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The one and only Anne Boleyn !

I tried to depict her as I think the real Anne might have looked like based of the descriptions and the posthumous portraits of her

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Helena Bonham Carter as Anne Boleyn in Henry VIII (2003)

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Karliene’s Elizabeth album  - 01. Elizabeth

And when the night comes, she will rise like the sun. A lion of fire and gold.  And she will be loved as she shines from above. Princess Elizabeth.

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anne boleyn + real quotes

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𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐃𝐚𝐲𝐬 (𝟏𝟗𝟔𝟗)

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MERLE OBERON | The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933) VANESSA REDGRAVE | A Man for All Seasons (1966) GENEVIÈVE BUJOLD | Anne of the Thousand Days (1969) CHARLOTTE RAMPLING | Henry VIII and His Six Wives (1972) NATALIE DORMER | The Tudors (2007—2010) NATALIE PORTMAN | The Other Boleyn Girl (2008) CLAIRE FOY | Wolf Hall (2015) ALICE NOKES | The Spanish Princess (2019—2020) JODIE TURNER-SMITH | Anne Boleyn (2021)

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Fun little thing about medieval medicine.

So there’s this old German remedy for getting rid of boils. A mix of eggshells, egg whites, and sulfur rubbed into the boil while reciting the incantation and saying five Paternosters. And according to my prof’s friend (a doctor), it’s all very sensible. The eggshells abrade the skin so the sulfur can sink in and fry the boil. The egg white forms a flexible protective barrier. The incantation and prayers are important because you need to rub it in for a certain amount of time.

It’s easy to take the magic words as superstition, but they’re important.

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Shakes-bearian puns.

#mondaypun

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The Queen Consorts of England by name

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Edward of Woodstock and Joan of Kent 

Edward had only returned to England from the Rheims campaign in France in November 1360, just a few weeks before Thomas Holand [Joan of Kent first husband] died at the end of December, and yet by the spring of 1361, barely three months later, the prince had not only persuaded Joan to marry him but had also secured his father’s [Edward III] approval for their marriage. There is no doubt that the prince’s affections were deeply engaged. Froissart and Chandos Herald, both contemporaries who knew the prince and Joan personally, record the prince’s great love for Joan, the latter succinctly stating that ‘he loved her greatly’. His fondness for his cousin was long-standing, as is evident from the gift noted in his accounts in 1348 where she is described in affectionate terms as ‘Jeanette’, and the strength of his love is evident from the letter he wrote to her in 1367 after six years of marriage, addressing her as ‘my dearest and truest sweetheart and well beloved companion’.

Edward and Joan appeared to be a very loving couple. Before Edward left for the south, the couple “very sweetly embraced and took farewell with kisses.” And on his return, they went on an informal walkabout: “The Princess came to meet him, bringing with her her first born son…very sweetly they embraced when they met together. The gentle prince kissed his wife and son. They went to their lodging on foot, holding each other by the hand.” In his will the prince had directed that he should be buried in the middle of the chapel of Our Lady Undercroft, in a marble tomb, ten feet away from the altar. The chapel of Our Lady Undercroft was the chapel which the prince had founded in accordance with the Pope’s mandate giving him permission to marry Joan. It was a moving tribute to the love the prince felt for his wife that he wished to be interred in the chapel which commemorated their marriage. In the ceiling of the chantry chapel (now used by the French Walloon church) there can still be seen a carved stone boss of a woman’s head, with her hair in a netted fret, which was a popular fashion at the time. It is the largest human face among the ceiling bosses, and clearly represents Joan, although it is not known when it was placed there. (x)

Happy birthday Irina, sorry I’m so late! Thank you for everything dear!

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“Your wife I cannot be, both in respect of mine own unworthiness, and also because you have a queen already. Your mistress I will not be.” [x]

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Anne Boleyn and Elizabeth I (as a Princess) | anon. artist and William Scrots (attr.) | 16th century

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Under analysis, the case presented by the Crown in May 1536 collapses. But one decisive argument for innocence remains–the evidence the Crown was unable to produce. The queen would normally be attended, day and night. In no way could she pursue a liaison unaided. But where was Anne Boleyn’s accomplice? Here is ‘the dog that did not bark’. Anne could simply not have behaved as alleged.

Clearly informed by his friend Nicolas Bourbon, the French reformer Etienne Dolet published an epigram declaring Anne falsely condemned and beheaded for adultery. Chapuys did not believe her guilt–‘condemned on presumption not evidence, without any witness or valid confession’ was his conclusion. 

Innocent but a prisoner, guiltless but condemned, Anne awaited her fate. [S]he called for Kingston to hear mass with her soon after dawn on Thursday [18 May], It was then that, at the damnation of her immortal soul, she swore on the sacrament that she had never been unfaithful to the king. She did so twice–before and after receiving the body of Christ–and the constable duly passed on her oath, as she knew he would.

—Eric Ives, The Life and Death of Anne Boleyn

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There’s many a black, black eye, they say, but none so bright as mine; I must gather knots of flowers and buds, and garlands gay; For I’m to be Queen o’ the May, mother, I’m to be Queen o’ the May

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Anne Boleyn. 1501-19th May 1536. Rest in peace, my Queen.

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Close-up of the grave marker of Anne Boleyn, near the altar in the Chapel of St Peter ad Vincula.