equal to the Baratheon stag, imagery he later makes his official standard when he becomes king, and he famously has in the first book a sword he proudly calls Lion’s Tooth; too, when he is married, the Lannister banners are displayed as equal to the Baratheon and Tyrell banners, underlining the Lannister importance in Joffrey’s reign. 

Too, neither queen has much love for the eventual objects of their respective plotting. When Robert of Artois informs Isabella that the princesses of Burgundy “hate you”, Isabella replies that “[t]hough I don’t know why, it is true that as far as I am concerned, I never liked them from the start”; Robert then adds his opinion, that Isabella “didn’t like them because they’re false, because they think of nothing but pleasure and have no sense of duty”. Indeed, Isabella’s longstanding dislike and distrust of her sisters-in-law seems reflected in her suspicions, apparently established before the beginning of The Iron King, that the princesses were already deceiving their husbands with extramarital lovers, seemingly heightened by the contrast to her own faithful (for her part) but loveless marriage - Isabella later tells Robert that “when I think of what I am denying myself, what I am giving up, then I know how lucky they are to have husbands who love them”, declaring “[t]hey must be punished, properly punished!”. Cersei’s distrust of Margaery, of course, can hardly be overstated, though in her case the origins of her hatred stem not from Margaery herself but rather Cersei’s paranoia about her, Cersei’s, own prophesied downfall at the hands of a younger and more beautiful queen. Convinced - probably at her ultimate cost - that her son’s (or sons’) eventual wife would fulfill the prophecy Maggy gave so many years prior, Cersei was predisposed to dislike, distrust, and deeply fear such a woman from the first 

So both queens set out to denounce and bring down their royal in-laws through the revelation of a sexual scandal - the bombshell news that a queen and her aristocratic cousins have taken lovers in the persons of a few highborn courtiers. Both plots begin at their outset with the queens appointing spies in the households of the targets of the plots. Robert of Artois advises Isabella to request one of his allies be placed in Marguerite’s household as what he terms “a spy within the walls” - a successful move for Robert and Isabella's conspiracy, as not only does Marguerite (correctly) suspect Madame de Comminges for “always trailing about in her widow’s weeds”, but Robert also reveals that “[s]ince entering Marguerite’s service, Madame de Comminges sent him a report every day”. Cersei herself recruits Taena Merryweather from Margaery’s own household, blithely confirming Jaime’s suspicion that “[s]he’s informing on you to the little queen by saying that “Taena tells me everything Maid Margaery is doing”. Taena, for her part, tells Cersei what Cersei wants to hear, often dropping sexually suggestive hints supposedly about Margaery and her court, which encourage Cersei in her plot against Margaery. 

Additionally, each queen faces the difficulty in singling out the rival queen in question given the presence of those rivals’ respective ladies. Robert of Artois complains that the princesses of Burgundy are “[c]lever wenches” because while Jeanne or Blanche often go to “pray” with Marguerite at the Tour de Nesle, each acts as an alibi for the other; as Robert concludes, “[o]ne woman at fault finds it difficult to defend herself”, but “[t]hree wicked harlots are a fortress”. Indeed, Taena Merryweather borrows almost the exact same castellated metaphor from Robert, claiming that Margaery’s “women are her castle walls”, as “[w]henever men are about, her septa will be with her, or her cousins”. This commentary from Taena inspires Cersei to ponder whether “[Margaery’s] ladies are part of it as well … [sic] not all of them, perhaps, but some” and then manipulate the confession of the Blue Bard to implicate Elinor, Megga, and Alla in the invented affair.

