#the kings of france

[fleabagoflowers]

excitedly waiting for this

[jaynuu]

[thefourofdiamondsart]

The king ran to embrace him;

more than a hundred times

he hugs and kisses him.

As soon as he got a chance

he gave him back all of his land;

he gave him more than I’m telling you.

“Bisclavret” by Marie de France, 12th C.

Prints available here!

[wonder-worker]

A central element of the myth of [Eleanor of Aquitaine] is that of her exceptionalism. Historians and Eleanor biographers have tended to take literally Richard of Devizes’s conventional panegyric of her as ‘an incomparable woman’ [and] a woman out of her time. […] Amazement at Eleanor’s power and independence is born from a presentism that assumes generally that the Middle Ages were a backward age, and specifically that medieval women were all downtrodden and marginalized. Eleanor’s career can, from such a perspective, only be explained by assuming that she was an exception who rose by sheer force of personality above the restrictions placed upon twelfth-century women.

-Michael R. Evans, Inventing Eleanor: The Medieval and Post-Medieval Image of Eleanor of Aquitaine

"...The idea of Eleanor’s exceptionalism rests on an assumption that women of her age were powerless. On the contrary, in Western Europe before the twelfth century there were ‘no really effective barriers to the capacity of women to exercise power; they appear as military leaders, judges, castellans, controllers of property’. […] In an important article published in 1992, Jane Martindale sought to locate Eleanor in context, stripping away much of the conjecture that had grown up around her, and returning to primary sources, including her charters. Martindale also demonstrated how Eleanor was not out of the ordinary for a twelfth-century queen either in the extent of her power or in the criticisms levelled against her.

If we look at Eleanor’s predecessors as Anglo-Norman queens of England, we find many examples of women wielding political power. Matilda of Flanders (wife of William the Conqueror) acted as regent in Normandy during his frequent absences in England following the Conquest, and [the first wife of Henry I, Matilda of Scotland, played some role in governing England during her husband's absences], while during the civil war of Stephen’s reign Matilda of Boulogne led the fight for a time on behalf of her royal husband, who had been captured by the forces of the empress. And if we wish to seek a rebel woman, we need look no further than Juliana, illegitimate daughter of Henry I, who attempted to assassinate him with a crossbow, or Adèle of Champagne, the third wife of Louis VII, who ‘[a]t the moment when Henry II held Eleanor of Aquitaine in jail for her revolt … led a revolt with her brothers against her son, Philip II'.

Eleanor is, therefore, less the exception than the rule – albeit an extreme example of that rule. This can be illustrated by comparing her with a twelfth century woman who has attracted less literary and historical attention. Adela of Blois died in 1137, the year of Eleanor’s marriage to Louis VII. […] The chronicle and charter evidence reveals Adela to have ‘legitimately exercised the powers of comital lordship’ in the domains of Blois-Champagne, both in consort with her husband and alone during his absence on crusade and after his death. […] There was, however, nothing atypical about the nature of Adela’s power. In the words of her biographer Kimberley LoPrete, ‘while the extent of Adela’s powers and the political impact of her actions were exceptional for a woman of her day (and indeed for most men), the sources of her powers and the activities she engaged in were not fundamentally different from those of other women of lordly rank’. These words could equally apply to Eleanor; the extent of her power, as heiress to the richest lordship in France, wife of two kings and mother of two or three more, was remarkable, but the nature of her power was not exceptional. Other noble or royal women governed, arranged marriages and alliances, and were patrons of the church. Eleanor represents one end of a continuum, not an isolated outlier."

[alrightsnaps]

Who'll Be the Next in Line? + The Onion Headlines

[viceandmature]

Shermie slaps Brian Battler / Shermie hugs Lady Brianna Battler

[illustratus]

Le Roy Soleil (The Sun King) illustration by Maurice Leloir

Louis XIV in costume as Apollo in the Ballet de la Nuit

[cy-lindric]

The Accursed Kings in 1314

[hayzeydayzey]

💙⚔️

[hotdaemondtargaryen]

TEAM GREEN AT THE BLACK CARPET FOR 'HOUSE OF THE DRAGON' S2 PREMIERE IN PARIS.

[nyxx01]

All eyes on Rafah right the fuck now‼️‼️‼️

They are trying to distract the world with the met gala, it was NOT a coincidence it was planned. Do NOT let them have their way.

If you have any humanity left in your soul, speak the fuck up!!

Free Palestine 🇵🇸

Power to the people.

We will never give up, we will never forget.

Liberation for all.

[awkwardbakugou]

long live the king 👑

[personinthepalace]

my lady jane throwing swears and insults for 8 minutes and 9 seconds straight

a swearing compilation

[illustratus]

The Siege of Chaluz (Richard I fatally wounded) by Harry Payne

[prismatixxkhaos]

Fuck you Hetalia AU in 2024 and it’s a mecha AU

BASIC PREMISE IS: This takes place in the far future and fuck ass aliens are trying to take over Earth and the leaders of the world decide “hey we have immortal beings over here with combat experience! PUT THEM TO WORK!” And so they do. The mechs in this world are called Atlases

Rn I only have America and Japan’s Atlases designed, but I’m gonna design some more hopefully!

Side note: These aren’t all the characters for this AU, I’m working on everyone else including the aliens (who have their own nation personifications on the front lines!)

[neverscreens]

— MY LADY JANE, SEASON ONE.

Who'll Be the Next in Line?, Part One, Part Two.

Wild Thing, Part One, Part Two.

With A Girl Like You, 495 Screencaps.

Bluebird is Dead, Part One, Part Two.

I'm Gonna Change the World, Part One, Part Two.

I Feel Free, 498 Screencaps.

Another Girl, Another Planet, 497 Screencaps.

God Save the Queen, Part One, Part Two.

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