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venicepearl · 5 months

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Joan, Lady of Wales and Lady of Snowdon, also known by her Welsh name often written as Siwan (c. 1191/92 – February 1237) was the illegitimate daughter of King John of England, and was the wife of Llywelyn the Great, Prince of Wales (initially King of Gwynedd), effective ruler of all of Wales. Joan or Siwan in Welsh has been referred to as both "Lady of Wales" and "Princess of Wales".

#Joan of Wales #Lady of Wales #House Plantagenet #women in history #photo #photography #xii century #xiii century

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queenalexandraofdenmark · 3 months

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Hello😁 can you share your favorite queens?

Thank you for the great ask anon, of course! 🥰

#1: Queen Alexandra of the United Kingdom – (nèe Princess Alexandra of Denmark, "Alix".

— She was beautiful, a warm and caring mother/grandmother, was popular as Princess of Wales and Queen Consort among of her people because of her good nature, and she supported many charities, including her own: "Alexandra Rose Day", founded by Queen Alexandra in 1912, this was a charity where flowers were being sold and all the money went to supporting Londoners in poverty. This was inspired by a priest in her native Denmark selling roses to raise money for those in need, Queen Alexandra brought the idea back to the United Kingdom. ❤✨

#2: Queen Anne Boleyn of England – (nèe Lady Anne Boleyn)

— She was intelligent, funny, caring and kind to all of people, and as her two years as Queen Consort she supported many charities, and even "gave alms to the poor, provided for widows, and even sewed shirts and smocks for the needy". She also helped with promoting new educational identities for monasteries, which were no longer under the protection of the Catholic Church. After only two years of being Queen Consort when she was said to have been 35 years old, she was executed after being imprisoned in the Tower of London for 17 days because she was accused of committing treason, but the true reason she was executed was because she failed to give King Henry VIII a male heir. ☹️💔

#3: Queen Marie Sophie of the Two Sicilies – (nèe Duchess Marie Sophie in Bavaria)

— She was beautiful, bright, and fierce. She was given the nickname the "Warrior Queen", the "Heroine of Gaeta" and the "modern Joan of Arc", rallying the troops, nursing the injured, feeding her forces at her own table and taunting Garibaldi's army from the battlements with the words; "Go ahead and shoot me. I will be where my men are". It was said of her that the Queen would "wipe your brow if you were wounded or hold you in her arms while you die". ❤️‍🔥👑

#4: Queen Marie Antoinette of France – (nèe Archduchess Marie Antoinette of Austria)

— She was honest, lovable, bold, a social butterfly who loved gambling, partying and extravagant fashions. Growing up she was closest with her sister, Maria Carolina, who was three years older, and with whom she had a lifelong close relationship. As Queen, Marie Antoinette was always unpopular, she spent lavishly, but her extravagance was only a minor cause of France's growing debt in the 1770-80s. Because of Louis XVI's indecisiveness, Marie played an increasingly prominent political role. But was very beloved for her charitable activities and patronage of the arts. She supported various charitable organizations and institutions, and she was also a benefactress of the poor. 💞🎀

#5: Queen Lovisa of Denmark – (nèe Lovisa of Sweden)

— She was described as intelligent, with an ability to be natural, easy and friendly. And As Queen, she was mainly known for her many charity projects, an interest that she shared with her spouse. She did not care for ceremonial duties and public events, and lived a discreet life dedicated to her children and her interests in art, literature and charity. After a short tenure of only six years as Queen, she was widowed in 1912.

#6: Queen Alexandrine of Denmark – (nèe Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin)

— She was reticent by nature. Her childhood was characterised by regular sporting activities, and from a young age she played the piano to a high standard. Her great interest in music stayed with her for her entire life and was passed on to her equally musical eldest son, Prince Frederik (IX). As of her first years as Queen, she had difficulty getting used to public attention, and she preferred to avoid the media limelight, but performed her functions in an exemplary manner. In the home her presence was crucial for the two boys, since Christian X was known for surrounding himself with a certain atmosphere of the barracks. Queen Alexandrine undertook extensive charity work until her death and was an avid golf player and photographer, who also loved doing needlework to a high standard. 💫

#7: Queen Margherita of Italy – (nèe Margherita of Savoy)

— She was described as sensitive, proud and with a strong force of will without being hard, as well as having the ability to be charming when she chose to. As to her appearance, she was described as a tall, stately blonde, but she was not regarded as a beauty. As Queen, she worked to protect the monarchy against republicans and socialists, and she gathered a circle of conservative intellectuals and artists known as the "Circolo della Regina" (Circle of the Queen) in her famous literary salon known as "Giovedì Della Regina" (Queen's Thursdays), where she benefited artists and writers.