So in both cases, the groups of royal ladies are accused of fornication, with one lady from each excepted for a charge of what we might call criminal knowledge instead. In the case of the princesses of Burgundy, it is Jeanne who is deemed “guilty of complicity and culpable complacence”, while in the case of the Tyrells it is young Alla who is “charged with witnessing their shame [i.e. the supposed sexual relationships of Megga, Elinor, and Margaery] and helping them conceal it”. The distinction in charges notwithstanding, all the ladies are thereafter imprisoned, with both the Burgundy princesses and the Tyrell ladies stripped of their finery: at their judgment, the princesses of Burgundy kneel before the king “shaven and clothed in rough fustian” (so humbled that Jeanne and Blanche’s mother mistakes them for “three young monks”), and when Cersei visits the imprisoned Margaery, the young queen is dressed in “the roughspun shift of a novice sister”, with “[h]er locks … all a tangle”.

(It’s probably going too far to suggest that the planned roles for two courtier brothers in Cersei’s plot echoes the involvement of the d’Aunay brothers in the Tour de Nesle affair. After all, only Osney of the three Kettleblacks was supposed to have had sex with Margaery, and only Osney did have sex with Cersei, whatever Cersei would later claim to the High Septon.)

(I would be amused if GRRM named Margaery after Marguerite of Burgundy, knowing perhaps he would use her in an Accursed Kings-like plot in the future. However, I’m not saying this was necessarily or even likely the case: Margaery had been named since AGOT, after all long before the writing and publication of AFFC, and while GRRM’s affection for Maurice Druon and The Accursed Kings predates ASOIAF, there is no evidence that he planned this sort of parallel all the way back in 1996. The similarity of names may be simply an amusing coincidence, or even a retroactive realization by GRRM that he could use a similarly named character to star in a plot directly inspired by Marguerite of Burgundy’s story.)

Now, does this mean GRRM limited himself to The Iron King in creating this plot point for AFFC? Absolutely not, I would say. Indeed, I think it is very clear that GRRM also looked to the popular conception of the downfall of, and all but certainly false accusations leveled against, Anne Boleyn for further inspiration. Here, as in the popular imagination of Anne’s undoing, is a queen accused of sexual affairs with several male courtiers, who are imprisoned along with her (though note that according); here, as in the trial of Anne Boleyn, is a singer, supposedly among those accused lovers, tortured into a presumably false confession (and being the only accused lover to confess); here, as with Anne and George Boleyn, is a charge of incest against a queen and her brother, so obviously ludicrous in both cases that no contemporary takes it seriously; here, as with the arrests and subsequent release of Thomas Wyatt and Richard Page, are two courtiers seemingly accused of the same crime, but expected to be freed in order to demonstrate the guilt of the others. It’s an obvious but important point that GRRM does not need to borrow only to one point of inspiration, fictional or historical (or, rather, what he imagines as historical), for any given narrative he wants to write. Drawing connections between The Iron King and the plot against Margaery and her cousins no more invalidates connections between that same plot and the popular conception of Anne Boleyn’s downfall than comparing, say, Baelor to Louis IX of France (including the latter’s depiction in The Accursed Kings) invalidates comparisons between Baelor and Henry VI of England. 

This last point extends to Cersei herself as well. While I definitely believe GRRM borrowed elements from Isabella of France for Cersei, I have also argued, and still believe, that Cersei also shared elements of her character and story with Marguerite of Burgundy herself. Parallels between Cersei and Marguerite should not nullify or undermine parallels between Margaery and Marguerite (specifically in this context of affairs/supposed affairs), any more than parallels between, say, Edward IV of England and Robert Baratheon should nullify or undermine parallels between that same King Edward and Robb Stark (specifically in the context of a secret marriage with no apparent political benefit). GRRM is not required to neatly match one for one a character in his universe to a historical or fictional figure, nor would I think we as readers would want him to; it would be a pretty boring story if he simply copy pasted figures from extant works or history and swapped their names for those he created. 

