#wars of the roses

[adderstones]

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.

#art #wars of the roses #henry vi #margaret of anjou #english history #english costume #watercolor #colored pencil #artists on tumblr #anyway justice for henry vi every account i read of him either speculated on his mental illness or his lack of sex drive but usually both #also margaret is depicted as this like stone cold bitch thank youuuuu shakespeare

[juanatrastamara]

# get you a multitasking king

#the white queen #twqedit #richard iii #aneurin barnard #abarnardedit #wars of the roses #15th century #thewhitequeendaily #weloveperioddrama #perioddramaedit #tusergabriela #userzaynab #userfefa #mine* #myedit*

[illustratus]

Margaret of Anjou Taken Prisoner after the Battle of Tewkesbury by John Gilbert

#battle of tewkesbury #wars of the roses #margaret of anjou #art #john gilbert #england #medieval #middle ages #tewkesbury abbey #house of york #house of lancaster #english #history #gloucestershire #europe #european #mediaeval #knights #knight #soldiers #palfrey #horses #sky #landscape #clouds #edward iv #edward of westminster #sir john gilbert

[bythequeenmargaret]

I found this by complete chance here around a year ago before promptly proceeding to lose it like a dumbass when I got a new phone. I rediscovered it while going through some old messages with a friend, so I'm posting it here for posterity.

"Written at Saint Michael, in bare, with my own hand, that you may see how good a writer I am." is especially adorable.

#edward of lancaster #edward of westminster #the wars of the roses #wars of the roses #house of lancaster #this is probably the thing i'm most proud of myself for to be honest #i just think it gives him a lot more depth despite it's brevity #he was only a little kid #and his signature....

[mrsstrangewinter]

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.

#my explanation isnt enough #i shall expound this when I write my 5 page analysis #mrs strange winter's analysis #the secret history #the wars of the roses #henry winter #henry vi #richard papen #richard iii #donna tartt #william shakespeare #wars of the roses #tsh #literary analysis #literary parallels

[racefortheironthrone]

So is there any actual evidence to suggest Richard might've been vilified or is he as bad as he's usually portrayed?

Well, it's kind of both.

For example, Richard of Gloucester was not born already damned to Hell, he was not put on earth by Satan to torment England, he was not born with a full set of teeth, he did not see demons, he was not the Antichrist - all of this is pretty standard medieval vilification stuff and should be dismissed out of hand.

On the other hand, Richard came up in the cutthroat political world of the Wars of the Roses and learned his lessons well. He was a hard bastard who did not flinch from killing anyone he viewed as an enemy or a threat or an obstacle, and I think Ricardians shouldn't minimize the awful things he did for power.

Even if your project is to try to reconstruct Richard III's historical reputation, it's both more accurate and more effective to argue that Gloucester was not distinctively evil but rather a conventional politician of the Late Middle Ages.

#history #english history #wars of the roses #richard iii

[elizabethan-memes]

I'm going to put the phrase 'Tudor propaganda' on the top shelf until people stop misusing it and throwing it around willy-nilly.

#tudor history #medieval history #im so tired #wars of the roses

[cowperviolet]

I am going to take part in a major writing competition organized by an independent British publisher, and if I win, I’m going to be offered a five-book contract on novels about the women of the Wars of the Roses (well, except Catherine de Valois for book 1).

Like, yes, the prize is specifically a contract for this specific brief, I’m not hallucinating.

Please, please, wish me luck

Philippa Gregory eat your heart out

@theladyelizabeth @cinemaocd

#writeblr #amwriting #writers of tumblr #writers on tumblr #wip #writeblr community #writing community #writing #wars of the roses #anne neville #margaret of anjou #elizabeth of york #Catherine de Valois

[richardiiiepqblog]

Ok so first poll 🤞🏻🙏🤞🏻 (you can give me feed back if you think I could phrase anything better)

Please reblog and/or follow to help with my EPQ

Thanks y’all ☺️

#history #english history #richard iii #historyblr #the tudors #wars of the roses #english monarchy #tumblr polls #shakespeare #william shakespeare #English history #literature #polls #EPQ

[bstag]

What do you feel about the house of york

I feel like it's a medieval dynasty that one a war. That's about it.

