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I’m going to destroy the bitch who outbid me by 1 second on eBay. Sleep with one eye open, slut

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"Intellectually, Katharine was very much a woman of ‘the Renaissance’. It was curiously appropriate that she had been born at Alcalá de Henares, where in 1499 the most advanced university in Spain was established (La Universidad Complutense). In the years 1502–22, the university produced the celebrated ‘Polyglot Bible’, in which the Old Testament was printed in Caldean, Hebrew, Greek and Latin and the New Testament in Greek and Latin; it was one of the emblematic works of what was called ‘the New Learning’, the rediscovery of the culture and values of classical antiquity and their application to the contemporary world. Katharine knew Cardinal Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros, who had supervised the project – indeed, she had been born in his palace – and came in time to form friendships with some of the leading members of the great generation of humanist scholars who were transforming European letters – Antonio de Nebrija and Juan Luis Vives among the Spaniards; Thomas More and John Colet among the Englishmen. Indeed, Katharine was part of a generation in Spain which was learning to value women in quite a new way; as an expression of this, the University of Alcalá (like that of Salamanca) even appointed women to professorial chairs. Truly, the world was changing at an astonishing rate."

Patrick Williams, Katharine of Aragon: The Tragic Story of Henry VIII's First Unfortunate Wife 

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Portrait painting of Queen Mary I of England (1554-1558) By Unknown Artist

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THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT: THE ANTHOLOGY

merch concept - a patch/magnet for every track (click for full quality)

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“…and at last she knew what the agony had been for…” The Manuscript by Taylor Swift x Catherine of Aragon and Anne of Cleves Parallels

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What the fuck New York?

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Running away and living on that island in Michigan where cars are banned because I got cut off three times on my way home

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“You’re the loss of my life.”

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Detail of Queen Mary I from Allegory of the Tudor Succession (1570s) by Lucas de Heere

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Nothing makes you appreciate your alcoholic opioid addict grandma then your manipulative juvenile bitch grandma.

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On here so I can ignore my mother’s half of the family. They eat croutons like they’re fucking rocks. Absolutely infuriating

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Princess of Wales → Queen of England

Katherine of Aragon as portrayed by Charlotte Hope in Starz The Spanish Princess

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Part 2

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people make fun of the "oh you only hate her because she's a WOMAN" crazy feminist mentality but yeah actually you guys do only hate her because she's a woman a lot of times. for every hated female tv character there's ten male tv characters who are a million times worse and still given at least the "intriguing morally grey character" treatment if not straight up praise. for every hated female celebrity in real life there's one hundred famous men who have done worse and don't get half the hate she does.

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✧˚ ༘ ⋆｡♡˚💐— Catherine Parr's wedding with Henry VIII

to my beloved @noesapphic ❤︎❤︎❤︎

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—I love you, it’s ruining my life—