Plus, I think Margaery and her cousins are pretty likely to come out of their trials much better than the princesses of Burgundy did with theirs. Most obviously, as even the High Septon admitted, the case against the queen and her cousins is weak - as indeed it might be, given that Cersei invented the affair in the first place. Far from the d’Aunay boasting about their royal lovers by wearing the infamous purses given them by the princesses (and gifted to them by Queen Isabella, to catch the lovers with them), all of the supposed lovers of the Tyrell girls save the Blue Bard have denied the affair, and his testimony is denounced as “half-mad”. On a practical level, the High Septon surely knows the danger for him, and his position, of convicting Margaery, given that Osney reported on the crown of sparrows demanding Margaery’s release (news Cersei regards ruefully, since as she thinks “Margaery has been their little pet”). Add to that threat the presence of Mace at the head of his army, returned to the capital explicitly to see through his daughter’s trial, and the High Sparrow is playing with fire in truly trying to convict Margaery and her cousins. 

[nanshe-of-nina]

Medieval Women Week || Favorite Queen or Queen-adjacent ↬ Jeanne “la Boiteuse” de Bourgogne

Philip VI’s relentless persecution of Robert of Artois long after the man had become a broken and impoverished exile is revealing of his character. No doubt much of the venom was due to the influence of the Queen (the Duke of Burgundy’s sister). Philip himself, although he was not by nature a vindictive man, was an extremely superstitious and unconfident one. He took most seriously the threats which Robert hurled at him from abroad to foment rebellion in France and to strike down his children by sorcery. — Trial by Battle: The Hundred Years War, vol. 1 by Jonathan Sumption Philip VI’s queen, Jeanne, was the sister of the duke of Burgundy and headed a faction at court. A contemporary chronicler wrote about her: “the lame Queen Jeanne de Bourgogne... was like a king and caused the destruction of those who opposed her will”. — The Valois: Kings of France, 1328–1589 by Robert J. Knecht

[une-sanz-pluis]

The Death of John of Lancaster, Duke of Bedford - 14 September 1435

Bedford died in Rouen Castle on 14 September 1435 at a critical moment in the war, a week after the English left the congress of Arras unsatisfied in their demands, and a week before the conclusion of peace between France and Burgundy. On 13 April 1436 Paris was reconquered and English possessions, including Bedford's, were confiscated for the crime of lèse-majesté. Normandy was lost by 1450 and by 1453 all France except Calais. In accordance with the provisions of Bedford's nuncupative will, he was buried 'magnificently' on 30 September in Rouen Cathedral, on the north side of the choir near the high altar, near the other royal tombs. His effigy was destroyed by Calvinists in 1562, but a funerary plaque bearing his arms, heraldic insignia, and Garter collar survived to the eighteenth century [...] The burial was excavated in 1860. A large-framed skeleton was reportedly uncovered, fitting with Waurin's description of Bedford at Verneuil as a man of great physical strength with powerful limbs. [...] He left no legitimate children, but two bastards, Richard and Mary, apparently conceived before the regency. Their mother is unknown. [...] Bedford's reputation survived the reconquest of France and Normandy. His familia and former captains, such as Sir John Fastolf, are recorded in William Worcester's Boke of Noblesse as lamenting the passing of the regent and what he stood for. In his own century many English and French (especially pro-Burgundian) chroniclers eulogized Bedford; Thomas Basin described him as 'wise, humane and just' (Basin, bk 2, cap. 2). Lively pen portraits of Bedford and Anne of Burgundy are sketched by the Norman chronicler Pierre Cochon and by the anonymous Parisian, the Bourgeois de Paris, who wrote approvingly of Bedford's propensity to build (maçonner) wherever he was. His hot temper emerges in a few episodes, as does his religious orthodoxy. [...] Criticism of Bedford and the regency has been strongest from nationalistic historians of Normandy and partisans of Jeanne d'Arc, in line with the historiography of the Hundred Years' War as it developed in the nineteenth century. Most historians have emphasized his devotion to duty, to his dead brother's intentions, and to the service of his nephew Henry VI. Bedford was a mighty prince, a brave soldier, and a considerable patron and collector. His court and its ceremonies fulfilled a crucial political role in giving an illusion of permanence and stability to the Lancastrian presence in France.

Jenny Stratford, "John [John of Lancaster], duke of Bedford (1389-1435), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography

[achy-boo]

Isolabella Duvessa Tsukii

Name: Isolabella Duvessa Tsukii(She still prefers to be called Tsukii)

Romaji: Tsukii Duvessa Isolabella

Quote: "It is always a pleasure to break someone's ego for pettiness.."

