“I may have the body of a weak and feeble woman, but I have the heart and stomach of a king." ~Queen Elizabeth I
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PERIOD DRAMA APPRECIATION WEEK
day 1: favorite period drama
pride & prejudice (2005) dir. joe wright
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There has been such an uptick in portraits found of Elizabeth’s early days as queen recently and I’m LIVING for it!
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We have different memories of Mother. She doted on you, and she ignored me. She had eyes only for you and for Harbard. To me, she was cold and distant… I have very good reason not to feel so angry with Lagertha.—
—Well, you and I, Ubbe, we jumped under the ice because of her. So I don’t quite agree that we should kill Lagertha because of it.
Aslaug fucking loved her children
Still ignored them in order to get pounded by some weirdo who told tall tales…
honestly can people just fucking shut up with the aslaug bashing on my gifsets
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The ladies did change favours: and then we,
Following the signs, woo’d but the sign of she.
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costume appreciation:
Elizabeth’s wardrobe from Elizabeth: The Golden Age [8/15]
(costume by Alexandra Byrne)
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Botanical woodcuts taken from ‘Gart der Gesundheit’ by Hamsen Schonsperger.
Published 1487.
Missouri Botanical Garden Biodiversity Heritage Library.
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