I also think that Richard Duke of York was nothing more than a jealous cousin that saw the perfect opportunity to climb the ladder and took it, justly paying the price. Edward IV's anger over his and his brother's death is understandable and so were his actions. Too bad that he didn't saw that the Duke of York's ruthless ambitions had trickled down to his sons Richard and George before they tried it with him. I think the Woodvilles were overtly greedy and took too much of the hand that fed them making the nobility hate them, and they also paid for it. I mean, arranging prestige marriages for every single Woodville? I get it, one of them was the Queen, but come on now, they clearly overplayed.

On the whole, I find this representation of the Yorks as this typical Good HeirsTM that took their rightful place on the throne and stepped up through harsh times that persists so much to this day lame and reductive. The truth of the matter is, they were never more just and GoodTM than the Lancasters. The Lancasters successfully organized a coup and sat the throne, the Yorks did the same, demonizing Henry VI and Queen Margaret of Anjou through propaganda as a freak and an overly ambitious femme fatale respectively, while casting their teenage son as a cruel bastard. All for defending fiercely what was by right theirs (we have Shakespeare to blame for that as well).

#wars of the roses #house york #house lancaster #edward iv #richard duke of york #george plantagenet #richard iii #Henry vi #margaret of anjou #edward of westminster #medieval warfare #medieval england #late middle ages

[thesunneinsuplandour]

Richard III according to William Shakespeare 😭😭

#art by lily seika jones #richard iii #shakespeare #wars of the roses #history #medieval era

[adderstones]

Probably the most notorious lovers of the Wars of the Roses: Edward IV and Elizabeth Woodville

This was a fun one. The legend goes they met under an oak tree, and that Edward pursued Elizabeth until she agreed to marry him in secret. There's so much going on between these two figures, but it does seem that despite everything it does seem that Edward and Elizabeth had genuine affection for one another.

#illustration #wars of the roses #elizabeth woodville #edward iv #watercolor #costume history #english history #colored pencils #artists on tumblr

[juanatrastamara]

the white queen 10 year anniversary: house lancaster vs house of york

#edward iv #elizabeth woodville #anne neville #richard iii #edward v #max irons #rebecca ferguson #aneurin barnard #faye marsay #house of york #wars of the roses #15th century #rebeccafergusonedit #maxironsedit #abarnardedit #twqedit #perioddramaedit #weloveperiddrama #thewhitequeendaily #weloveperioddrama #myedit* #mine* #twq10

[illustratus]

The Battle of Bosworth by Peter Jackson

#battle of bosworth #art #peter jackson #england #wars of the roses #medieval #knights #richard iii #king of england #king #henry tudor #middle ages #history #english #civil war #europe #knight #armour #mace #britain #plantagenets #plantagenet #house of york #house of tudor #tudors #tudor #wales #dragon #bosworth field #monarch

[earlymodernbarbie]

Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Richmond and Derby by an unknown artist c. 18th century

#they hate her cause they ain’t her #also Richard III killed those boys #Philippa Gregory can kiss my ass #margaret beaufort #wars of the roses #18th century art #18th century #15th century art #15th century #tudor period #tudor history #the tudors #english history #tudor era #tudor england #tudor rose #house of tudor #tudor dynasty #henry vii #medieval #medieval england #henry viii #portraits #portrait

[burningvelvet]

the lost king (2022) may not be entirely historically accurate or the greatest film ever made, but it's still endearing, and it does provide representation for lonely, depressed, chronically-ill women who form parasocial relationships to cope & are really obsessed with historical figures most people don't care about. and for that i'm giving it a 8/10.

#no i don't relate to her #harry lloyd dressed as king richard iii on a horse is kind of an aesthetic #the lost king #the lost king 2022 #king richard iii #ricardians #sally hawkins #harry lloyd #film reviews #film #steve coogan #mark addy #history #english history #wars of the roses