Costumes Of Tudor Era England, From Costumes Of All Nations Published In 1882.

Costumes of Tudor Era England, from “Costumes of All Nations” published in 1882.

L-R: Anne Boleyn, Henry VIII, Jane Seymour (seated), Catherine Parr, Elizabeth I, Edward VI, and Mary I.

“Once we strip away the layers of myth and exaggeration, the Jane we find is devout, unflinching, and composed to the end.”

— England’s Forgotten Queen: The Life and Death of Lady Jane Grey, Helen Castor

christine de pizan, the book of the city of ladies, 1405.

Mary was so sweet and affectionate. She’s everything I hoped she would be. It seems to be no wonder she’s so marvelously beloved for her virtue and goodness in the hearts of the people.

The Duchess, Hans Holbein the Younger, 16th century, Harvard Art Museums: Prints

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, John Witt Randall Fund Medium: Woodcut on off-white antique laid paper

https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/246281

To me she’s the most beautiful creature on God’s earth