#8: Queen Victoria Eugenie of Spain – (nèe Princess Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg), "Ena".

— She was described as very kind but very strict and she devoted herself to work for hospitals and services for the poor, as well as to education. She also involved herself in the reorganization of the Spanish Red Cross. In 1929, the city of Barcelona erected a statue of her in a nurse's uniform in honour of her Red Cross work and since the the statue has been destroyed.

#9: Queen Elena of Italy – (nèe Elena of Montenegro)

— She was described as shy and reserved but also rather stubborn. Very attached to traditions, with a sensitive soul and a lively and curious mind, she was endowed with a strong love for nature: her favourite flower was the Cyclamen. She was a very tall woman of 180 cm (5'11). As Queen, her commitment to numerous charitable and welfare initiatives, which assured her great sympathy and popularity, was profuse. The Queen went well beyond mere charity: her evangelical spirit led her to practice every day the most genuine and most charitable love of neighbor.

#10: Queen Marie of Romania – (nèe Princess Marie of Edinburgh), "Missy".

— She was described as very beautiful and high spirited. As a young girl, Marie was very close with her sisters, but mostly her sister Victoria Melita, they played many games with their father and Marie's mother, the Duchess of Edinburgh neglected Marie and her sisters' education, considering them not very bright or gifted. But in the fields of painting and drawing, Marie and her sisters had inherited her grandmother, Queen Victoria's talent. On October 11th, 1914, Marie and her husband Ferdinand were acclaimed as king and Queen in the Chamber of Deputies. Princess Anne Marie Callimachi, a close friend of Marie, wrote that "as Crown Princess, she had been popular; as Queen, she was more loved". Marie maintained a certain influence on her husband and the entire court, leading historian A. L. Easterman to write that "it was not Ferdinand, but Marie who ruled in Romania".

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une-sanz-pluis · 4 months

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My soverain lord and fader, I recomande me to yowr good and gracieux lordship as humbly as I can, desiring to heere as good tydyngges of you and of your hye estat as ever did leige man of his soverain lord. And, sir, I trust to God that ye shal have now a companie comyng with my brother of Bedford that ye shal like wel in good feith as hit is do me wite, neverthelatter, my brother's mainy [retinue] have I seyn, which is right a tal meyny [retinue]. And so schal ye se of thaym that be of your other captaines leding, of which I sende you al the names in a rolle be the berer of this. Also so, sir, blessid be God, of the good and gracieux tydingges that ye have liked to send me word of be Herford your messager which were the gladdist that ever I mygt heve next your welfare, be my trouth, and, sir, with Godde's grace I shal sende all thise ladies as ye have commandid me, in al hast, beseching you of your lordship that I mygt wite how that ye wolde that my cosine of York [Joan Holland, dowager Duchess of York] shuld reule her, whether she shuld be barbid [dressed as a widow] or not as I have wreten to you, my soverain lord afore this time. And, sir, as touching Tiptot he shal be delivered in al hast, for ther lakkith no thing but shipping, which, with Goddes grace, shall be so ordeined for that he shal not tary. Also, sir, blessid be God, your gret ship the Grace Dieu is even as redy and is the fairest that ever man saugh, I trowe in good feith. And this same day therle of Devonshir my cosin maad his moustre [muster] in her and al other have her [there] moustre [mustered (?)] the same tyme that shall go to ye see [sea]. And, sir, I trowe ye have on [one] comyng toward you as glad as any man can be as fer as he shewith, that is the King of Scotts, for he thanketh God that he shal mow shewe be experience thentente of his good will be the suffrance of your good lordship. My soverain lord, more can I not write to your hynesse at this tyme, but yt ever I beseche you of your good and gracieux lordship as be my trouth my witting [knowingly] willingly I shal never deserve the contrary, that woot God, to whom I pray, to send yow al yt yowr hert desireth to his plaisance. Writen in your town of Hampton the xiiij day of May. Your trewe and humble liege man and sone H. G. [Henricus Gwalliae, or for Henry Prince de Galle.]

