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eve-to-adam · 5 months
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Elizabeth of York, fashion character design, c. 1472-1473.
The fleur-de-lys on the dress make me think of the moment when Elizabeth was engaged to Charles, the Dauphin of France.
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lenreli · 1 month
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the-tenth-arcanum · 5 months
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unlovable creatures quotes from: the tempest, shakespeare // henry vi part 3, shakespeare // frankenstein, mary shelley // frankenstein (play), nick dear
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adderstones · 2 months
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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.
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academicblorbo · 2 months
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If I had a nickel for every time Tom Sturridge played a bitchless disaster king who's always on the verge of tears and whose son dies and who meets an entirely uncalled for demise I'd have two nickels
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which is not a lot, but it's weird it has happened twice
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moxyphinx · 1 month
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SOPHIE OKONEDO as Margaret of Anjou in THE HOLLOW CROWN: HENRY VI, Part 1 (2016)
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une-sanz-pluis · 1 month
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Thinking about Henry V attending his first parliament as Prince of Wales at 13 years old and being bored out of his skull and imagining how much worse it would've been for Richard II, who attended his first parliament as Prince of Wales at 9 years old.
Thinking about Henry VI attending parliament as a literal infant too.
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virgo-dream · 11 months
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Matching Tom and Ferdie roles: hollow crown season 02 episode 01 / hollow crown season 01 episode 01
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georgeplantagenet · 10 months
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“I think his perceived flaws as a king are to do with his great genius, which is that he can hold these two conflicting ideas in his head and have love, essentially, for both parties. That was considered weak at the time, because it means he can’t make decisions in the aggressive-minded way that is required in medieval England. Despite wearing the crown, Henry’s place is not to be a king. His primary evolution is through that realisation. He says at the end that all he wants to do is spend his last days in devotion.”
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dykeofcornwall · 8 months
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heartofstanding · 3 months
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henry vi as a gothic heroine
Adam Frost and Zhenia Vasiliev, "How to tell you're reading a gothic novel – in pictures", The Guardian | Portrait of Henry VI at the National Portrait Gallery (detail, with silhouette of the Tower of London) | Eugenia C. DeLamotte, Perils of the Night | Henry VI imprisoned, The Hollow Crown | Justin Montgomery, "Overlook Abbey: Whispers of the Female Gothic in Stephen King’s The Shining", Sublime Horror | the altar in the Tower of London where Henry VI is believed to have been murdered | tumblr post by samwisethewitch | Rood screen painting of Henry VI as saint, Binham Priory
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eve-to-adam · 1 month
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Elizabeth of York, fashion character design c. 1473-1474.
If you dare to think that I have developed some kind of obsession with little Elizabeth of York, I must tell you...
… you are right.
P.S. My mom told me she looks like a historical Tinkerbell and now I can't stop thinking about it lol
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lenreli · 3 months
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Being in a Shakespeare class is great because everyone else in the class is a nerd. One of my classmates posited a theory that Iago is either in league with the devil or actually Satan and they had convinced most of the class by the end. I can talk about how Henry VI did absolutely nothing wrong and people know what I’m talking about and we can talk about how it’s hard to know what’s really true because of all the propaganda. Ophelia is the entire class’s girl, we all love her. It’s fantastic.
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richmond-rex · 1 year
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If none of these is your favourite royal beast, vote on the option you like the most and tell me your actual favourite in the comments/tags.
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mrsstrangewinter · 21 days
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I do not know if this one was mentioned already by anyone here but,
All the first names of the Greek Class are also names of the Royal Family. And I cannot stop thinking of Shakespeare's Wars of the Roses. Do you know how much Henry VI and Richard III connected in this one and how their relationship went... Especially how it was shown in the 2nd season of The Hollow Crown and that anime adaptation, Requiem of the Rose King?
What I am trying to point out is that Henry and Richard in TSH mirrored Shakespeare's characters (including their relationship) in utter opposites. When Henry VI was very saintly, Henry Winter isn't. Same goes with Richard III. Although, we are aware of Richard Papen's impulsive thoughts and how he almost acted like Tom Riddle for that one thing he'd done as a kid while recalling his childhood.
For some reason, even when Henry Winter and Richard Papen only knew each other for a short time, I can't help but confirm that somehow their friendship established that unbreakable bond, although it was not as established like Henry's relationship with Julian or Camilla, or even Bunny. Henry trusted Richard a great deal even though it can be considered aloof at some moments in the novel. He was even planning on giving his BMW to Richard as Mrs. Winter mentioned when he was in the hospital. I think Henry was already aware of Richard lying about his social status (all of the Greek Class were not even oblivious of that for sure as well) and yet, he stayed.
You can actually mirror their relationship with Henry VI and Richard III in Requiem of the Rose King, and the personalities I have mentioned beforehand. I do not know if Tartt did this on purpose by connecting it with Shakespeare's, but I think... she did. It paralleled somehow and everything went in sync merely because of their first names.
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