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Royal History

  • My Top 5 Favorite Vanessa Redgrave Costume Drama Roles

    For today’s post I would like to do a count down of my favorite roles played by Vanessa Redgrave in costume dramas.    All five of these films are worth watching, and some are even masterpieces in my opinion.   Without further ado here are the top five costume drama roles portrayed by the great…

  • The Elizabeth Woodville and Guinevere Connection

    For today’s post I would like to discuss the connection between the legendary figure of Guinevere and the real queen Elizabeth Woodville!    This may seem a bit far fetched, but given the prevalence of Arthurian legends during the medieval period, many real royals would take inspiration from these legends.    Elizabeth Woodville’s daughter and…

  • Cleopatra: Deadly Pharaoh

    Hello my lovely readers, and welcome to Femme Fatale Friday, here at White Rose of Avalon.    For this week’s femme fatale I have chosen to discuss the life and legend of Cleopatra VII of Egypt.     She was the last queen of Egypt, and an icon of female power in an era when…

  • The White Falcon

    Today I would like to discuss Anne Boleyn’s coronation song.    On Sunday June 1, 1533 Anne Boleyn was coronated Queen of England.   Her coronation ballad was titled The White Falcon, and was written to honor her new role as queen.    It was a time that Anne Boleyn and Henry VIII were at…

  • Tudor Women’s Fashion

    At the Tudor court, as with many other royal courts, fashion was an important element of how courtiers distinguished themselves.    There are strict court politics when it came to sartorial choices, yet some were able to make a splash in how they dressed. Two of the most important figures in the Tudor era to…

  • Anne Boleyn and the Art of Flirting in Royal Courts

    I have written about courtly love traditions before.   Today I want to focus on a specific element of courtly love tradition.    Flirting was something well groomed and intelligent courtiers were expected to participate in.   There were rules to how to flirt without offending the strict traditions of the royal courts! Flirting would…

  • My Top 5 Favorite Parodies

    Today I would like to do a countdown of my favorite parodies, both film and television series.     Number 5: Airplane! (Film series) ~These films are hilarious send-ups of airplane based films.    The whole of the first film is uproarious and is very fun to watch. Number 4: Scary Movie (Film series) ~The…

  • Historical Inaccuracy in Modern Film and Television

    There is something that I want to talk about that is more hot button than I normally would post here, but I really feel the need to express this.    It relates to my love of history, and so much of the content I post here is of a historical nature making this a post…

  • James I: Witch-Hunter King

    James VI of Scotland became James I of England in 1603, after the childless death of Elizabeth I.    He is most often remembered for being the first Stuart king of England, and the first monarch to rule a united England and Scotland.     Another important fact about James I is that he was…

  • Rumours About Elizabeth I

    Welcome to the final day of Elizabethan Intrigue week, here at White Rose of Avalon!   Elizabeth I was far from being without her share of scandalous rumors!    In this post I will take a look at three of the most interesting rumors spread about her! I will start with a rather obvious rumor. …