Letter written by Henry, Prince of Wales to his father, Henry IV, 14 May 1411(?) From: W. J. Hardy, The Handwriting of the Kings and Queens of England, The Religious Tract Society, 1893.

#henry v #henry iv #primary source

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the-paintrist · 2 years

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Jules Bastien-Lepage - Self portrait - 1880

oil on canvas, height: 31 cm (12.2 in) Edit this at Wikidata; width: 25 cm (9.8 in)

Panier (0)Musée Jules Bastien-Lepage et de la Fortification, Montmédy

Montmédy (German: Mittelberg) is a commune in the Meuse department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.

Jules Bastien-Lepage (1 November 1848 – 10 December 1884) was a French painter closely associated with the beginning of naturalism, an artistic style that emerged from the later phase of the Realist movement.

His most famous work is his landscape-style portrait of Joan of Arc which currently resides at the Metropolitan Museum in New York City.

Bastien-Lepage was born in the village of Damvillers, Meuse, and spent his childhood there. Bastien's father grew grapes in a vineyard to support the family. His grandfather also lived in the village; his garden had fruit trees of apple, pear, and peach up against the high walls. Bastien took an early liking to drawing, and his parents fostered his creativity by buying prints of paintings for him to copy.

Jules Bastien-Lepage's first teacher was his father, himself an artist. His first formal training was at Verdun. Prompted by a love of art, he went to Paris in 1867, where he was admitted to the École des Beaux-arts, working under Cabanel. He was awarded first place for drawing, but spent most of his time working alone, only occasionally appearing in class. Nevertheless, he completed three years at the école. In a letter to his parents, he complained that the life model was a man in the pose of a mediaeval lutanist. During the Franco-Prussian war in 1870, Bastien fought and was wounded. After the war, he returned home to paint the villagers and recover from his wound. In 1873 he painted his grandfather in the garden, a work that would bring the artist his first success at the Paris Salon.

After exhibiting works in the Salons of 1870 and 1872, which attracted no attention, in 1874 his Portrait of my Grandfather garnered critical acclaim and received a third-class medal. He also showed Song of Spring, an academically oriented study of rural life, representing a peasant girl sitting on a knoll above a village, surrounded by wood nymphs.

His initial success was confirmed in 1875 by the First Communion, a picture of a little girl minutely worked up in manner that was compared to Hans Holbein, and a Portrait of M. Hayern. In 1875, he took second place in the competition for the Prix de Rome with his Angels appearing to the Shepherds, exhibited again at the Exposition Universelle in 1878. His next attempt to win the Prix de Rome in 1876 with Priam at the Feet of Achilles was again unsuccessful (it is in the Lille gallery), and the painter determined to return to country life. To the Salon of 1877 he sent a full-length Portrait of Lady L. and My Parents; and in 1878 a Portrait of M. Theuriet and Haymaking (Les Foins). The last picture, now in the Musée d'Orsay, was widely praised by critics and the public alike. It secured his status as one of the first painters in the Naturalist school.

After the success of Haymaking, Bastien-Lepage was recognized in France as the leader of the emerging Naturalist school. By 1883, a critic could proclaim that "The whole world paints so much today like M. Bastien-Lepage that M. Bastien-Lepage seems to paint like the whole world." This fame brought him prominent commissions.

His Portrait of Mlle Sarah Bernhardt (1879), painted in a light key, won him the cross of the Legion of Honour. In 1879 he was commissioned to paint the Prince of Wales. In 1880 he exhibited a small portrait of M. Andrieux and Joan of Arc listening to the Voices (now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art); and in the same year, at the Royal Academy, the little portrait of the Prince of Wales. In 1881 he painted The Beggar and the Portrait of Albert Wolf; in 1882 Le Père Jacques; in 1885 Love in a Village, in which we find some trace of Gustave Courbet's influence. His last dated work is The Forge (1884).

