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ilredeiladri · 1 month ago
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I just learned, that in Early Modern England the word "passionating" was used interchangeably with "acting" and I totally feel that 🥹
"Acting was quite often known as acting or playing or passionating (...), because one of the things you did, when you got a part, was going through it and work out, what your passions were in each seperate bit." (Tiffany Stern, 2024)
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medievalistsnet · 10 months ago
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culpepers-wife · 2 years ago
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Nell Gwyn, mistress of Charles II, in virginial white handling some sausages.
Charles II was known for his saucy mistresses and the way he paraded them throughout court. His sex life was no secret, and sharp contrast to the Puritan values of the previous decades in England. This portrait, amongst others, is an example of how Charles treated his mistresses as important figures in the court, and Stuart court attitudes towards sex.
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Please promulgate so we may see everyone’s opinion on the Tudor Era Thomases (Henry VIII edition)
Also, take a shot for each Thomas on the list who was executed!
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mary-tudor · 2 years ago
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Selected images from “The Bute Book of Hours”.Above we spot Henry VII, King of England (1485-1509) with his wife, Elizabeth of York, Queen of England (1486-1503) praying with their offspring: Arthur, Prince of Wales (1486-1502), Margaret, Queen of Scots (1489-1541), Henry VIII (1491-1547) and Mary, Queen of France (1496-1533).
We also see Henry VI, King of England (1421-1471) portrayed as saint. Worth noting is that Henry VI was the main link to the Tudors (being the uncle to Henry VII), without whom there would be no dynasty to inherit the claim to English throne. Furthermore, Henry’s sainthood, despite unacknowledged by the Church (notwithstanding Henry VII’s efforts), was already sparkling in the twilight of Edward IV’s reign--much to his dismay as Lauren Johnson, Henry VI’s biographer, states. Yet, to be related to this saint king is also showing how God blessed the rise of a new dynasty. It is also said that Henry VIII was devoted to his great-uncle’s sainthood, in spite of all the reformation process that marked his reign.
This book of hours, probably produced in the last years of the reign of Henry VII, was later given to his son and sucessor, Henry VIII.
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historyartthings · 1 year ago
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Hilary mantel putting Walter Cromwell on absolute blast as a crook for watering down his ale when i promise you every brewer and/or seller in early modern England did that to some degree. I’d almost guarantee it
(Not shade at her btw it just tickled me. the poor sod in the afterlife all, ??????? Well id like to meet the bitch who didn’t)
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thoughtportal · 2 years ago
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In the 1580s, the remote Essex village of St Osyth was beset by poverty and social tensions – and when a servant accused her neighbour of witchcraft, it sparked a crisis that engulfed the entire community. Speaking with Charlotte Hodgman, Marion Gibson explores what this late 16th-century witchcraft trial can tell us about life in early modern England.
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gwydionmisha · 2 years ago
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I will never look at the Beggar's Opera the same way now that I know a bunch of those characters are based on RL queer people from the period.  
In related news, Mother Clap's Molly House is some of the most charmingly written academic writing I've ever seen and the quality an extensiveness of the research is blowing me away.  I wish I were rich because I'd love to buy a copy to have for myself, but even used copies are insanely expensive.
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gwydpolls · 1 year ago
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Time Travel Question : Murder and Disappearance Edition I
Given that Judge Crater, Roanoke, and the Dyatlov Pass Incident are credibly solved, though not 100% provable, I'm leaving them out in favor of things ,ore mysterious. I almost left out Amelia Earhart, but the evidence there is sketchier.
Some people were a little confused. Edward V and Richard of Shrewsbury are the Princes in the Tower.
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burningvelvet · 7 months ago
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early modern era portrait miniatures
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barbucomedie · 1 year ago
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Harquebusier Armour from England dated to about 1680 on display at the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum in Glasgow, Scotland
During the 17th century harquebusier cavalry were some of the most common in European armies. They were named after the carbine musket they used, the "harquebus" a shorter musket than the ones used by infantry. By 1680 though the Royal Scottish and English armies (later unified as the British Army) were converting these units in regiments of dragoons, mounted infantry who could also charge as cavalry. The armour was phased out of British cavalry regiments by the time of the 18th century.
Photographs taken by myself 2023
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culpepers-wife · 3 months ago
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Defining what is popular culture in early modern England is actually proving to be difficult.
What is popular culture? How do we define it? How far does elitism and source survival affect how we define it? What does popular culture tell us about early modern society?
