#anne boleyn 2021

[catherinesvalois]

PERIOD DRAMA APPRECIATION WEEK 2022  DAY 7 FREE DAY → FAVORITE FILM/SHOW PORTRAYALS OF HISTORICAL PEOPLE (FROM ANTIQUITY TO EARLY MODERN) 

#perioddramaweek2022 #perioddramaedit #period drama #historyedit #history #ancient history #middle ages #medieval #anne boleyn #anne boleyn 2021 #elizabeth I #hypatia #octavia minor #mark antony #agora #rome #hbo rome #aethelflaed #queen aethelflaed of mercia #the last kingdom #king ecbert #vikings #king john of england #robin hood #lucrezia borgia #cesare borgia #the borgias #henry II of england #becket #philip ii of macedon

[plantagenetsun]

𝓟eople well know and remember 𝓐nne 𝓑oleyn was my mother. Why can I not? Is that wrong, to love my mother? ✯

#elizabeth i #elizabeth tudor #alicia von rittberg #anne boleyn #natalie dormer #jodie turner smith #natalie portman #amy james kelly #becoming elizabeth #the tudors #anne boleyn 2021 #the other boleyn girl #blood sex & royalty #period drama #perioddramaedit #tudorsedit #gif #gifset #*mine

[agrippinaes]

ANNE BOLEYN (2021) Do you feel proud, Cromwell, of your achievement? Well, why not? This will be your legacy. Not my death, but my everlasting memory. When people speak your name, they will think of mine, and the lengths you went to sully it. You will never be rid of me.

#anne boleyn #anne boleyn 2021 #perioddramaedit #perioddramasource #period dramas #mine

[juanatrastamara]

tudor week 23: favourite portrayal of a family member - jodie turner smith as...

A N N E • B O L E Y N

lady | marquess of pembroke | queen consort of england | scandal of christendom | most influential queen england ever had | mother to a queen | beheaded queen | first ever protestant queen |

#anne boleyn #anne boleyn 2021 #ch5 anne boleyn #jodie turner smith #anne boleyn edit #perioddramaedit #weloveperioddrama #tudor week 2023 #dailytudors #myedit* #mine*

[period-dramallama]

Is it just me or have we all collectively forgotten about Anne Boleyn 2021? It dropped, it flopped, we talked about it, and that was that.

#anne boleyn 2021 #period drama

[editfandom]

Countess Sekou - Murder Mystery 2, 2023

#countess sekou #countess sekou icons #icons countess sekou #icons #icons murder mystery #murder mystery icons #twitter stuff #anne boleyn #anne boleyn icons #jodie turner smith #jodie turner-smith #jodie turner smith icons #anne boleyn 2021 #anne boleyn channel 5 #period drama #period dramas #period drama icons #period drama icon #tudor #tudors icons #tv show icon #tv show icons #icon #twitter #icon for twitter #icons for twitter #twitter icon #twitter icons

[oh2e]

I’ve only just begun Anne Boleyn (2021) but Jodie Turner-Smith looks so regal as the queen. The very first hairdo she wears genuinely took my breath away and every scene she’s in, I can nearly feel the power she commands. So far, excellent casting.

#Lola Petticrew is also doing a fab job as Jane Seymour. they are blending into the background and very much looking innocent and naive #and unassuming. was surprised to see Isabelle Laughland (again). she surprised me in Trigonometry too #(yes I am cherry picking from Thalissa Teixeira’s filmography…I love the way she acts. missed her voice too #I know it wasn’t overly well received but the things I’ve read made if unclear if the series was disliked or the choice to cast a black woma #my own post #Anne Boleyn (2021) #anne boleyn 2021 #jodie turner smith

[glorianas]

Master Kingston, I hear say that I shall not die afore noon, and I am very sorry there for, for I thought to be dead by this time and past my pain.

#my gifs #anne boleyn #historyedit #perioddramaedit #the tudors #anne boleyn (2021) #anne of the thousand days #the other boleyn girl #wolf hall

[anne-the-quene]

battle of the annes (jodies/natalies/claires/amys)

#anne boleyn #anneboleynedit #the other boleyn girl #the other boleyn girl (2003) #anne boleyn (2021) #jodhi may #jodie turner smith #the tudors #the other boleyn girl (2008) #natalie dormer #natalie portman #wolf hall #six wives with lucy worsley #claire foy #claire cooper #spencer (2021) #blood sex & royalty #amy manson #amy james kelly

[catherinesboleyn]

Anne Boleyn over the years

(1933 - 2021)

#anne boleyn #the tudors #wolf hall #the other boleyn girl #the spanish princess #spencer 2021 #genevieve bujold #dorothy tutin #helena bonham carter #natalie dormer #natalie portman #claire foy #gif #gifset #perioddramaedit

[screenshothaven]

The Boleyns: A Scandalous Family (2021)

#The Boleyns #2021 #A Scandalous Family #pbs #Thomas Boleyn #anne boleyn

[fideidefenswhore]

so, i just read a review of BSR where the primary critique seemed to be that the series ‘airbrushed’ anne, that it was a version that ‘took away all her pettiness and cruelty”, airbrushed all her flaws, etc...