Between 1880 and 1883 he traveled in Italy. The artist, long ailing, had tried in vain to re-establish his health in Algiers. He died in Paris in 1884, when planning a new series of rural subjects.

#Jules Bastien-Lepage #france #realism #naturalist #selfportrait #history

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mary-tudor · 2 years

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“Tragedy intervened to prevent the fruition of another of Edward’s alliances when on May 23, 1482 the Thursday before Whitsunday, Elizabeth’s sister Mary died at Placentia at Greenwich, aged just fifteen.

The following Monday her body was carried to the nearby church of the Observant Friars, founded by her father, where James Goldwer, Bishop of Norwich, sang a dirge over it.

Elizabeth and her younger sisters were not present, nor did they or their parents attend a second service the following morning, at which many high-ranking ladies were present, including Joan, Lady Dacre, Princess Mary's lady mistress.

Dinner was served at the palace afterward, then the mourners returned to the church to attend the coffin as it was laid on a chariot adorned with Mary's arms and drawn by horses trapped with sables to Windsor and burial in St. George's Chapel.

There, Mary was laid to rest beside “my lord her brother” (George), the Prince of Wales present as chief mourner. The loss of her sister must have affected Elizabeth deeply, for they were only seventen months apart in age, and had been brought up together from infancy.”

— “Elizabeth of York: A Tudor Queen and Her World”, by Allison Weir.

#mary of York #mary Plantagenet #house of York #plantagenet dynasty #cousin’s war #wars of the roses #elizabeth of York

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mim526 · 2 years

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Princess of Wales

Catherine takes up a mantle that has existed since Joan, Lady of Wales in the 13th century. She will wear it well.

#Catherine #PrincessOfWales

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mihrsuri · 2 years

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Children Of A Golden World: Mihrimah Sultan & King Thomas I’s children in my Tudors OT3 Verse (an alternate history au in which Anne Boleyn, Henry VIII and Thomas (Frain) Cromwell are in a secret triad marriage from 1536, have eight children, Anne is always a beloved Queen and their oldest son marries Mihrimah Sultan and they bring in a truly progressive by modern standards golden world, minus colonialism and empire because it’s my wish fulfilment au)

Thomas (Turhan) (b. 1556): Prince of Wales, Duke of Cornwall & King Thomas II of England. King Consort of Scotland. Married to Queen Joan I of Scotland (Queen Consort of England). Father of five - Tomas (later King Thomas III of England), Maryam (later Queen Mary II of Scotland), Alexander and James and Annabella (twins).

Maryam (b. 1559): Princess of England. Empress Of Persia and wife of Emperor Abbas I. Mother of nine children (including Emperor Arman I) and greatly loved for her intelligence, kindness and wisdom.

Suleiman (b. 1562): Prince of England. Duke of Oxford. Married to Hannah, Lady Lisle. Father of five (Cecily, Thomas, Mihrimah, Anne and Mehmed)

Henry (Hal) (b. 1565): Prince of England. He married an Ottoman Noblewoman named Rabia and became a key advisor and general in his uncle Sultan Mehmed III and eventually his cousin Sultan Suleiman II’s court. Father of Selim, Hanzade, Ahmed & Mihrimah.

Ayse (b. 1570): Princess of England. Poet, politician and advisor to her nephew Tomas and his son. Married to Sarah, Lady Exeter in secret.

Esther (b. 1570): Princess of England. She married Ilya (a Jewish man from the country that is now Ukraine). Mother of seven children and Duchess of Cambridge.

#alternate history #history au #pending graphic tag #tudorsedit #ot3: political power trio #children of a golden world #tudors ot3 verse reference

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bookgeekgrrl · 1 year

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My media this week (26 Feb-4 Mar 2023)

📚 STUFF I READ 📚

😊👂‍Death Around the Bend (Lady Hardcastle Mysteries #3) (T.E. Kinsey, author; Elizabeth Knowelden, narrator) - more fun with Emily & Flo, racing cars and solving murders in 1909

🥰👂‍Cabin Pressure: The Complete Series 2 (Gdańsk to Limerick) (John Finnemore, author; Stephanie Cole/Roger Allam/Benedict Cumberbatch/John Finnemore, cast) - back at it again with MJN Air & Co

