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bones-ivy-breath · 11 months

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The Affair of the Poisons: Murder, Infanticide and Satanism at the Court of Louis XIV by Anne Somerset

#quote #typography #literature #the affair of the poisons #anne somerset #history #aesthetic #dark academia #dead academia #louis xiv #dark things #france #french history #debauchery #1600s #17th century

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wonder-worker · 1 month

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"Anne Stanhope was a devoted and loyal wife and mother. She was also a politician, a committed religious reformer, and a survivor of Tudor intrigue. It was her actions and her connections at court that saved the Seymour family from ruin throughout the reigns of Edward VI, Mary I, and Elizabeth I. Her activities as a patroness of religious literature distinguished her from many of her contemporaries. Anne also worked with both of her husbands – but with Edward Seymour in particular – to form influential political partnerships. Like many of her female contemporaries, she was a major force in politics and religion. The Duke and Duchess of Somerset’s struggle with Thomas Seymour in the late 1540s, however, set the groundwork for Anne’s unfortunate historical image. Almost immediately, writers and historians slandered her reputation. She became a stereotypical “bad wife” – proud, nagging, vengeful. By looking beyond this image, however, scholars may now view Anne Stanhope’s story in a more balanced light."

-Caroline Elizabeth Armbruster, '"A woman for many imperfections intolerable": Anne Stanhope, the Seymour family, and the Tudor court', (MA thesis, Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, 2013)

#This thesis is online if anyone wants to read it!#historicwomendaily #anne stanhope #edward seymour #seymours #tudors #ngl I didn't know much about Anne Stanhope (or the Seymours - sans Jane - in general) so this was an interesting read!#I think it may have misunderstoodsome stuff about Edward Seymour's first marriage to Catherine Filliol though #as it claimed that Edward repudiated her which I'm not sure happened (and that she entered a nunnery which I'm not sure we have #solid evidence for either)#though admittedly like I said I don't know much about the Seymours so I could be wrong #my post #this has been in my drafts for months adkjsksks #tudor era #16th century #anne seymour #anne seymour duchess of Somerset #anne stanhope duchess of Somerset

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edwardseymour · 1 month

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people always wondering why anne stanhope wasn’t in becoming elizabeth, as if her presence wouldn’t single-handedly serve enough cunt to irrecoverably destroy whatever screen presence that bland little german aristo was supposed to have.

#also as if that show’s version of somerset could ever conceivably be anything other than completely bitchless #becoming elizabeth #anne stanhope #apologies to anyone still trying to pretend alicia had talent #but i am built different (better)

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redrosecut · 1 year

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Looks like Blood, Sex & Royalty rented from the costume house that The Spanish Princess sold their costumes to. Already spotted two dresses and one headpiece just in episode 01.

EDIT: Those are the dresses I found without looking any deeper. There are probably more I just didn’t spot or wasn’t sure about.

And I’m pretty sure that Mary Tudor’s headpiece is the same that Anne wears but that they added a necklace or something like it to it to embellish it a bit.

#blood sex and royalty #the spanish princess #period drama #historical drama #costume drama #reused costumes #recycled costumes #Anne Boleyn #Jane Boleyn #Mary Tudor #Margaret Tudor #Margaret Pole #Elizabeth Somerset

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fergus-cousland · 7 months

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I got you

https : // www. theguardian. com/ artanddesign/ 2023/ sep/ 24/ lost- painting- by- artemisia- gentileschi- found- in- palace

Thank u, anon. Truly, not all heroes wear capes

#anonymous #i read the guardian at work i can only assume i missed this because it published on a sunday?#also: ''From 1660 it is thought to have hung above a fireplace at Somerset House #home to queens and consorts including Catherine of Braganza and Queen Anne.'' the shrimplications...

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kingedwardvi · 1 year

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Curiously enough, I’ve only recently watched “Becoming Elizabeth” as I’ve concomitantly read Edward VI’s biography.

It is hardly a surprise to observe there were great differences between the show and the book, specially concerning Katheryn Parr and Thomas Seymour’s own relationship.

Admittedly, though I know little of this matter myself, came across the excerpt below which gave me a lot to think about. For those who are little familiar with the first Dowager Queen of England in an almost a century (the last being Queen Elizabeth Wideville), the following content might actually come a surprise—or not.

What matters here is to promote not only a healthy discussion about their union, but showing that whereas Katheryn did love the man, she was not his first option to marry and she was not a “fool” completely blinded by her affection for him: she hesitated at first, unwilling to remarry in at least two years before becoming Lady Seymour out of respect for the king of England. However, Lord Thomas was a persuasive man, writing as far as a poem to claim the dowager queen’s heart—and he eventually succeeded it, as we are seeing next.

