The execution of Anne Boleyn; May 19th 1536
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when van gogh was out painting in a field some kids shot him by mistake while they were playing with their dad’s shotgun but he told everyone he shot himself so they wouldn’t get in trouble and then he DIED and for a long time everyone thought it was suicide but it wasn’t a suicide he was just trying to help the kids that’s the saddest thing in the world im gonna throw up
I’ve created these flyers for a school activist project where I bring more attention to the women in history that have been forgotten or ignored. This blog will be an extension of those flyers where I post longer biographies of these women and other bad-ass women like them. Too often women’s achievements have been pushed aside, either by others in their lives, or else by the historians who choose to ignore them. This tumblr is dedicated to celebrating them and bringing their achievements to light!
“Somewhere in their wanderings the Mongols had learned the power of sexual terrorism. …Everyone knew that this barbarous act violated in spirit and in detail the long list of laws Genghis Khan had made regarding women. Girls could be married at a young age but could not engage in sex until sixteen, and then they initiated the encounter with their husbands. They could not be seized, raped, kidnapped, bartered, or sold.”
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“Our perception of religion’s influence in [Viking] society is based on texts written hundreds of years afterwards, by men from a different and more misogynistic religion.”
Don’t underestimate Viking women | ScienceNordic.
Other interesting things from the article: A lot of Viking grave sites have been gendered according to modern Western perceptions of “feminine” versus “masculine” burial objects. Only problem? In graves where human remains have been found (and examined) as well, men have been buried with things like beads and cloth and jewellery, and women have been buried with weapons.
The fact that the Christian men who wrote down most of what we know today of Viking history/religion downplayed the role of women is pretty much a given, q.v. how few stories of the ásynjur survive, versus the “gaps” in the sagas where women would seem to fit (and the women that we do have are not meek and mild little things). It’s good to see more and more of these stories coming out in recent years (and telling that they all come from female anthropologists/archaeologists/whatever).
My Viking feels. Let me show you tiem.
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This masterpiece of Renaissance metalwork is signed on the browplate by Filippo Negroli, whose embossed armor was praised by sixteenth-century writers as “miraculous” and deserving “immortal merit.” Formed of one plate of steel and patinated to look like bronze, the bowl is raised in high relief with motifs inspired by classical art. The graceful mermaidlike siren forming the helmet’s comb holds a grimacing head of Medusa by the hair. The sides of the helmet are covered with acanthus scrolls inhabited by putti, a motif ultimately derived from ancient Roman sculpture and wall paintings. (x)
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“In practice as well as principle the Republic was savagely meritocratic. Indeed, this, to the Romans, was what liberty meant. It appeared self-evident to them that the entire course of their history had been an evolution away from slavery, toward a freedom based on the dynamics of perpetual competition.”
this goddamn dbq wth if you’re asking about eisenhower’s administration WHY IS THERE A DOCUMENT ABOUT JFK
new royalty emerged in the 21st century, but it was merely a continuation of the trend in the 20th century. examples include “queen latifa” and “lady gaga”
“Dress suitably in short skirts and strong boots, leave your jewels in the bank, and buy a revolver.”
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