#gregory vii

[quackysmackk]

Some random doodles!

These are if my favorite characters through the years met lol

This isn’t all of them but it’s the ones that I REALLY like(d) growing up and recently :)

[historicconfessions]

[richmond-rex]

I apologize for the heavy topic, but I find it kinda perplexing considering Henry vii and Elizabeth of York had for all accounts a loving relationship throughout their marriage, Philippa Gregory chose to have Henry basically rape Elizabeth in one of the early chapters. I haven’t read the white princess in a while, but I think he did it to either “test her fertility” or it was related to the fact that she was sleeping with her uncle in this continuity. I don’t know how I’m supposed to get behind their relationship after that point in the book since any nice moment they have, I’m thinking, “yeah, it’s nice that you’re both admiring your newborn son, but you raped her.” Honestly, it feels kinda gross to me. I thought I heard that Gregory also chose the story where Edward IV tried to assault Elizabeth Woodville and then she put the knife to her throat in retaliation as part of how they met. I haven’t read the White Queen, so if that’s not true, please ignore that part. If it is, it almost seems like Gregory has a weird thing about adding sexual assault to what originally seemed like decent relationships historically.

/cw: rape mention/

Hello! Sorry for taking some time to reply, but yeah Philippa Gregory's concept of romance is very hard to get behind — of all the versions of Edward IV and Elizabeth Woodville's first meeting, Gregory choosing the one that involves attempted rape and that historically was meant to portray the king of England in a bad light really is something that raises the eyebrows. Specifically though I'd argue Gregory's intention was never to make Henry VII likeable or to portray him as a true romantic interest; her comments on him perverting England, corrupting and usurping the country are very clear (besides his frank sadism at tormenting Elizabeth). If I remember correctly, from Owen Tudor to Henry VIII, she wrote all the Tudor men as rapists.

I'd argue she's got a very grimdark view of women's lives in the past and she makes her heroines' lives excessively brutal as a way to make more readers sympathise and root for them (though by the insufferable and entitled way she writes them, I don't know if she is successful tbh). But in view of her portrayal of the Tudors as foreigners who didn't know nor respect the traditions of England, that depiction is certainly concerning as well.

[janesemel]

Trastamara girls born after 1485 can’t cook. All they know is charge they phone, get abandoned by they father, eat hot chip, have complicated pseudo sexual relationship with male authority figure, twerk, and lie. (About their virginity.)

[marianadecarlos]

Hello good friend

What is your opinion on Elizabeth of York

I love Elizabeth of York (The real one), she is one of my fave Queens ever. She is a good mother and a devoted wife who dedicated her duties for the family and the nation. She is nice to Catherine of Aragon to the point that she wanted to learn Spanish. She died during childbirth that is sad. Idk what Philippa Gregory was thinking of changing her entire personality. What is with tv shows doing that. The white princess ruined her and Henry.

[funkymbtifiction]

The White Princess: Henry VII [ISTP 6w5]

MBTI Type: ISTP Henry is detached and realistic in his approach to the throne; he tends to prioritize “rational” methods all else; he is not afraid to deal harshly with traitors, nor secure his throne through whatever means he deems necessary. His analytical nature makes it hard for others to read him, or understand his thought process; he prefers to think in secret, then act, instead of consult…

[thepastisalreadywritten]

SAINT OF THE DAY (May 25)

On May 25, the Catholic Church celebrates Pope St. Gregory VII, who sought to reform the Church and secure its freedom against the intrusion of civil rulers during his 11th-century pontificate.

Born in the Italian region of Tuscany sometime between 1020 and 1025, the future Pope Gregory VII was originally named Hildebrand.

His father Bonzio is thought to have been a carpenter or peasant farmer, while his mother's name is unknown. His uncle Laurentius was abbot of a monastery in Rome.

Sent to the school run by his uncle's monastery, Hildebrand entered a world of discipline and fervent devotion.

After his primary education, he entered religious life as a monk.

Hildebrand served as chaplain to his mentor John Gratian who had a brief and turbulent reign as Pope Gregory VI.

In 1046, Hildebrand left Rome for Cologne along with Gratian, who was forced to leave Rome and resign from the Papacy.

After the former Pope's death in 1047, Hildebrand left for France and spent more than a year in the monastery at Cluny.

During 1049, he made the acquaintance of Bruno of Toul, who would soon become Pope Leo IX.

Under his reign, Hildebrand was put in charge of a historic monastery, which he rescued from structural and administrative ruin through a series of reforms.

Hildebrand served Leo IX as an adviser and legate until the Pope's death in 1054.

While others considered him a possible successor to Leo, Hildebrand did not wish to be elected, though he continued his work as an influential and respected cardinal during several subsequent pontificates.

In April 1073, Hildebrand was finally elected as Pope Gregory VII.

Though he still did not want the office, his electors praised him as “a devout man … mighty in human and divine knowledge, a distinguished lover of equity and justice, a man firm in adversity and temperate in prosperity.”

Overwhelming challenges confronted the new Pope – including scandalous corruption among the clergy, a hardening schism between the churches of Rome and Constantinople, and a struggle against civil rulers who claimed a right to choose the Church's clergy and control its properties.