😊👂‍A Picture of Murder (Lady Hardcastle Mysteries #4) (T.E. Kinsey, author; Elizabeth Knowelden, narrator) - more fun with Emily & Flo, making/watching films and solving murders in 1909

🥰Bewitched (BootsnBlossoms, Kryptaria) - 51K, 00Q - Q's ordered to take a holiday with Bond as bodyguard & elects to go to his sister's farm in Wales. But Q's real name is Adam Stephens, his sister is Tabitha, his mother is Samantha & his grandmother is Endora, so there's a lot he's trying NOT to have to explain to James while also enjoying this holiday fling. Fluffy & charming af!

💖💖 +108K of shorter fic so shout out to these I really loved 💖💖

if you could redirect my day (lady_ragnell) - Ted Lasso: Keeley/Roy/Jamie, 11K - Jamie ends up staying with Roy for a few weeks in Marbella and Roy…doesn't hate it

Four Days on a Farm in Kansas (FabulaRasa) - DCU: SuperBat, 28K - getting together ->bumps in the road->finally figuring it all out (i.e. bruce pulls his head out of his ass)

i can actually see it (i'm glad that you stayed) (BelmotteTower) - Ted Lasso: Keeley/Roy/Jamie, 7K - pt 4 of thats what i want series aka 'How to proactively date in public with London's favourite polyamourous triad.'

Sweet Sugar (this_wayward_life) - MCU: Stucky, 8K - no powers, age difference AU with subby sugar daddy Bucky - reread 'cause this is a fave, love the characterizations in this one

📺 STUFF I WATCHED 📺

All Creatures Great and Small - s3, e1-7

Poker Face - s1, e8

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: Artificial Intelligence

Maine Cabin Masters - s7, e1-8

🎧 PODCASTS 🎧

You Must Remember This - 1987: Fatal Attraction and Dirty Dancing (Erotic 80s Part 10)

You're Dead To Me - The Indus Civilisation

Lost Women of Science - A Complicated Woman: Leona Zacharias

The Atlas Obscura Podcast - Nellie Mae Rowe’s Playhouse

Big Gay Fiction Podcast - A Trip to "Liar City" with Allie Therin

⭐Vibe Check - Dupe Fiasco

ICYMI Plus - Selena Gomez Loves Logging Off

Switched on Pop - Chartbreakers: Jersey Club, Complicated Country, and 50s Crooners

99% Invisible #527 - RoboUmp

The Atlas Obscura Podcast - The Hampton House

The Atlas Obscura Podcast - The Discovery Tree

⭐Into It - Sex, 'Cocaine Bear,' and 'You'

The Atlas Obscura Podcast - The A. Everett Austin Facade House

⭐Welcome to Night Vale #223 - Big Rico's Pizza Band

Ologies with Alie Ward - Field Trip: An Airport Full of Neuroscientists

🎶 MUSIC 🎶

Rebel Girls: '90s Visionaries

My Mix #1 {Journey, Toto, Heart, Bon Jovi, Ozzy}

Polyphia

Joan Jett

Finally Enough Love: 50 Number Ones [Madonna]

On The Prowl [Steel Panther]

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NEWS STORY OF THE WEEK 22/4/22 - the Queen’s platinum jubile book list

‘The Big Jubilee Read list

1952-61

The Palm-Wine Drinkard – Amos Tutuola (1952, Nigeria) The Hills Were Joyful Together – Roger Mais (1953, Jamaica) In the Castle of My Skin – George Lamming (1953, Barbados) My Bones and My Flute – Edgar Mittelholzer (1955, Guyana) The Lonely Londoners – Sam Selvon (1956, Trinidad and Tobago/England) The Guide – RK Narayan (1958, India) To Sir, With Love – ER Braithwaite (1959, Guyana) One Moonlit Night – Caradog Prichard (1961, Wales) A House for Mr Biswas – VS Naipaul (1961, Trinidad and Tobago/England Sunlight on a Broken Column – Attia Hosain (1961, India)

