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⎯ elizabeth i and robert dudley

Royal Rumors and Scandals    ➝  Elizabeth I

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1. Darya Saltykova was a Russian noblewoman accused of torturing and murdering at least 100 of her serfs. Most of the serfs she murdered were children and young girls. Complaints about Saltykova were ignored by officials for a very long time until relatives of her victims were able to bring an official petiton before Catherine the Great who sentenced her to be chained to a public platform for one hour wearing a sign stating 'This Woman tortured and Murdered', Saltykova was later imprisoned in the basement of a convent for the remainder of her life.

2. Alice Kyteler, a well known Serial Killer in Ireland during the 14th century, murdered 4 men and escaped to England where she was never heard from again.

3. Mary Ann Cotton, Britain's first serial killer, was suspected of the murders of 14 people, including her stepson, in her older life twenty one people close to her died. Her motive was gain, as she would marry, kill and collect the insurance money, then repeat it again. She was hanged in Durham prison on March 24, 1873.

4. Countess Elizabeth Báthory de Ecsed was a Hungarian noblewoman and reputed serial killer of hundreds of young women in the 16th and 17th centuries. Stories of her sadism and brutality quickly became part of national folklore, her infamy earning her the nickname “The Blood Countess” or “Countess Dracula”.

5. Giulia Tofana was an Italian professional purveyor of poisons, and the inventor of the deadly poison Aqua Tofana, which is named after her.

6. Locusta was a notorious maker of poisons in the 1st-century Roman Empire, active in the final two reigns of the Julio-Claudian dynasty. She supposedly took part in the assassinations of Claudius and Britannicus.

Lady Godvia

The Nude Ride

The legend of the nude ride is first recorded in the 13th century, in the Flores Historiarum and the adaptation of it by Roger of Wendover. Despite its considerable age, it is not regarded as plausible by modern historians, nor is it mentioned in the two centuries intervening between Godiva’s death and its first appearance, while her generous donations to the church receive various mentions.

According to the typical version of the story, Lady Godiva took pity on the people of Coventry, who were suffering grievously under her husband’s oppressive taxation. Lady Godiva appealed again and again to her husband, who obstinately refused to remit the tolls. At last, weary of her entreaties, he said he would grant her request if she would strip naked and ride on a horse through the streets of the town. The painting below, from 1892, depicts her moment of decision.

Lady Godiva took him at his word, and after issuing a proclamation that all persons should stay indoors and shut their windows, she rode through the town, clothed only in her long hair. Just one person in the town, a tailor ever afterward known as Peeping Tom, disobeyed her proclamation in one of the most famous instances of voyeurism. In the story, Tom bores a hole in his shutters so that he might see Godiva pass and is struck blind.

In the end, Lady Godiva’s husband keeps his word and abolishes the onerous taxes.

So, if this is true, then indeed, Lady Godiva is a heroine, a martyr of sorts, and probably venerated by the townspeople. Too bad all she is remembered for is the naked part.

I'm way too busy to do arts for fun, so please have this cover page of my next gl webcomic I did months ago as a sign that I'm still alive !!!

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Title: Young Man Sleeping

Artist: William Dobell

Year: 1935

Medium: oil on cardboard

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every other poster on the tube right now is advertising a new musical called ‘the time traveller’s wife’. for a blissful moment i forgot that a ‘wife’ is something that a heterosexual woman can be, and, believing it to be a beautiful lesbian tale akin to tihylttw, decided to google the synopsis to see if it was worth checking out. big mistake. ‘man first encounters his future spouse as a young girl, returns to kiss her at 18 and marry her in the future, remaining the same age as barely any time passes for him meanwhile she spends years alone pining for her distant angel’ blinks. what does that remind me of. oh yeah apparently this came before. i’m already suffering through series 5 at the current moment, so, plenty enough of that for years to come, thank you, and— what a surprise— the novel the musical’s based on was a primary inspiration for you-know-who’s weird fixation on this particular plotline. the worst part about the time traveller’s wife is that there aren’t even any cool steampunk clockwork droids or gorgeous 18th century french dresses to make up for the vomit-inducing implications. i have never been more disappointed. mind wipe, now

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I was planning on posting today but it’s taking a while to compile the things I need, so in the meantime please enjoy this very corny Barbie-inspired moodboard I made last year!

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Pilates is the combining of mankind’s vast knowledge on health that span thousands of years, and cats, to develop the ultimate fitness exercise!

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The final week of BAB! I’m not gonna lie, I’m sad to see it go (though I will be keeping the character and posting more of him later). Full body and size under the cut. 

— Princess Victoria Melita’s pink-toned room at her sister’s residence.

Out of the edinburgh siblings, there is certainly no doubt that the Princesses Marie and Victoria Melita shared the closest bond with one another. Thus, their parting never lasted long and they chose to often reunite at different locations. This included the new home of Victoria Melita’s beloved sister — the cosy Pelișor Castle in the Romanian Carpathian Mountains, where Victoria Melita had a snug pink-toned room of her own, decorated to her liking.

📸 The photographs of Princess Victoria Melita’s room were taken by me. | Royal Collection Trust / Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth 2022.

1/? tudor aesthetics:

⎯ henry vii and elizabeth of york

Royal Rumors and Scandals → Lady Jane Grey

"I was a queen, and you took away my crown; a wife, and you killed my husband; a mother, and you deprived me of my children. My blood alone remains: take it, but do not make me suffer long."

Muhammad Ali with his winning, (1974)

History: Joan of Arc - The Maid of Orleans (1412-1431)

But to surrender who you are and to live without belief is more terrible than dying – even more terrible than dying young.