For what is essential a brief paragraph in my introduction it is taking a lot of my energy as it turns out the full thesis is dependent on me giving a good definition.
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thiswaycomessomethingwicked · 7 months ago
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Love this not at all biased opinion on English law in the 1460s and 70s. Granted, Fortescue was right in that English law was quite unique amongst monarchical countries in the 15th century as regards how it treated (and sought to curtail to a certain extent) monarchical powers.
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wonder-worker · 4 months ago
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"[Matilda of Boulogne's office as Queen of England], initiated and broadly defined by the coronation ordo, gave her royal power and authority to share in governance. Her obligations and activities were shaped by custom established by previous queens and the ad hoc needs of king and realm. [...] [Matilda's] thorough integration into the governance of the realm was not repeated in [Eleanor of Aquitaine’s] years as queen of England. Eleanor's coronation followed a new model that emphasized the queen as progenitor of royal heirs and subordinate to the king rather than as sharer of royal power. Though Eleanor acted as regent in England between 1156 and 1158 and in Poitou on several occasions from 1165 on, her writs suggest delegated rather than shared royal authority. In England, her power was limited by the lack of lands assigned to her use and by the elaboration of financial and judicial administration. Whereas [Matilda of Boulogne's] inheritance allowed her to play an integral role in politics by securing the Londoners' loyalty and a steady supply of mercenaries, Eleanor's inheritance provided her with more extensive power in Poitou and Aquitaine than in England. Until 1163, Eleanor withdrew funds from the Exchequer by her own writ, but unlike her Anglo-Norman predecessors, she was not a member of its council nor did she issue judgments from the royal court. Eleanor's counsel and diplomatic activities, in contrast to Matilda's, are rarely mentioned. She did, however, encourage the 1159 Toulouse campaign and supported Henry in the Becket affair and the coronation of young Henry. Eleanor was not a prominent curialis; she rarely witnessed Henry's charters or interceded to secure the king's mercy. She did follow in Matilda's footsteps in her promotion of her sons, cultivation of dynastic goals through the Fontevraudian tombs, and patronage that reflected her family's traditions. For Matilda, to be queen encompassed a variety of functions-curialis, diplomat, judge, intercessor, and "regent." Through a combination of factors, Eleanor's role as queen was much more restricted."
-Heather J. Tanner, "Queenship: Office, Custom or Ad Hoc", Eleanor of Aquitaine: Lord and Lady (Edited by Bonnie Wheeler and John Carmi Parsons)
#this is so interesting when it comes to the gradual evolution of queenship over the years (post-Norman to early modern)#eleanor of aquitaine#matilda of boulogne#queenship tag#historicwomendaily#english history#my post#don't reblog these tags but#the irony of the 'Eleanor of Aquitaine Exceptionalism' rhetoric is that not only is it untrue#but you could actually make a much more realistic argument in the opposite direction#We know that it was during Eleanor's time as queen of France that 'the queen's name was disappearing from royal documents' (Ralph Turner)#She did not enjoy an involvement in royal governance that her mother-in-law Adelaide of Maurienne enjoyed during her time as queen#As Facinger points out 'no sources support the historical view of Eleanor as bold precocious and responsible for Louis VII's behavior'#Even as Duchess of Aquitaine she played a secondary role to Louis who appointed his own officials to the Duchy#Only four out of her seventeen ‘Aquitanian’ charters seem to have been initiated by Eleanor herself#And now it seems that even Eleanor's role as queen of England was also more restricted than her predecessors#with new coronation model that was far more gendered and 'domestic' in nature#That's not to argue that it meant a reduction in the queen's importance but it does mean that the 'importance' took on a different form#There's also the fact that Eleanor's imprisonment and forced subjugation to Henry after the rebellion till the end of her life#was probably what set the precedent for her sons' 'Lord Rules All' approach with their own wives (Berengaria and Isabella)#as Gabrielle Storey has suggested#None of this is meant to downplay Eleanor's power or the impact of her actions across Europe - both of which were extensive and spectacular#But it does mean that the myth of her exceptionalism is not just incorrect but flat-out ridiculous
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armthearmour · 2 years ago
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A flamberged Smallsword with a delicately pierced hilt,
OaL: 39.5 in/100.25 cm
Blade Length: 32.1 in/81.5 cm
England, ca. 1670-1787, housed with the Royal Collection Trust.
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nedlittle · 6 days ago
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every single word of this is like being shot in the head
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