1962-71

A Clockwork Orange – Anthony Burgess (1962, England) The Interrogation – JMG Le Clézio (1963, France/Mauritius) The Girls of Slender Means – Muriel Spark (1963, Scotland) Arrow of God – Chinua Achebe (1964, Nigeria) Death of a Naturalist – Seamus Heaney (1966, Northern Ireland) Wide Sargasso Sea – Jean Rhys (1966, Dominica/Wales) A Grain of Wheat – Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o (1967, Kenya) Picnic at Hanging Rock – Joan Lindsay (1967, Australia) The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born – Ayi Kwei Armah (1968, Ghana) When Rain Clouds Gather – Bessie Head (1968, Botswana/South Africa)

1972-81

The Nowhere Man – Kamala Markandaya (1972, India) Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy – John Le Carré (1974, England) The Thorn Birds – Colleen McCullough (1977, Australia) The Crow Eaters – Bapsi Sidhwa (1978, Pakistan) The Sea, The Sea – Iris Murdoch (1978, England) Who Do You think You Are? – Alice Munro (1978, Canada) The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy – Douglas Adams (1979, England) Tsotsi – Athol Fugard (1980, South Africa) Clear Light of Day – Anita Desai (1980, India) Midnight’s Children – Salman Rushdie (1981, England/India)

1982-91

Schindler’s Ark – Thomas Keneally (1982, Australia) Beka Lamb – Zee Edgell (1982, Belize) The Bone People – Keri Hulme (1984, New Zealand) The Handmaid’s Tale – Margaret Atwood (1985, Canada) Summer Lightning – Olive Senior (1986, Jamaica) The Whale Rider – Witi Ihimaera (1987, New Zealand) The Remains of the Day – Kazuo Ishiguro (1989, England) Omeros – Derek Walcott (1990, Saint Lucia) The Adoption Papers – Jackie Kay (1991, Scotland) Cloudstreet – Tim Winton (1991, Australia)

1992-2001

The English Patient – Michael Ondaatje (1992, Canada/Sri Lanka) The Stone Diaries – Carol Shields (1993, Canada) Paradise – Abdulrazak Gurnah (1994, Tanzania/England) A Fine Balance – Rohinton Mistry (1995, India/Canada) Salt – Earl Lovelace (1996, Trinidad and Tobago) The God of Small Things – Arundhati Roy (1997, India) The Blue Bedspread – Raj Kamal Jha (1999, India) Disgrace – JM Coetzee (1999, South Africa/Australia) White Teeth – Zadie Smith (2000, England) Life of Pi – Yann Martel (2001, Canada)

2002-11

Small Island – Andrea Levy (2004, England) The Secret River – Kate Grenville (2005, Australia) The Book Thief – Markus Zusak (2005, Australia) Half of a Yellow Sun – Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (2006, Nigeria) A Golden Age – Tahmima Anam (2007, Bangladesh) The Boat – Nam Le (2008, Australia) Wolf Hall – Hilary Mantel (2009, England) The Book of Night Women – Marlon James (2009, Jamaica) The Memory of Love – Aminatta Forna (2010, Sierra Leone/Scotland) Chinaman – Shehan Karunatilaka (2010, Sri Lanka)

2012-21

Our Lady of the Nile – Scholastique Mukasonga (2012, Rwanda) The Luminaries – Eleanor Catton (2013, New Zealand) Behold the Dreamers – Imbolo Mbue (2016, Cameroon) The Bone Readers – Jacob Ross (2016, Grenada) How We Disappeared – Jing-Jing Lee (2019, Singapore) Girl, Woman, Other – Bernardine Evaristo (2019, England) The Night Tiger – Yangsze Choo (2019, Malaysia) Shuggie Bain – Douglas Stuart (2020, Scotland) A Passage North – Anuk Arudpragasam (2021, Sri Lanka) The Promise – Damon Galgut (2021, South Africa)’ (Sherwood, 2022).

REFERENCE

Sherwood, H. (2022) 'The God of Small Things to Shuggie Bain: the Queen’s jubilee book list', The Guardian 18 April [Online]. Available at: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/apr/18/the-god-of-small-things-to-shuggie-bain-the-queens-jubilee-book-list (Accessed 21 April 2022).

