Welcome to another one of history_haven 's summer events, the historical movie discussion!

Each month this summer, I will post a link to a movie for you all to watch along with some points for you to discuss.

The pick this month is...

Marie Antoinette


( Read more... )

So... I'm wandering through the children's non-fiction in the lovely bookstore, Frugal Muse, and what do I find? A small pink and blue book that is titled, The History of England by Jane Austen.

Jane Austen!

So, I had to buy it and found it was a hilarious, satarical account of the English monarchs, Henry 4th - Charles 1st. Miss Austen composed this ( Read more... )

EDIT: Nope, LJ-cuts are still being screwy.

The high level of respect for women made Egyptian society unusual for its time. Women in the royal household could become especially influential and queens were expected to co-reign with the pharaoh until their sons came of age.

They were also given estates solely in their names and this provided them with ( Read more... )

Hemophilia is a rare blood clotting disorder that affects only 1 in 4,000 people. So how come at the turn of the 20th century, did the royal families of Russia, Spain, and Germany have five children between them with this disorder?

The answer is more shocking then you'd think.

They all got it from the same source - their great grandmother, Queen ( Read more... )

I must shape my own coat according to my cloth, but it shall not be after the fashion of this world but fit for me.

-Arbella Stuart, lady of LennoxThe niece of Mary, Queen of Scots and cousin to Queen Elizabeth I, Arbella Stuart was once considered a likely heir to the throne of England, once Elizabeth's mortality came to pass. Kept isolated and ( Read more... )

I believe everyone might be interested in this article about a fascinating Chinese empress, named Cixi.

"Too much mystery surrounds the Forbidden City for us to write of its inmates with assured authority. Even when the facts are known, there are two or three versions, each giving a different rendering of what occurred. This vagueness is ( Read more... )

( Read more... )

 Much suspected by me,
Nothing proved can be,
Quoth ELIZABETH prisoner.

- Carved upon a window with a diamond's edge at Woodstock Manor.Queen Elizabeth I has been noted for her precocious intelligence, her brilliant oration skills, and her superior speech writing abilities; but did you know that this queen was also a poet ( Read more... )

After recently watching 'The Other Boleyn Girl', I've started becoming curious on the subject of Henry VIII charging Anne with witchcraft. We all know it was just an excuse to kill her and that all of Henry's charges were trumped-up *clears throat at a certain book reference* but what was his supposed proof?

Well here's a paragraph from here which ( Read more... )

Today is the 473 anniversary of Anne Boleyn's execution.  Over a month ago, I was reading the speech she made before her execution and was pretty bored.  So, I decided to take some of my unused creativity and some personal opinions, and I added words to her speech to make it like an "original version" that she modified to make the one she actually ( Read more... )