“Katherine moved into her dower house at Chelsea - away from the eyes at court, it was the ideal setting for Seymour to pay secret visits by night. Letters were sent and received, their contents, upon Katherine's urging, were quickly burnt: 'Your letter being finished ... I remembered your commandment to me’, Seymour wrote, ‘wherewith I threw it into the fire, be minding to keep your requests and desires’, yet the survival of both their letters suggest that neither was quite so willing to part with these tokens of love and affection.

Katherine confided her feelings to her friend Lady Paget, who urged marriage. But Katherine was hesitant. She wished 'it had been her fate to have him for a husband' but she was mindful of her position as queen. She had even kept the affair secret from her sister Anne who, when Katherine finally revealed the news, 'did not a little rejoice'.

As a growing number of friends discovered the secret of the affair, it became increasingly difficult to keep it hidden and rumours soon abounded. Meeting Seymour in St James's Park, Princess Elizabeth's servant Katherine Ashley challenged him over his marriage plans. Seymour boasted 'he would prove to have the queen', to which Ashley retorted that she thought this 'was past proof as I had heard he was already married to her'.

Ashley was right, for sometime between mid May and the beginning of June the couple had wed in secret, with one commentator believing the marriage had taken place as early as thirty-four days after Henry's death.

If this was true, then Katherine was playing a dangerous game - if she had become pregnant, there would have been no certainty that the child was Seymour's or Henry's. Katherine remained unwilling to commit herself, having doubts to the last.

She claimed she was his 'loving wife in her heart' but was determined 'never to marry, and break it when I have done, if I live two years'. Nevertheless, Seymour got his way. News of their marriage could not stay secret for long.

'I wish the world was as well pleased with our meaning as lam well assured [of ] the goodness of God's’, Katherine had lamented, 'but the world is so wicked that it cannot be contented with good things’. Instead she suggested that they find support for their union amongst the most powerful members of the council and court.

Seymour tested Princess Mary's reaction. It was not good. Mary considered it 'strange news', writing that if Katherine was keen, there was little she could do. In any case, 'being a maid' she was 'nothing cunning' about 'wooing matters'.

Instead, Mary appealed to her dead father's memory: if Katherine was not willing, certainly she would not 'persuade her to forget the loss of him, who is as yet very ripe in mine own remembrance’. Privately Mary was horrified at the prospect, and blamed Katherine for the affair. She possibly even appealed to Elizabeth to discourage the queen, but her half-sister, not wishing to stir up trouble, told her that they lacked any influence at court and should suffer with patience what was impossible to prevent.

Seymour would have to look elsewhere for support and he knew precisely whom to turn to. His confidence rested in the fact that he had managed to remain in regular contact with Edward through John Fowler, a Gentleman of the Privy Chamber, whom Seymour gave a bribe of £10 (£3,000) shortly after the coronation and before long was in his regular pay. Despite being almost continually in the presence of other gentlemen of the chamber, Fowler was soon able to converse with Edward and soon struck up a close friendship with the king, speaking to him alone.

It was not long before Seymour was calling in the favours. At the end of February he had met with Fowler over a drink and asked whether Edward had mentioned him - and in particular whether the king had ever wondered why he had remained unmarried. Would Edward be happy for him to marry? And who should he take as his bride?

Without asking too many questions, Fowler approached Edward a few days later, somewhat unsubtly repeating Seymour's queries. Edward's first reply was to suggest Anne of Cleves, but then, giving the matter more serious attention, answered that he thought Mary to be the best choice, if only 'to change her opinions'.

When Seymour heard, he laughed. 'I pray you, Mr Fowler, if you may soon, ask his Grace if he could be contented I should marry the Queen.’ He also wanted to know if Edward would write a letter on his behalf in support of the marriage.

It was at this time that Seymour, without Fowler's knowledge, began to visit Edward in private. It was not long before he had persuaded him to write a letter to Katherine, dated 25 June. Despite Edward writing to Katherine at the end of May urging her to 'continue to love my father', now the king seemingly endorsed her relationship with Seymour, since the letter ingeniously made their marriage appear as Edward's personal request to Katherine.

Moreover, it gave specific assurance that Edward would safeguard Katherine against any reaction from Somerset, who the couple knew would be furious at their secret union: 'Wherefore ye shall not need to fear any grief to come, or to suspect lack of aid in need; seeing that he, being mine uncle, is so good in nature that he will not be troublesome ... if any grief shall befall, I shall be a sufficient succour.'

The entire letter was no doubt composed by Seymour, who probably dictated it to the king.(…) When news of his brother's marriage leaked out, Somerset was furious. Edward's blessing made Somerset all the more enraged, and the king was not immune from the brunt of his anger, noting in his journal that 'the Lord Protector was much offended’.

But it was his wife Anne, the Duchess of Somerset, who took the greatest offence to the union. Described as 'a woman for many imperfections intolerable, and for pride monstrous, subtle and violent' who held Somerset under her sway 'by persuasions cunningly intermixed with tears', she detested Katherine.”

SKIDMORE, C. “Edward VI: The Lost King of England”.

