I'm so enjoying it!!

I am almost halfway through this book by @drjaninaramirez.bsky.social and I'm loving it! Can't wait to carry on learning about medeival women!

By getting so up close with the portrait, you can see all the details and brushstrokes which we often miss when looking at paintings online. As my PhD is on Alexandra, seeing this in person was nothing short of spectacular!

#alexandraofdenmark #queenalexandra #edwardians #exhibition #history

Georgiana's story is extensive and her influence on eighteenth-century society unparalleled for one post, so to learn more about her and the way Society treated women like Georgiana, do watch "The Duchess".

#georgiana #duchessofdevonshire #chatsworth #history #womenshistory

Her life and legacy has been shadowed by her tremendously unhappy marriage: after her husband took on a mistress in the form of her dear friend and confidant, Lady Elizabeth Foster (Bess), Georgiana began an affair of her own with politician Charles Grey with whom she had an illegitimate daughter.

movements and styles being reported on in the press and analysed by those around her. She also surrounded herself with incredibly influential and intelligent people and attended salons, participated in politics as an ardent supporter of the Whig party, and relished in enlightenment principles.

players of their society with the dukedom of Devonshire belonging to one of the wealthiest aristocratic families since the sixteenth century.

Georgiana's renowned style brought her to prominence after her marriage to the Duke, and she became a leading figure in Society (with a capital S) with her

Kiera Knightley's depiction of her in "The Duchess" (available on Netflix) brings her story to a wider audience where comparisons between Georgiana's life and that of her great(x4) niece, Diana, Princess of Wales, are incredibly apparent. Both women were married off very young to hugely influential