V/A: Eirene from Path to Nowhere(Japanese), Stargazer from Path to Nowhere(English), and Oak Casket(when her sadist side appears and in both Eng and JP)

Gender: Female

Sexuality: Pansexual

Age: 21

Birthday: January 23rd

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Eye color: Crimson red with purple hue

Hair Color:Dark burgundy red hair with dark purple ends

Height: 5'7

Weight: 102 lbs

Race: Undead vessel(Irl wise: She is Bi-Asian)

Homeland: Yokohama, Japan

Family: A CEO father, a college teacher mother, 4 older brothers with no sisters

School Status and Fun Facts

Dorm: Sapphire Lake Dorm

School Year: 2nd year

Class: 2-B

Student Number: No.23

Occupation: A DJ and babysitter after school

Club: Light Music Club

Best Subject: History and Flying(in NRC), Music and gym(in Yuu's world)

Favorite Color: dark and pastel colors

Favorite Food: sweets, homemade food, and some food Jamil made(which she had Dawn steal for her due to her and Jamil having that silent beef towards each other)

Least Favorite Food: Maggot cheese, Liver, and Lilia's cooking,

Likes: alone time, reading, coffee + tea, rainy days, walking around in the cold, the night sky, stargazing, RSA(she will never understand the relationship between NRC and RSA), dad jokes, music, her friends and family, keeping secrets

Dislikes: Crowley, loud noises, Ace's boldness, losing her temper, her bad moods, seeing her objects went missing, Octo Trio(she only tolerates them), some of the members from different dorms boss her around, Sebek's yelling, Rook

Hobbies: dance and play the violin in the rain

Talents: Room reader, empathetic, knows someone is lying by a glance

Nicknames: Tsu-Tsu(the Libya twins and Jeanne), the silent bookworm(Jamil), La princesse des esprits or La déesse des esprits(Rook)

Other Nicknames: Psycho(family only), white rose(childhood nickname)

Appearance and Personality

Appearance: she had long dark burgundy hair that had dark purple ends, her eyes are crimson with a mix of purple. She had a light tan skin with a few scars here and there. But her signature items are a cross earring,her choker, and her fingerless gloves

Personality: Reserved with a sadistic side is what people describe Tsukii in her personality. She is very reserved and secretive with her family and past. It never helps since Tsukii is an ambivert(she leans more into an introverted side). Due to this, people often thought that Tsukii would let people push her around but she doesn't. She is bold and harsh with her words. She is a fighter and feisty plus she is a lot confident with herself after years of being pushed around because of her silence.

𝑻𝒓𝒊𝒗𝒊𝒂

Her um is Spirit's cries and Hallucinations

She used to wear glasses but not anymore

She still never got used to praises and compliments

Multilingual but chooses certain languages for certain people

She is a younger sister of Blood Rose(aka Akeldama Tsukii)

She is more..sadistic with her words than actions

In middle school: She has a violent streak when she is pushed past her limits.

[bunniesandbeheadings]

This looks really cool ngl

A fully illustrated study of the French armies that were inspired by Saint Jeanne d'Arc, reformed under King Charles VII and eventually victorious over England in the Hundred Years' War. Saint Jeanne d'Arc remains a central figure in France's national legend, having ushered the country's flagging military forces into a period of extraordinary reform and revival that culminated – some 22 years after her death – in the French emerging triumphant from the Hundred Years' War. France's 1429 victory at Orléans, which was headed by Saint Jeanne, marked the first major setback to a long series of English successes and led directly to the coronation of King Charles VII, who would transform France's fortunes by making peace with Burgundy, gathering foreign allies and creating permanent armed forces under royal control. In this engaging new study, French military historian Philippe Gaillard examines the events and individuals that brought about such a pivotal shift in the trajectory of medieval France. Combining detailed research with period illustrations, artefact photography and newly commissioned artwork plates, the author brings to life the story of Saint Jeanne d'Arc, the army she revitalized and the structural and tactical changes that carried King Charles VII and France to victory at Formigny and Castillon in the 1450s.