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anakinsempress · 2 months

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some influential women in history

Queen Elizabeth II

Elizabeth II was Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms from 6 February 1952 until her death in 2022. She was queen regnant of 32 sovereign states over the course of her lifetime and remained the monarch of 15 realms by the time of her death. Her reign of over 70 years is the longest of any British monarch, the longest of any female monarch, and the second longest verified reign of any monarch of a sovereign state in history.

Rosa Parks

In 1955, Rosa Parks, an African American living in Montgomery, Alabama, challenged the race segregation that existed in parts of the US by refusing to give up her seat on a bus so that a white person could sit down. Her protest was supported by many other African Americans and sparked the civil rights movement which, in the 1960s, eventually won equal rights.

Emmeline Pankhurst

In 1903, the social reformer Emmeline Pankhurst founded the Women’s Social and Political Union to campaign for the parliamentary vote for women in Edwardian Britain, ‘Deeds, not words’ being its motto. A charismatic leader and powerful orator, Pankhurst roused thousands of women to demand, rather than ask politely, for their democratic right in a mass movement that has been unparalleled in British history. Always in the thick of the struggle, she endured 13 imprisonments, her name and cause becoming known throughout the world.

Margaret Thatcher

Margaret Thatcher was Britain’s first female prime minister, who came to power at an unsettled time in the country’s history, as it faced political disharmony and economic recession. Further trials, including the 1982 Falklands War and the conflict in Northern Ireland, helped to define her influential career.

Mary Wollstonecraft

An English writer and philosopher, Mary Wollstonecraft championed education and liberation for women. Her book, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, was published in 1792 and is seen as one of the foundational texts of modern feminism. Written against the backdrop of the French Revolution, it argued for the equality of women to men.

Florence Nightingale

Florence Nightingale led the first official team of British military nurses to Turkey during the Crimean War, fought between Britain and Russia (1853-56). More soldiers died from disease than wounds in this conflict and Nightingale – as well as tending the sick – reported back to the army medical services on how to reduce avoidable deaths. Nicknamed 'the Lady with the Lamp' for the night rounds she made tending to the wounded and sick, Nightingale continued in her work after the war and was instrumental in establishing a permanent military nursing service and implementing improvements to the army medical services.

Princess Diana

In 1981, Diana Spencer became the first wife of the heir apparent to the British throne, Charles, Prince of Wales. Their wedding reached a global television audience of more than 700m people and she continued to attract much media attention, even after her divorce in 1996. Princess Diana became well known internationally for her charity work for sick children, the banning of landmines and for raising awareness about those affected by cancer, HIV/AIDS and mental illness.

Joan of Arc

Joan of Arc was born in 1412, nearly 80 years into the Hundred Years' War, which had seen the English take control of a large portion of France. She convinced the future French King Charles VII that religious visions had instructed her to support him. Aged just 17 she was sent to the Siege of Orléans. When the siege was lifted shortly afterwards, Joan became a religious figurehead for a renewed French offensive, helping to achieve further French victories and advising on military strategy. Joan was eventually captured by the Burgundians and put into English custody. In 1431, she was found guilty of heresy and burned at the stake. She became a French martyr and was canonised in 1909.

Wangari Maathi

Wangari Maathai was a Kenyan environmental activist who founded the Green Belt Movement which campaigned for the planting of trees, environmental conversation and women’s rights. The first woman in East and Central Africa to earn a doctorate degree, Maathai was elected to parliament and appointed assistant minister for Environment and Natural Resources from 2003– 2005. Her work was internationally recognised when, in 2004, she became the first African woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize for her contribution to sustainable development, peace and democracy.

Theodora, Empress of Byzantium

Theodora exercised considerable influence as wife of the emperor Justinian I, handling political affairs and corresponding with foreign rulers. She is remembered as one of the first rulers to recognise the rights of women, altering divorce laws to give greater benefits to women and prohibiting the traffic in young girls.

#womens history month #women in history

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venicepearl · 2 years

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Joan, Lady of Wales and Lady of Snowdon, also known by her Welsh name often written as Siwan (said, approximately /sɪuːan/) (c. 1191/92 – February 1237) was the illegitimate daughter of King John of England, and was the wife of Llywelyn the Great, Prince of Wales (initially King of Gwynedd), effective ruler of all of Wales.

