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NATALIE DORMER as ANNE BOLEYN in THE TUDORS (2007-2010) | season 2 2x03 — 2x10

#anne boleyn #natalie dormer #the tudors

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Shake it out, shake it out..

#anne boleyn #elizabeth i #florence and the machine

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It's almost Valentine's! I was able to finish the Henry VI and Margaret of Anjou piece for my Wars of the Roses series <3

Henry VI tends to be brushed off as a mentally-ill and ineffective monarch to this day, and it's difficult to find information that does not infantalize or malign him. Margaret of Anjou, my favorite figure from this period, would was a steadfast pillar of support for Henry until the day he died. A lot of historians paint Margaret as only supporting her husband to secure the throne for their son, but I find that narrative difficult to be the only reason. Margaret campaigned for Henry's release from captivity tirelessly and worked extremely hard to gather support for his reign and even raised armies for him. While their relationship doesn't have the passion and flare that Edward IV and Elizabeth Woodville did, I think their kind of devotion is exemplary in royal diplomatic marriages from the period.

#margaret of anjou #henry vi #so much of the discussion about him is incredibly demeaning or even vilifying towards those with mental illnesses #henry vi defense squad #im making that a tag

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Katherine Howard, Fifth wife of Henry VIII of England (Artwork created by Instagram user @amberfloart)

#katherine howard

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ANNE BOLEYN APPRECIATION WEEK

Day 5 - Favorite family dynamic

Anne and Elizabeth

#anne boleyn #elizabeth i

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↳ Historical Ladies Name: Mary/Marie/Maria

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ANNE BOLEYN APPRECIATION WEEK

Day 2 - Favorite historical Anne quote

“The mystique of monarchy now belonged to Anne Boleyn. Only death could take it away.” - Eric Ives, The Life and Death of Anne Boleyn

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She had something more than beauty. She was made to be cherished. She was the Cinderella of the Queen’s ladies, and, it seemed, about to turn the fairy tale into real life. - NORAH LOFTS

#anne boleyn #blood sex and royalty

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♔ In your life you suffered carrying your cross; they punished you, humiliated you, they trampled on your dignity. Your pain now ended, you are in heaven.

#anne boleyn #elizabeth i

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Elizabeth of York, Queen Consort of England.

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historicwomendaily celebration week : day 3 of 3 favourite romances → 3: Richard II & Anne of Bohemia / Charles I & Henrietta Maria / Louis XIV & Françoise d'Aubigné    

#richard ii #Anne of bohemia

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Lalla Ward as Elizabeth I

The Prince and the Pauper (1977)

#elizabeth I #crossed swords

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#anne boleyn

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behind all your stories, there is always . . . ♔

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ANNE BOLEYN & HENRY VIII, The Tudors (2007 - 2010)

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He [Thomas Boleyn] was a man of some education, far and away the best speaker of French in the Tudor court, with Latin as well, and cultured enough to commission several items from Erasmus.

—Eric Ives: The Life and Death of Anne Boleyn

#thomas boleyn #eric ives #reblog

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anne boleyn’s fashion ➝ “She was unrivalled in the gracefulness of her attire, and the fertility of her invention in devising new patterns, which were imitated by all the court belles, by whom she was regarded as the glass of fashion.”

(requested by anonymous)