[that-fellow-from-dres]

hai ari whats ur dream fashion style? not like what you dress like now, but what u wish u could wear? :33

Well, 15th century armour of many varieties...

This is the early 15th century style -note the smooth, short breastplate and the relatively long fauld or 'skirt of plates' to protect the lower abdomen. This is the kind of armour that would have been worn by Jeanne d'arc, and indeed her English enemies.

The early 15th century is also where we start to see the dying out of cloth coverings for most soldiers, like these rather fetching fellows and their excellent tabard. There's a move towards bare metal as the 1400s progress.

Further forward we see the Burgundian style come into its own, and I really do like their look. I do love me some brigandine, something like what the fellow in white is wearing.

Something that also appears in Burgundy are various depictions of the armour people belived the great heroes of the past wore -this is fantasy armour in a time when plate armour was arguably at its peak importance, and it looks cool as fuck.

Following this, we have the pinnacle of the German Gothic style. And goddamn is that shit sexy.

Special mention to brigandine again. That shit slaps So hard, it's almost as proctective as full solid plate (there's not much in it), it's more flexible and it looks SO GOOOOOD like look at this shit

(this is a more fantastical design but it still holds up)

Plus, they can get SUUUUPER fancy too!

The second of these isn't a super high quality image but I've seen it in person and it is stunning. The fabric it uses is actually an off-cut from the late Queen Elizabeth II's sofa!

Plus, special mention to chinese brigandine armour, of which there are so many cool styles. this is a Ming dynasty example, and man I gotta learn more about chinese arms and armour it looks cool as shit

Aside from medieval armour, I do very much dig the sorta fantasy-piratical aesthetic. Tall boots, corsets, funky hats, big long flowing coats and frilly shirts... What's not to love!?

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Meet more inspiring women from the world of plant science in honour of Women's History Month 2024!

Mary-Dell Chilton

Modern plant biotechnology would not be possible without the groundbreaking discoveries of Mary-Dell Chilton ( February 2nd, 1939 – present). Much of plant genetic engineering relies on the microbe Agrobacterium tumefaciens to insert genes of interest into the host plants’ genetic code to produce transgenic plants in subsequent generations. This was not possible before Mary-Dell Chilton found the crucial link between Agrobacterium and modification of plant DNA in 1977 by modifying the bacterial plasmid responsible for gene transfer. She has authored over 100 scientific publications and won numerous awards over her long career.

Jeanne Baret

A swashbuckling French woman who lived part of her life disguised as a man, Jeanne Baret (27 July 1740 – 5 August 1807) was a botanist in the crew of explorer Louis Antoine de Bougainville’s voyages which circumnavigated the globe between 1766 and 1769. A person from humble peasant origins in Burgundy who was orphaned by age 15, Jeanne became the housekeeper and later life partner of botanist Philibert Commerson. As part of the expedition's crew, the couple discovered and scientifically described many new plant species in South American, Southeast Asia, and Oceania. However, women were not permitted on French navy ships in the 18th century so Jeanne disguised herself as a man to accompany her partner.

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tagged by @loelett !

favorite color: red/ burgundy

last song: there's a light that never goes out by the smiths :))

last movie: the new jeanne du barry one

currently watching: castlevania!

other stuff i watched this year: no other series, just some movies. evil dead rise in april, then this summer i rewatched iwtv (1994) and mamma mia aand a couple more musicals, les misérables (the 2012 one) and notre dame de paris- these were my favorites.

currently reading: nanà by émile zola

currently listening to: nothing right now, but my top artists at the moment are queen, bowie, the smiths and bauhaus.

currently working on: les mis art which i originally meant to do this summer

current obsession: apart from the vampire chronicles (which btw takes up most of the space in my head), i'm getting sudden les misérables brainrot two months after finishing the book.

