#Tudor History

[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

[jamesfrain]

Wolf Hall + Art (2/2) Henry VII, Elizabeth of York, Henry VIII and Jane Seymour Remigius van Leemput | circa 1667 Wolf Hall: The Mirror and The Light | Episode three 'Defiance'

This small painting was copied by the Flemish artist Remigius van Leemput for Charles II from the life-size mural on the wall of the Privy Chamber in Whitehall which was painted by Holbein for Henry VIII in 1537. The wall-painting was destroyed by the fire at Whitehall Palace on 4 January 1698 and this is the only complete record of the mural. Holbein's original preparatory cartoon for the left half of the composition is in the National Portrait Gallery. The first part of the Latin inscription on the plinth in the centre of the composition translates: ‘If it pleases you to see the illustrious images of heroes, look on these: no picture ever bore greater. The great debate, competition and great question is whether father or son is the victor. For both, indeed, were supreme'. The painting appears in Pyne's illustrated 'Royal Residences' of 1819, hanging in The Queen's Closet at Kensington Palace. (source)

[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

[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]

[wolfhalledits]

Thomas Cromwell Introduction Scene.

WOLF HALL | S01E01 'Three Card Trick'

+bonus:

[austin-friars]

The "Lucky" One

[sixaus-meaa]

SIX THE MUSICAL: animation

Anne Boleyn, six vs history

[jamesfrain]

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)

[dxcstrange-stuff]

Obedience

[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.