#Yorkist

[thesunneinsuplandour]

She is wearing a bracelet charm in the shape of a barrell.. :')

"Sitter: Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury (1473-1541), Noblewoman. Sitter associated with 2 portraits.

Artist: Unknown.

This portrait: The identity of the sitter in this portrait is not certain, but is traditionally thought to be Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury. The honeysuckle blossom has connotations of love and faithfulness, and the tiny barrel charm may be an allusion to the execution of her father George, Duke of Clarence, who was apparently drowned in a butt of malmsey wine (sweet wine imported from Greece)."

[dontdenymeshakespeare]

Richard the Third: Loyalty Binds Me

Author’s Note: Please note I come at this review as a Ricardian. For some historical figures and topics, I can pinpoint a precise book or moment when I started being interested in their story, for Richard III I don’t have that. However, the Wars of the Roses and the mid to late-fifteenth century is a time period I’ve been interested in for a while, so of course I jumped at a new-ish…

[henryfitzempress]

Favourite medieval princesses (1/?):

Mary of York, daughter of King Edward of England. (1467-1482)

[historygoodies]

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King Richard III of England

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[ladysophy]

Yeah, I’m not the biggest fan of the Tudors at all. I never was a fan of Henry VIII, even when I was first introduced to the dynasty. I find Elizabeth petty and paranoid (a key Tudor trait?).

That being said, I do find the Tudor era fascinating for the same reason @the-romantic-lady stated.

Which cadet branch of the Plantaganet dynasty you support and loyal to ?

Hi! It has been so long since I answered an ask about the Plantagenets.

I used to be a staunch Yorkist. I still think they had the true claim and many of their "characters" were better than the Lancasters. But I personally enjoy all of them. I hate the Tudors still but with the others I don't feel that much loyalty anymore. More fascination with how power hungry or rash everyone was.

Thanks for the ask!

[wonder-worker]

Thinking about Elizabeth Woodville as a gothic heroine is making me go insane. She entered the story by overturning existing social structures, provoking both ire and fascination. She married into a dynasty doomed to eat itself alive. She was repeatedly associated with the supernatural, both in terms of love and death. Her life was shaped entirely by uncanny repetitions - two marriages, two widowhoods, two depositions, two flights to sanctuary, two ultimate reclamations, all paralleling and ricocheting off each other. Her plight after 1483 exposed the true rot at the heart of the monarchy - the trappings of royalty pulled away to reveal nothing, a never-ending cycle of betrayal and war, the price of power being the (literal) blood of children. She lived past the end of her family name, she lived past the end of her myth. She ended her life in a deeply anomalous position, half-in and half-out of royal society. She was both a haunting tragedy and the ultimate survivor who was finally free.

[dickon777]

The true Richard was less than average height, tawny shoulder length hair and a dimple on his chin, lively eyes and he found it hard to keep still as he was known to fidget. He was quick-witted and had a quick lively sense of humour. He love to learn about new places as well as to learn and understand about peoples cultures. He was very knowledgeable and could speak different languages; other leaders that met him during the course of his lifetime had left good accounts about their meetings with him and was known as a good diplomat. He would walk into room full of strangers and quickly make very good friends. He was an approachable king; he went out of his way to make someone feel comfortable, even the most humble servant was allowed to refer to him as Dickon.

- Richard the man behind the myth.

[natequarter]

not yorkist, not lancastrian, but a secret third thing (the earl of warwick)

[fideidefenswhore]

The new queen's white falcon was on prominent display throughout the pageant, resting on a bed of Tudor roses. Although it is now synonymous with Anne and the Boleyns in general, Henry had only granted it to her on her elevation to the marquessate of Pembroke. It was a fitting choice because the same bird had long been an emblem of Anne's Irish ancestors, the Butlers, earls of Ormond. It also had strong royal associations and had been used as an emblem by the celebrated warrior king Edward III, as well as by Henry's maternal grandfather, Edward IV, with whom he strongly identified.

Anne Boleyn & Elizabeth I (2023), Tracy Borman

[regicidal-defenestration]

Just got advertised a white rose sticker to show my support for the Jacobites?

[vox-anglosphere]

HRex-VII

[dontdenymeshakespeare]

The Tudor Trilogy

This series has been on my TBR for years, but it was winning Penelope: Tudor Baroness by Tony Riches whilst on a multi-day guided tour back in September that gave me the final motivation to read them. As soon as I started reading, I was lost in this world. Historical fiction truly is one of my favourite ways to relax, unwind and get away from life and anxiety and all the things that burrow…

[doyouwanttoseeabug]

Does anyone have ANY recommendations for biographies of George, Duke of Clarence? I can only find one that is out of print and another that looks...dodgy.

[historygoodies]

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King Edward V of England

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[shelleysmary]

i am convinced that we'd be healed as an internet society if we went back to the period drama television boom of the 2010s. we could all agree on aneurin barnard then at least.