tagging: idk 😭

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So you believe the allegations made against Margaret/ Blanche of Burgundy in 1314 were false? If so why did the king followed it despite the political blow?

it doesn't matter that they were true or not, the question was whether philippe believed them or not

but for the sake of it i'm going to have a go and translate the seventeen reasons listed by Gaëlle Audéon in her book as to why the math isn't mathing when it comes to the princesses having affairs

cheating means the princesses wouldn't have feared God

they wouldn't have had any dynastic feelings, strong as they were in the 13th-14th century in their social sphere, in regards to their direct filiation with Saint Louis (something that was still very strong in the 18th century, mind you)

they wouldn't have cared if their mothers, siblings, husbands and children fell into disgrace or were publicly disparaged by the scandal and the accusations

they would have betrayed the religious calendar on multiple occasions, which was a sacrilege, and openly lied about it to their respective confessors. (Worth mentioning that Marguerite's was one of the most respected man in the Christian world, and that the Pope himself had gone to great lengths to show his friendship with Marguerite by bestowing upon her honors that were not traditionally given to women in general)

the princesses managed to keep a forbidden relationship hidden from everyone for a total of three years, in a court that had been massively impacted by the repression against sexual scandals and heresy, would have found no problem in getting hot and heavy in a context of extremely high and rigid moral standards, set by the King, their father-in-law

the traditional education given to women of their rank was based on self-deprecation and sermons. Cheating means that these readings only cemented in them the anachronistic belief that they were indeed worthy of emancipation and sexual pleasure (something we as women still struggle with in the 21st century)

their ladies-in-waiting never noticed anything suspicious going on, unusual comings-and-goings, and neither did their husbands, nor their third sister-in-law, Jeanne.

despite considerably failing in ensuring that their mistresses remained untouched by scandal, those same ladies-in-waiting were still reconducted later on in their position, and appointed to the service of later queens

although the Court was always in motion, despite the overall lack of personal space during travels, and the constant presence of hundreds of people in their respective households, the princesses would have still found enough freedom, both of movement and time, to carry out full-blown affairs (i truly envy their time-managing skills)

despite the birth of her daughter in 1312, Marguerite would have still kept this secret relationship going, even though she would have been fully aware of the risk it placed upon her daughter who, back then, was still very much able to inherit the French throne

the princesses would have taken the risk of losing everything and ending up in a monastery, which was the worst they could have fathomed, including the future Queen of France

their recklessness would have been entirely to blame on the weakness of their youth and gender; neither pregnancies, age (Marguerite was twenty-four, she was an adult, both by modern and old standards), nor social obligations would have persuaded them to break it off

the Aulnay brothers themselves, entirely reckless or suicidal, without any sense of honor, would have had no issue in risking everything, starting with their reputation, the honor of their lords and king, and not cared about any hypothetical punishment, despite being fully aware that said punishment would be absolutely gruesome (and it was)

a quadruple adultery would imply that there was a quadruple coup de foudre, or at the very least, that all of the people involved were willing to risk it all in the same equal measure

that the princesses would not have been, in fact, deterred by the lack of prestige of their lovers' familial background, or the small positions they occupied in their households

that the many proofs that were found ever since, which point directly at the innocence of the Aulnay brothers, were, in fact, mere coincidence all along

that the entire purpose of risking all of this was solely motivated by the quest for sexual pleasure, and not at all by the fact that women have historically been accused and portrayed as deviant and scheming seductresses, like Eleonor of Aquitaine, Blanche of Castile or Marie of Brabant were themselves before them

And that is even without touching the topics of Burgundy, or Marigny, or England, or the massively lucrative business that were the crusades, all of which ties directly or indirectly into the fall of the princesses

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05/31/2024

Continuing from the previous cartoon, St. Joan of Arc's sleepover reaches its THRILLING CONCLUSION?! (Yes, this is based on an actual true story.)

