#Seekingshakespeare “The very ink with which history is written is mere fluid prejudice.” — Samuel Clemens, aka “Mark Twain” #historyloversclub #kingscollegecambridge #livinglondonhistory #tudor_women #englishhistory #mark.twain.quotes #__mark_twain__ #uk.history #untoldtudorhistory #snippetshistory #thetudortravelguide #thetoweroflondon #tower.of.london
#Seekingshakespeare “His peers upon this evidence, have found him guilty of high treason.” — Henry VIII, II.i While we are on the subject of evidence (of dachshund high crimes and misdemeanors 🙄), let’s take a brief look at what is evidence at law and what is historical evidence and what Shakespeare knew about evidence. The photo, by the way, is a death mask from the Tower of London. #historyloversclub #historylovers #ancientgreekhistory #uk.history #tower.of.london_ #tudorhistoryxo #historywithmegs #untoldtudorhistory #snippetshistory #thetudornerd #virginiastatebar #thetudorfact #tudorhistory #thetudortravelguide #ukhistory
#seekingshakespeare “There is a history in all men’s lives figuring the natures of times deceased, the which observed, a man may prophesy with a near aim, of the main chance of things as yet not come to life.” - Henry IV, Part II You may have heard this said a different way: “History does not repeat itself, but it does rhyme.” This photo is the tournament armor of Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton. It resides in the Royal Armouries Museum in Leeds, England. #call.me.naive.antiques #intheenglishstyle #historywithmegs #untoldtudorhistory #shakespearedevere #livinglondonhistory #george_steel_armours #_leeds.uk #royalarmouriesmuseum
Seekingshakespeare “History is a set of lies agreed upon.” - Napoleon Bonaparte Napoleon was born over 150 years after Elizabeth I died, but I have always loved how concisely his take on history fits Elizabeth’s reign. Far from the sugary renaissance festival of “merry old England”, the Elizabethan Age was full of intrigues, spies, affairs, treacheries, murders and most importantly, political cover ups. What really happened is never what you think happened. But digging in and figuring out the historical lies, who told them and why - well, that is my kind of fun! #empressbonaparte #echosofthepast #histoiredenapoleon #napoleon__bonaparte #elizabethanhistory #tudors_reimagined #queen__elizabethi #snippethistory #historywithmegs #tudorhistory #untoldtudorhistory