#tudor aesthetic

[boleynecklace]

2/? tudor aesthetics:

⎯ elizabeth i and robert dudley

[mary-tudor]

10 July 1553: Jane Dudley (neé Grey) is declared Queen of England. Her (disputed) reign lasted for only nine days.

[comic-canary-lynn]

Starting to History Bound, mostly based off the Tudor aesthetic. I just love the outfits and vibe so I’m slowly starting to add some elements to my wardrobe.

[roseunspindle]

Tudor Time

[burningvelvet]

Miniature wedding portraits of Frances and John Croker of Barton by Nicolas Hilliard, circa 1581.

[grandmawitch]

[artpop-princess]

Stained glass window in the Chapel of Trinity College, Cambridge. The college was founded by Henry VIII in 1546.

[you-belong-among-wildflowers]

Royal Rumors and Scandals    ➝  Elizabeth I

[stingrayextraordinaire]

Aesthetic Moodboards // “Catherine Howard's Fate” by Blackmore’s Night

Are you like the others, so quick to judge? And for this, the queen must fall.

[autumncottageattic]

john.d.hager

[boleynecklace]

1/? tudor aesthetics:

⎯ henry vii and elizabeth of york

[palaceoftears]

"It is, of course, possible that these Spaniards lied, or dressed up the truth, to protect their beloved princess. It is also possible that they did not. Either way, they were no more or less likely to be lying than the witnesses in England. That makes their testimony as valid as that of those who claimed to have met an ebullient Arthur demanding beer to quench the thirst of a night of hard love-making. Their words add, if not a definitive tilt, then some extra grains of sand to one side of the moral balance on which Catherine is habitually weighed. That balance measures whether she was the pious victim of a cruel, selfish husband or a consummate liar hiding behind an apparently saintly exterior. Judgements of her have swung backwards and forwards from one extreme to the other over the centuries – and still divide people today. [...] Catherine can, of course, be measured on many more scales than just that which deems her either truthful or deceiving. The most important traits of her character have, in fact, little to do with honesty or falsehood. What really matters about her is the strength of that character. A protected childhood amid a family of intense, self-demanding Spanish women does much to explain where this came from. Catherine grew up to become a woman of deep, even exaggerated, intensity. The complex and unhappy early English years, with their constant illnesses, eating problems and stern written instructions from the pope to avoid the self-harm of excessive fasting, give the first few clues to that nature. These were the reactions of a young, perfectionist woman who found herself lonely, lost and unloved in a foreign land. That same intensity and perfectionism explain, too, both her success and popularity as a queen consort and her final embrace of potential martyrdom."

-Giles Tremlett, Catherine of Aragon: Henry's Spanish Queen

[roseunspindle]

Tudor Day

[teen-spirited-away]

House Hightower

"We Light The Way"

Sigil: A Watchtower Crowned with Fire

Colors: Smoke-Grey, White, Red/Yellow

Seat: Hightower/Oldtown

The Road Ahead is Uncertain, but The End is Clear

The Hightowers are religious, obscure, wise, conservative, influential, knowledgeable, and traditional.

House Hightower values tradition, ancient knowledge, and the Faith of The Seven.

*Book House Color Accurate Version*

[charlesreeza]

The Nightmare of Elizabeth I, c 1890, by Pasquale Liotta Cristaldi

Museo Civico al Castello Ursino - Catania, Sicily  

Photos by Charles Reeza

[burningvelvet]

Portrait miniature of an unknown young man (c. 1588) by Nicolas Hilliard from the Victoria & Albert Museum