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JOKE-OGRAPHY:

1. Source: After all this time, we finally see the full picture. Now witness the full source from which this ridiculous-but-more-or-less-authentic story arc was spawned -- a portion of St. Joan's trial (translated by W. S. Scott): "Asked if she knew Catherine de la Rochelle, or had seen her, [Jeanne] said yes, at Jargeau; and at Montfaucon-en-Berry. Asked whether [Catherine] had shown her a woman dressed in white, who she said sometimes appeared to her, [Jeanne] answered no. Asked what she said to her, [Jeanne] answered that this Catherine said to her that a woman appeared, a white lady, dressed in cloth of gold, who told her to go through the good towns, and that the king would give her heralds and trumpets to proclaim that whoever had gold, silver, or treasure should at once bring it forth; and that she would know those who did not and those who had hidden it; and would know where to find the treasure; and it would serve to pay Jeanne's men-at-arms. To which she had answered that she should return to her husband, and look after her household and children. And, in order to be certain of the truth, she had spoken to Saint Catherine and Saint Margaret, who told her that this Catherine was mad and a liar. So she wrote to her king that she would tell him what ought to be done. And when she arrived, she informed him that Catherine was only a fool and a liar. However, Brother Richard wanted them to set her to work, which she [Jeanne] would not permit, wherefore Brother Richard and Catherine were displeased with her. Asked if she had spoken to Catherine de la Rochelle concerning going to La Charité, [Jeanne] replied that Catherine did not advise her to go there; saying that it was too cold, and she ought not to go. She said also to Catherine, who wished to go to the Duke of Burgundy to make peace, that it was her opinion that they would find no peace save at the lance's point. She also asked Catherine if this Lady appeared every night; and if so, she would sleep with her. And she did so, but kept awake till midnight; saw nothing, and then went to sleep. And when morning came, she asked if the Lady had appeared. And [Catherine] answered that she had come, but [Jeanne] was asleep, and she had not been able to wake her. So [Jeanne] asked her if the Lady would come the next night. And Catherine said yes. On this account Jeanne slept during the day in order that she might keep awake at night. And she shared Catherine's bed again the following night, and kept awake throughout the night. But she saw no-one, although she often asked, Will she come soon? To which Catherine answered, Yes, soon."

2. Explanation: In short, Joan met Catherine, and while the two might have gotten along at first, their visions eventually told them very different things, and Joan started to distrust Catherine. Eventually, Joan asked Catherine if her visions were visible to everyone and if they would appear every night. Catherine said yes, so Joan stayed over to see the vision. After falling asleep at midnight the first night, she managed to stay away the whole second night, but saw nothing. She took this to mean Catherine was a liar and a madwoman, and that was that.

3. Pun: In the fourth panel, the second narration says that Catherine was "lying" beside Joan. There are two kinds of "lying": one means "resting on a surface," and the other means "deliberately saying something untrue." Because Catherine is lying (resting) on a bed, but also lying (untruthing) to Joan about the White Lady, both definitions are valid AND grammatically correct. Hence, this is a perfect pun, and I demand all due compensation.

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Unfortunately, there's nothing I can do to to pretend that this is something fun like Veronica setting up a meeting to murder Vanitas before her wine club meets to judge the new Burgundies or something like that, I have to know that it's having a date with jeanne.

I have never seen this show and know absolutely nothing about it! As that is the fun of having me liveblog this, please let it be fun for EVERYONE by not confirming denying, hinting, saying things like “oh just wait til episode x’, telling me about outside interviews, or anything that is cultural or historical that I’m not picking up on! PLEASE LET ME BE A STUPID PIECE OF SHIT

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Someone stop me because I have more Accursed Kings thoughts with respect to ASOIAF.

Yandel mentions that when Baelor made the decision to imprison his sisters in the soon-to-be Maidenvault, the future Viserys II was one of the individuals who protested the king’s decree. I’m not saying I don’t think that happened, but I am wondering whether Viserys ever changed his mind on that decision, especially as it may have affected to any ambition he had for the throne.