now, my primary critique of BSR would probably be that the series lacked texture, and this i would attribute to the limited screen time, made even smaller by the interruptions to the flow of the story (it felt more like that and less like elaboration for those that were not neophytes to the subject matter, was my takeaway from the online response). but i mean...really? i don’t find this to be a salient critique at all, especially considering that it was only three episodes. one of her most unsympathetic moments of the series was her response to her sister’s arrival at court, and that’s just one among many: included was her threat to cromwell as reported by chapuys, the fuller’s account of her ripping the locket off her rival’s neck (embellished with her chasing her as she tries to leave, even, for good measure, calling her a bitch later), and towards the end, she’s very cruel and biting towards elizabeth somerset once she reaches the limit of her patience wrt loaning her money. as for pettiness, she is so to her sister-in-law and vice versa, she’s insensitive to her sister when she scoffs at the role of royal mistress in her presence, and during the period that she’s in that nebulous status, she fully plays footsie under the table with henry in front of his wife, by implication unto ‘bundling’, until catherine leaves the table.

i’m just puzzled, ig, because the online response to AB2021 (very different show tonally, straight drama besides, i know, but just that these are the two most recent centered on AB) as far as i could gauge was that anne was too ‘petty and cruel’. i mean, tbh, i’ve always been confused by this response, because i thought all her moments of vindictiveness or pettiness or cruelty, once contextualized, on balance with her other moments were, well...understandable, even if not excusable (and if anyone wants to elaborate i’m willing to discuss, genuinely curious), borne clearly of frustration and fear for the most part, at worst you could say impatience and short temper on some of the others (even the truly ‘petty’, like the scene with the peacocks, was presaged by another woman being giggly with her husband, so...?)

what is this perfect AB portrayal that is sought, exactly? the straw AB? because to me, it seems like no matter what the depiction portrays, it cannot win. for some it is not ‘authentic’ unless we see every single aspect of her flaws amplified to the utmost, including her treatment of her stepdaughter. for others it is not ‘authentic’ if we do see that and all of the above. 

#i don't really know how you can call it 'airbrushing' when mary wasn't even included tho... #like that can definitely be marked as a flaw of the series; that she wasn't #but airbrushing is more applicable if it was depicted but none of anne's fear or vindictivness or anger is included #anyway im just having thoughts lately like... idk lol #it's possible she's just on hiatus and im being unfair but like #it's VERY telling to me somehow that OH made sure to write a (largely unfair imo) scathing review of AB 2021 on her blog #her blog that is mainly about defense of jane boleyn so i do understand why that aspect of the series would upset her #...and has yet to review james taffe's book #like it just seems less like it's about defending historical women and more like it's about castigating the Audacity of portrayals #of any stories centering around AB

[annabolinas]

Some collages I've put together in honor of today... The top left is a collage of Anne portraits, the top right is (nearly) every actress who's played her in a movie/TV show, the bottom left shows art of May 19, and the bottom right shows film/TV portrayals of May 19.

RIP Queen Anne Boleyn (1501/7 - May 19, 1536) 💖❤️💔👑

Historian Eric Ives: "She had been a remarkable woman. She would remain a remarkable woman even in a century which produced many of great note. There were few others who rose from such beginnings to a crown, and none contributed to a revolution as far-reaching as the English Reformation. To use a description no longer in fashion, Anne Boleyn was one of the ‘makers of history’. Yet historians see through a glass darkly; they know in part and they pronounce in part. What Anne really was, as distinct from what Anne did, comes over very much less clearly. To us she appears inconsistent - religious yet aggressive, calculating yet emotional, with the light touch of the courtier yet the strong grip of the politician - but is this what she was, or merely what we strain to see through the opacity of the evidence? As for her inner life, short of a miraculous cache of new material, we shall never really know. Yet what does come to us across the centuries is the impression of a person who is strangely appealing to the early twenty-first century. A woman in her own right - taken on her own terms in a man’s world; a woman who mobilized her education, her style and her presence to outweigh the disadvantages of her sex; of only moderate good looks, but taking a court and a king by storm. Perhaps, in the end, it is Thomas Cromwell’s assessment that comes nearest: intelligence, spirit and courage."

#tudor era #anne boleyn #natalie dormer #the tudors #claire foy #wolf hall #dorothy tutin #the six wives of henry viii #jodie turner smith #anne boleyn (2021) #genevieve bujold #anne of the thousand days #emma connell #natalie portman #the other boleyn girl #charlotte rampling #helena bonham carter #Ik this isn't all of them... sorry

[navree]

i maintain that the the best character in the borgias is machiavelli even if he does look a bit emo

#personal #if you've seen the shitty 2021 anne boleyn show then you know what i mean #when i say that machiavelli and that show's interpretation of chapuys give off the same vibe #and apparently share eyeliner techniques #either that or the machiavelli actor not only has very deepset eyes but horrific insomnia

[kathrynhoward]

JODIE TURNER SMITH as ANNE BOLEYN

ANNE BOLEYN (2021)

#anne boleyn channel 5 #perioddramaedit #anne boleyn #periodedit #tudoredit #jodie turner smith #anneboleynedit #anneboleyn2021edit #anneboleynch5edit #jodieturnersmithedit #jturnersmithedit #*mine

[thepastisalreadywritten]

By Leslie Patrick

1 August 2023

Anne Boleyn (c. 1501 or 1507 – 19 May 1536), King Henry VIII's second queen, is often portrayed as a seductress and ultimately the woman responsible for changing the face of religion in England.