#Joan of Wales #House Plantagenet #XII century #XIII century #tomb #photo #photography

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Monday 6th February 2023

I may not be allowed to report this and I could be jailed for espionage if anyone passes this intel on, but there was high drama this morning as we watched from our window L02 (HMAS Canberra, helicopter through deck carrier), a frigate and a destroyer quietly slip out to the open seas. Now I have never seen L02 out of its little berth in Sydney harbour! All the years we have passed through there, it's always been at home. Now, there she is, trotting off to pastures new with 2 of her mates leaving the remainder of the Australian navy (2 ships, L01 and another) in dock. So is there something going on that we should be aware of?

We took the 173x to the City. Our mission was to buy tickets for DG at the SOH. For those in the know this is Don Giovanni at the Sydney Opera House. We have a gap in the diary for Thursday night and felt an urge for a bit of culture. Tickets were fast running out but we managed a couple for the Joan Sutherland theatre, circle, row E. I checked with the very patient lady behind the plate glass that she would assure us that we would not be conveniently hidden behind a pillar or that there wouldn't be a woman, Aussie or otherwise, immediately in front of us with a huge great hat on. She said hats are not allowed! So having parted with thousands of pounds, we had our tickets. We sensibly decided to opt out of the delicious canape and Pimm that we were treated to last time, thus saving 56 bucks.

Big disruption on SOH main steps! There's no access because they are closed for a Disney film set. No-one actually knows anything, but the rumour is that Ryan Gosling is filming there and it appeared to involve a crashed aeroplane on the steps. Security was tight and we were not allowed too close. I did enquire if any extras were needed but my offer was brusquely declined.

Another visit to the Art Gallery of New South Wales was quite amusing. Of course a flat white was involved first. It's important to be in the right frame of mind before turning ones attention to works of modern art. A few stiff brandies might help as well. So there on the wall is displayed what looks like the entire output of year two from an unknown primary school. I did say to the attendant that I hoped they didn't pay too much for it. A look of understanding was returned although not an official view.

Well it was a useful kind of day. We didn't manage to find the office of Malaysia Airlines because it has now closed and personnel are working from home. Neither could we find the Avis office, presumably for the same reason. However, we shall be back in the City tomorrow for an exciting excursion which we will document tomorrow if it really is exciting and take another pop at Avis.

173x bus home via our previous digs to pick up a rogue suitcase.

Curried rubbery chicken washed down by Aussie sauv. (Not as good as NZ)

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— Joan, Lady of Wales: Power & Politics of King John’s Daughter, Danna R. Messer (2020)

“[the English king] collected a numerous army of horse and foot soldiers, determining to ravage Welsh territories, and to exterminate the inhabitants.” (Wendover, Flowers of History)

“When the king was preparing to go on a military expedition, and to invade the Welsh, a report was suddenly spread abroad that the earls and barons of Chester had conspired against him; on which account he returned, as if thunderstruck [...] he was greatly agitated at the circumstances.” (Paris, Flowers of History)

“On his arriving with his army at Nottingham, before be either ate or drank, he ordered 28 youths, whom he had received the year before as hostages from the Welsh, to be hung on the gibbet, in revenge [...] While he was, after this, sitting at the table eating and drinking, there came a messenger from the king of Scotland, who delivered letters warning him of premeditated treachery against him; soon after which there came another messenger from the daughter of the king, the wife of Leolin king of Wales. [Though these letters] came from different countries, [they] were to one and the same effect [...] if the king persisted in the war which he had begun, he would either be slain by his own nobles, or delivered to his enemies for destruction [...] the king was alarmed on learning this [and] put more faith in truth of the letters; therefore wisely changing his intention, he ordered his army to return home.” (Wendover, Flowers of History)

“In the meane whiel that the king remained at Notingham, he receiued letters from the princesse of Northwales his daughter, declaring that his nobles had conspired with the French king against him, and for proofe thereof she alledged, [that] the French king prepared an armie to come to England, vnder the colour that the king was a rebell from the church, for that he would not condescend to the bishop of Rome’s requests.” (Powell, Historie of Cambria, Holingshed’s Chronicles)

#king john #joan lady of wales #angevins #w. l. warren #danna r. messer

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