The reason I have my suspicions is because this situation reminds me very strongly of the main plot in the first of The Accursed Kings novels, The Iron King. In the novel, Philip IV discovers that two of his daughters-in-law, Marguerite and Blanche of Burgundy (the wives of his first and third sons, respectively), have conducted extramarital affairs with two royal equerries. Further, as the king learns, Blanche’s sister Jeanne, married to the king’s second son, was aware of the affairs and abetted them. Philip then meets with his sons and brothers to decide what to do with the guilty princesses, but while eldest son Louis is vehement to have the young women tortured and killed, the king’s eldest brother, Charles of Valois, surprisingly advocates against his favorite nephew. While the count of Valois is more than willing to have the princesses imprisoned for life, he argues against having them killed outright. Druon explains the unexpected position here:

Forbearance was not part of the titular Emperor of Constantinople’s disposition. It was always the result of calculation; and, indeed, this particular calculation had occurred to him when Louis of Navarre mentioned the word bastard. Indeed … [sic] indeed, the three sons of Philip the Fair had no male heirs. Louis and Philippe had each a daughter; but now, already, here was the little Jeanne under the grave suspicion of illegitimacy, which might prove an obstacle to her eventual succession to the throne. Charles had had two still-born daughters. If the guilty wives were executed, the three Princes would quickly marry again and have good chances of achieving sons. Whereas, if the Princesses were shut up for life [sic], they would still be married and prevented from contracting new unions, and would remain without much posterity. There was of course such a thing as annulment – but adultery was no ground for an annulment. All this passed very rapidly through the imaginative Prince’s head. As certain officers who, going to war, dream of the possibility of all their seniors being killed, and already see themselves promoted to command the army, Uncle Valois, looking at his nephew Louis’s hollow chest, the thin body of his nephew Philippe, thought that disease might well make unexpected ravages. There were, too, such things as hunting accidents, lances that broke accidentally in tournaments, and horses that came down; and, indeed, one knew of many uncles who had survived their nephews.

If the author so chose, he could very easily draw parallels between the scenario that prompted Charles of Valois’ internal scheming and the imprisonment of the Targaryen princesses during the reign of King Baelor. Just as Charles supported the incarceration of three princesses (albeit in the immediate royal family by marriage rather than blood) for the rest of their lives, so Baelor insisted on the detention of three princesses for the rest of their lives. If the count of Valois feared that these Burgundian princesses, released from captivity, would return to their royal husbands and have sons who would inherit the Capetian throne, so perhaps Viserys thought that the Targaryen princesses, should Baelor allow them out of captivity, would find suitably blue-blooded partners for themselves and bear sons - boys who could, if the succession debates during Aegon III’s regency were any precedent, assert a claim to the throne as nephews of the ruling king. Likewise, just as Charles of Valois already imagined himself as a king, inheriting ahead of his nephews Louis and Philip with their “hollow chest” and “thin body”, respectively, so perhaps Viserys looked at Baelor, thin from repeated self-starvation episodes, and wondered if he would or could survive his nephew. Just as Philip IV’s sons, as Charles knew, were prevented from having children due to the imprisonment of their wives, so Viserys knew that Baelor would, as a sworn septon who had publicly disavowed his marriage to Daena, have no children.

Accordingly, Viserys may have at some point during Baelor’s reign come to a similar conclusion to Charles of Valois. If he wished to see himself and his descendants (his unworthy son perhaps notwithstanding) inherit the throne someday, Viserys may have realized it would do much better to have Aegon III’s daughters remain unmarried and imprisoned for as long as possible. Deprived of marriages and legitimate progeny, these princesses would then have had little means of barring Viserys’ way to the throne, much as Charles of Valois anticipated that the royal daughters-in-law and their (exclusively female) children would be unable to stop him coming to the throne if they remained imprisoned for life. (Indeed, if the author really wants to underline the point, he may connect Daena’s giving birth to a bastard son, the future Daemon Blackfyre, with Marguerite of Burgundy giving birth to a daughter of uncertain paternity, the better perhaps to strengthen Viserys’ argument in his own mind to take the throne.)