Isolde

feistyfeminist:

coolpeopleinhistory:

“Tomorrow I die because I lusted not for flesh, but to command my own destiny. This is not a womanly act, I know, but I have oft thought that in this way my spirit is much the same as a man’s. In this world a woman is born with one master who is her father. He rules her life until he hands her to a husband, who rules her till death. Many preachers preach that women have no souls. But some perverse twisting in my self has always kept me from obedience from men. I was but a girl when I first counted my self their worthy opponent. I defied them all - father, Cardinal Wolsey, Henrey. Held my ground like some knighted soldier on a battle ground. Mustered my forces, advanced, retreated, fought many skirmishes, practiced diplomacy won some great battles. And lost the war.”

-Anne Boleyn, in her last letter to Elizabeth

This is actually from the book The Secret Diary of Anne Boleyn, which I greatly enjoyed.