In reality, she was a fiercely intelligent and pious woman dedicated to education and religious reform.

But after her arrest and execution on false charges of adultery and incest in May 1536, Henry VIII was determined to forget her memory.

Her royal emblems were removed from palace walls, her sparkling jewels tucked away in dark coffers, and her precious books disappeared from the pages of time.

One of Boleyn’s books that has reappeared is the Book of Hours, a stunning prayer book, printed around 1527 with devotional texts designed to be read throughout the day, features hand-painted woodcuts — as well as a rare example of the queen’s own writing.

In the margins of one of the beautifully decorated pages, she penned a rhyming couplet followed by her signature:

“Remember me when you do pray, that hope doth lead from day to day, Anne Boleyn.”

The book vanished with Boleyn’s execution in 1536, then resurfaced around 1903 when it was acquired by the American millionaire William Waldorf Astor (31 March 1848 – 18 October 1919) after he purchased Hever Castle, Anne Boleyn’s childhood home in the English countryside.

The hiding place of the disgraced queen’s devotional tome had been a mystery for centuries, until recent research by a university student uncovered hidden signatures that helped trace its path through history.

The discovery

The book’s whereabouts in the 367 years between Boleyn’s death and its reemergence remained puzzling until 2020 when Kate McCaffrey, then a graduate student at the University of Kent working on her master’s thesis about Anne Boleyn’s Book of Hours, found something unexpected in the margins of the book.

“I noticed what appeared to be smudges to the naked eye,” recalls McCaffrey, assistant curator at Hever Castle since 2021.

Intrigued, she borrowed an industrial-strength ultraviolet light and set it up in the darkest room of Hever Castle.

Ultraviolet light is often used to examine historical documents because ink absorbs the ultraviolet wavelength, causing it to appear darker against the page when exposed.

“The words just came through. It was incredible to see them underneath the light, they were completely illuminated,” the curator recalls.

McCaffrey’s theory is that the words were erased during the late Victorian era when it was popular to cleanse marginalia from books or manuscripts.

But thanks to her extraordinary detective work, these erased words turned out to be the key that unlocked the tale of the book’s secret journey from certain destruction at the royal court to safety in the hands of a dedicated group of Boleyn’s supporters.

The guardians

Indeed, various pages throughout the text reveal the names and notations of a string of Kentish women — Elizabeth Hill, Elizabeth Shirley, Mary Cheke, Philippa Gage, and Mary West — who banded together to safeguard Anne's precious book and keep her memory alive.

While it’s unclear how the book was initially passed to these women, Anne Boleyn expert Natalie Grueninger suggests it was gifted by Anne to a woman named Elizabeth Hill.

Elizabeth grew up near Hever Castle, and her husband, Richard Hill, was sergeant of the King’s Cellar at Henry VIII’s court.

There are records of the Hill’s playing cards with the king, and there may have been a friendship between Elizabeth and the queen that prompted Boleyn to pass her prayer book on before her execution.

“This extended Kentish family kept the book safe following Anne’s demise, which was an incredibly brave and bold act considering it could have been considered treasonous,” says Grueninger, podcaster and author of the book The Final Year of Anne Boleyn.

Anne’s Book of Hours was passed between mothers, daughters, sisters, and nieces until the late sixteenth century, when the last name makes its appearance in its margins.

“This story is an example of the women in the family prioritizing loyalty, friendship, fidelity, and a personal connection to Anne,” says McCaffrey.

“The fact that the women have kept it safe is a really beautiful story of solidarity, community, and bravery.”

The book, currently on display at Hever Castle, is a touchstone of the enigma that was Anne Boleyn.

Castle historian and assistant curator Owen Emmerson points out that the book contains Anne’s DNA on the pages from where she touched and kissed it during her daily devotions.

“This was a really beloved possession of hers,” says Emmerson.

“Because of what happened to Anne Boleyn, we don’t have a vast amount of information in Anne’s own words. But the physical remnants of her use of the book, and the construction of that beautiful little couplet, have her identity in them.”

While Anne’s Book of Hours has finally found its way home, the research into this intriguing historical mystery is not yet over.

McCaffrey continues to chart the book’s provenance through the centuries to find out where it was hiding all this time.

The discovery of the inscriptions illuminates the book’s furtive journey, providing us with a glimpse into the controversy, loyalty, and fascination that Anne Boleyn has engendered for the past 500 years.

#Anne Boleyn #King Henry VIII #Book of Hours #William Waldorf Astor #Hever Castle #Kate McCaffrey #University of Kent #ultraviolet light #Natalie Grueninger #Owen Emmerson #Elizabeth Hill #Elizabeth Shirley #Mary Cheke #Philippa Gage #Mary West #The Tudors #House of Tudor #British Royal Family