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endlessly-cursed · 1 year

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MA OC x OC Connections

OG MA OCs (that stick to the plot)

Yvonne Dubois

Looking for: Friends, dormmates, a love interest

Possible friend: Roe Malinda @gaygryffindorgal

Warning: Bad-tempered werewolf and daughter of Penny Haywood

Lucille Dubois

Looking for: evil friends, dormmates, a love interest to join her insanity

Possible interaction: Brynn @camillejeaneshphm

Warning: Has Vulchanov genes and goes crazy at 25 and ends up dying young

Mary Ann Von Deyne

Looking for: More dormmates (has Thea Whitten’s @unfortunate-arrow ) and more friends

Love interest: Gabrielle Blanchet @nightmaresart

Warning: Prankster and a menace to society

Diana Somerset

Looking for: friends (especially if they’re descendants of Prim’s friend group) dormmates, a love interest

Possible interaction: Quincey and Olypmia Alderly @gaygryffindorgal

Warning: None, she’s an angel

Harry Seymour

Looking for: friends, dormmates, a love interest

Warning: Nothing. He’s an angel x2

NEXT GEN

Stephanie Quinn-Vixen

Looking for: more friends (has as a cousin/friend Baby Quinn ( @gaygryffindorgal ) and Rome St. James @potionboy3 ) dormmate, a love interest

Warning: Nothing, she’s an angel x3

Lennox Arcano-Thorne

Looking for: more friends (has Jane Luther’s @hphmmatthewluther ) dormmates, a love interest

Warning: Necromancer and an Arcano

#oc x oc connections #oc: diana somerset #oc: harry seymour #oc: lennox arcano thorne #oc: stephanie quinn-vixen #oc: mary ann von deyne #oc: lucille dubois #oc: yvonne dubois

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nostalgia-tblr · 8 months

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The book I am reading about royal heirs who didn't become King (occasionally Queen) of England has finally got to Edward V (there are a LOT of Edwards in this story so far, as well as a lot of Henrys and a number of Matildas that defies all common sense), which means AT LAST we shall get to the glorious reign of Hot Richard \o/

#the title specifies mediaeval heirs so i assume it's ending after THAT LANCASTRIAN SHITLORD kills beloved ricky #fanwars of the roses #it's actually done a pretty good job of making the Wars of the Roses thus far not TOO confusing #tho i admit i stopped paying attention to most of the earls and dukes long ago because really who can be bothered with all that?#i just take it as read that any named person is somehow related to one of Edward III's confusing swarm of sons #“oh this one's the great-nephew of George of Asda the second earl of Northsomethington who married his own sister”#(aside: many of the Northsomethings in England are a LOT further south than I would have assumed from their name)#(2nd aside: it's neat that while Edward of Lancaster and Anne Neville were being betrothed to everyone in sight they married each other too #(he's just died in the previous chapter and I am fairly sure she's the one who ends up married to Richard III THE HOTTEST ENGLISH KING EVER #(a LOT of people died in the previous chapter. several of them had the same name/title so i stopped trying to keep track after a while)#“this Duke of Somerset is not the one from the previous battle he's -” I DONT FUCKING CARE GET TO THE REGICIDE BITS #books and reading #history fandom

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itskubay · 2 years

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Faithful Enemies- Mary i & Lord Somerset au

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“I suppose you are acquainted, my Lord, with the pathetic aspects of living with a Tudor.” Mary began to watch the courtyard from the man's side, while humming with a sad smile. Out of the corner of her eye, she saw the Lord Protector smiling slightly.

“I know very well, princess.” He said while trying to find stars in the dark, foggy sky. “But he is also a Seymour. I don't want him to be wasted.”

Mary always prayed to God for this reason. “If I will be welcomed, and your offer is still valid,” the Princess started, “for a woman who has bad habits like listening to gossip,” the lord protector’s weary gaze fell upon her, “I will stay at court while you’re away.”

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bones-ivy-breath · 1 year

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The Affair of the Poisons: Murder, Infanticide and Satanism at the Court of Louis XIV by Anne Somerset

#quote #typography #literature #the affair of the poisons #anne somerset #dark academia #aesthetic #dead academia #louis xiv #history #french history #france #dark things #debauchery #1600s #17th century

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lonelyqueenofhearts · 2 years

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The highlight of the episode for me was seeing Somerser's son Edward. I would love to see his secret marriage to Katherine Grey (Jane's sister) depicted on a TV show one day.

#becoming elizabeth #edward somerset #edward seymour #katherine grey #jane grey #thomas seymour #elizabeth tudor #henry grey #mary tudor #anne stanhope

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thegirlinthepinkwheelchair · 3 months

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Eastern Shore Town Hall

Image ID: Eastern Shore Town Hall. Maryland Department of Disabilities is gathering input from the disability community to create the next State Disabilities Plan and determine priorities for the next plan. Share your thoughts and experiences! To the right is a photo of disabled people with varying disabilities. You can download the PDF here via Google Drive to share with your networks and…