#Tudor History

[annemarart]

the execution of lady jane grey

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the execution of lady jane grey (1833) by paul delaroche, a french painter. the oil painting is now held in the london national gallery.

lady jane grey, nicknamed "nine days' queen", was proclaimed queen of england on 10 july 1553 and deposed only nine days later and executed on 12 Febuary 1554.

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༉‧₊˚. you can see that lady grey couldn't find the execution block, where she should've laid her head down, so she is guided towards it by sir john brydges, lieutenant of the tower, as the executioner waits off to the right.

༉‧₊˚. the ladies in waiting on the right are depicted as inconsolable: one slumped to the ground in misery and another turned away as to not see what is going to happen. 

༉‧₊˚.the lady in waiting on the ground holds lady grey's outer clothing and jewels on her lap. 

༉‧₊˚.both ladies are positioned so that their neck is highlighted, foreshadowing the execution waiting to happen.

༉‧₊˚. in actuality, the event took place outside but delaroche provides a dark background to emphasise the gloom of the event taking place. this also makes her dress stand out.

༉‧₊˚.  when executed, the condemned would wear black clothes and lady grey would wear that in history but she is presented with a white dress in the painting to represent her innocence and peace.

[fashion-from-the-past]

Annika Caswell a student from the Wimbledon School of Art wardrobe department, dressed as Catherine Parr, next to her portrait attributed to Master John, c. 1545 in the National Portrait Gallery, London. * The students are recreating portraits dating from the Tudor period to the 19th century which have been inspiration for their lavish costumes . (Photo by Rebecca Naden - PA Images/PA Images via Getty Images)

[cosmic-walkers]

The category is: misunderstood/morally ambigious and extremely hated women who were used by their fathers for power and ended up becoming doomed queens and both them and their daughters suffered terribly for it.

Also both turn to religion in times of trauma

[highladyofterrasen7]

And catholic for short (time)

[elizabethan-memes]

Not sure quite how to phrase this, but I feel like there's sometimes implicit judgement of medieval and early modern women for being ill-educated.

Which is kinda funny because by the Tudor idea of 'a good education', the modern world is woefully under educated.

"Katherine Howard wasn't knowledgeable of the classics" and neither are you Stevie and you have Google.

[elephantlovemedleys]

FIREBRAND (2024) dir. Karim Aïnouz

[thomascromwelll]

Lady Mary Tudor reunites with her father after their reconciliation. The Tudors 3x01 | Wolf Hall: The Mirror and The Light 2x01

Mary's capitulation was greeted with "incredible rejoicing" at court. Restored to favor, she was acknowledged as the king’s daughter once more and offered a sumptuous new wardrobe and a choice of servants. Cromwell returned to Hunsdon with “a most gracious letter” from the king and, “kneeling on the ground,” begged Mary’s pardon for his former harsh conduct.

Three weeks later, Mary journeyed to Hackney for a secret reunion with her father. It was their first meeting for five years. She had been a young teenager when Henry last saw her, and she was now a woman of twenty. Chapuys wrote that the kindness shown by the king to the princess was “inconceivable, regretting that he had been so long separated from her.” He showed her “such love and affection, and such brilliant promises for the future that no father could have behaved better towards his daughter.” Jane Seymour gave Mary a diamond ring and Henry 1,000 crowns for her “many pleasures.” They spent one night together and parted on Friday, July 7, with Henry promising that she would be brought to court to take her place immediately after the queen. (Whitelock, Anna. (2009) Mary Tudor: Princess, bastard, queen. London: Bloomsbury.)

edit suggested by @fideidefenswhore (you're the best)

[caitlin-snow-leopard]

tired: referring to Catherine of Aragon as "Henry VIII's first wife"

wired: referring to Henry VIII as "Catherine of Aragon's second husband"

[ltwilliammowett]

When Tower of London ghost meets raven. The raven Poppy was getting rather curious about one of the Tower ghosts…

Alice Wolf was a Tudor pirate and the first and only female to escape the Tower! She was captured and sentenced to a pirate’s death.

Source

You can read more about her here - source

[knighthelm]

The Boleyn sisters, side by side

[taniatas]

[austin-friars]

The "Lucky" One

[wolfhalledits]

Thomas Cromwell Introduction Scene.

WOLF HALL | S01E01 'Three Card Trick'

+bonus:

[sixaus-meaa]

SIX THE MUSICAL: animation

Anne Boleyn, six vs history

[thetudorslovers]

"She was, in the brief time allowed her, a good mother, incurring her husband’s displeasure by insisting on breastfeeding Elizabeth herself, which high-born mothers never did, and choosing pretty clothes for the child. She rarely saw her, however, for the Princess was given her own household at Hatfield House at three months old, and thereafter her mother could only visit when her other duties permitted."

[elizabethan-memes]

I think in the modern period, post sexual revolution, we underestimate the sizzling power of words like 'whore' and 'concubine.'

In Tudor England, the worst thing you can call a woman is a whore. In the modern day it's very rude, but in the Tudor period, people sued over these insults. Call a woman a whore and you may well find yourself in court for slander- especially as it insults her whole family. Call a woman a whore in front of her man or male relatives and you may lose an eye or even end up dead.

Anne's anger about being insulted in this way is not sensitivity or excessive pride on her part. Any woman in her position would have felt equal outrage.