In March 1074, Gregory promulgated a sweeping set of reforming decrees. These met with widespread opposition, but the Pope stood his ground.

The resulting standoff pitted him against the German Emperor Henry IV, who sought to depose the Pope when threatened with excommunication.

The Pope carried out his threat and declared that the emperor's subjects were no longer bound to obey him as their ruler.

In 1077, the emperor was forced to come before the Pope as a penitent, spending three days waiting in the snow before he was received and given the conditions of his reconciliation.

Though temporarily reconciled, Henry was excommunicated for later attacks, which included supporting a rival pope and invading Rome.

Gregory never gave up his pontificate but was forced to flee the city in 1084.

“I have loved justice and hated iniquity, therefore I die in exile,” he proclaimed, just before his death in Salerno on 25 May 1085.

Remembered as a champion of the Church's freedom against state intrusion, Gregory VII was beatified by Pope Gregory XIII in 1584. He was canonized by Pope Benedict XIII on 24 May 1728.

[stjohncapistrano67]

[putridcowboy]

his creature….

[phoenix-joy]

Author: Gregory N. Daugherty

Description from Bloomsbury:

This study examines the reception of Cleopatra from the beginning of the 20th century to the present day as it has been reflected in popular culture in the United States of America. Daugherty provides a broad overview of the influence of the Egyptian queen by looking at her presence in film, novels, comics, cartoons, TV shows, music, advertising and toys. The aim of the book is to show the different ways in which the figure of Cleopatra was able to reach a large and non-elite audience.

Furthermore, Daugherty makes a study of the reception of Cleopatra during her own lifetime. He begins by looking at her portrayal in the vicious propaganda campaign waged by Octavian against his rival Marc Antony. The consequence was that Cleopatra was left with a tarnished reputation after the civil war. Daugherty's examination of both the historical and contemporary reception of Cleopatra shows the enduring legacy of one of history's most remarkable queens.

[stonelord1]

Elizabeth Wayte (Lucy) & Stoke Charity

Between rainstorms, we were out in the countryside doing some church-crawling, a grand way to do some ‘medievalling’ when long journeys to castles and houses, most still closed for the winter, are out of the question. We happened on Stoke Charity by pure accident. I was attracted by the unusual name, which also began ringing a few bells…. The church of St Mary and St Michael is tiny, with a…

[historicconfessions]

[captainshadowgirllostfan]

Just want to talk about "The White Princess" because I'm rewatching it. It's not that great of a show but Idk I find King Henry VII and Elizabeth of York so handsome and I guess I like the chemistry even though I felt the romance was...rushed? Suddenly she's loyal to him..what? I think the explanation is due to baby Prince Arthur but when did she fall in love with him or did she feel like she had no choice. I kinda like the dynamic precisely because of how ambiguous it is because it is a weird situation she's in I imagine. Having to marry a man who's her enemy...

I will not give Philipa's fanfiction about Richard and Elizabeth of York any mind here.

Speaking of, one of the reasons I keep coming back is due to my biggest complaint about this series. King Henry VII is way too handsome here lol but I love it.

What I hate...is that he's portrayed as a whiny brat who apparently after a, what?, decade of rule, seems to comprehend that nobles plotting behind his back comes with the job? It annoys me because idk I feel like the real King Henry VII was more politically astute, and while I have no complaints about Margaret Beaufort's role in politics, though idk how much she was involved in history, I don't understand why Elizabeth of York is given so much credit in this series but I guess it's because it's a feminist series where women are always plotting against each other and men are idiots?

I have only myself to blame for getting into this trash series lol

[ohmygodshesinsane]

im so frustrated i’ve had this scene from this book bugging me for WEEKS from a library book i read in primary school and now i desperately want to read it again and i’ve looked everywhere and. the cheapest i can find is a $12 +$24 delivery that will come in the middle of december. WHY

[evan-collins90]

Hotel lobbies, restaurants, & discos from the book, 'International Hotel and Resort Design' by PBC Intl. (1988)

1-2. Durham Hilton designed by One Design Center

3. Cincinnatian Hotel - designed by Edwards Design Group

4. Kinshasa Intl. - designed by Wilson Gregory Aeberhard

5. Hyatt on Collins - designed by Hirsch/Bedner Associates

6. Hyatt Regency Tech Center - designed by Wilson & Associates

7. Grand Bay Hotel - designed by Jeffrey Howard Associates, Diana S. Sepler Interiors, Regine's Interiors

8. International Crossroads Sheraton - designed by Interior Design Force, Inc.

9. Radisson Plaza VII - designed by CSA, Inc.

10. Castle Hotel & Casino, Atlantic City - designed by Kovacs and Associates

[eternal-echoes]

Whenever I tell tradcats (or even some normie Catholics) that Christians and Muslims worship the same God, I usually get a kind of anaphylactic reaction from them. And it sorta makes it hard to continue to have a reasoned conversation with them.

Anyway, I think for the most part, except for maybe sedes, most tradcats believe that Pope Benedict was a good pope. So here's him quoting pre-Vatican II pope Pope Gregory VII saying that we do worship the same God, but differently:

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