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49 - Anne of Cleves (3): The King's Sister

Sun, 28 May 2017 14:31:00 GMT

As Henry sought to end marriage number 4, Anne of Cleves had to play her weak hand very carefully if she was to survive.

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48 - Anne of Cleves (2): God Send Me Well To Keep

Sun, 21 May 2017 14:31:00 GMT

After their disastrous first meeting with Anne of Cleves, Henry reluctantly embarked on his fourth marriage. Yet the proof of the pudding would be in the consumating - and there enlay the problem.

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Shownotes

Headboard from bed of Henry VIII and Anne of Cleves (the Guardian)

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Some more on Thomas Cromwell (History Today)

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47 - Anne of Cleves (1): The Second Choice

Sun, 07 May 2017 16:30:22 GMT

After the death of Jane Seymour, Henry and Cromwell began a pan-European search to find wife number four.

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Shownotes

Tudor Times survey on who historians and authors say their favourite of Henry's wives is (Tudor Times)

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Portrait of Christina of Denmark (The National Gallery)

Portrait of Anne of Cleves (Wikipedia)

The Schmalkaldic League (Wikipedia)

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46 - Jane Seymour (2): The Pacific Peacemaker

Sun, 23 Apr 2017 14:31:00 GMT

Coming to the throne hours after the execution of Anne Boleyn, the new queen Jane Seymour found herself in a far weaker position than that of her predecessors. That said, she was not entirely content to just be a babymaker.

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Shownotes

The Second Succession Act which disinherited Mary and Elizabeth (Wikipedia )

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Mary Tudor's letter of submission to Henry VIII (English History)

The Pilgrimage of Grace (History Learning Site)

Diego de Mendoza (Wikipedia)

A midwife's view of the death of Jane Seymour (Tudor Stuff)

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45 - Jane Seymour (1): The Lady from Wolf Hall

Mon, 10 Apr 2017 06:13:26 GMT

Jane Seymour is often held up as the anti-Anne Boleyn - the opposite to the queen that she replaced. But were they really that different?

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Shownotes

The Seymour Family (wikipedia )

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Portrait of Jane Seymour by Hans Holbein (Web Gallery of Art)

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CHAT: Anne Boleyn with Claire Ridgway

Sun, 02 Apr 2017 14:30:00 GMT

Concluding my series on Anne Boleyn, I wanted to get someone on the podcast who really got Anne Boleyn - and luckily the first person on my list who I contacted agreed to come on the show.

Claire Ridgway

Claire is a writer, blogger and all around Tudor fanatic from my homeland of England but now plies her trade in sunny Spain. In 2009, she started one of my favourite history websites on the whole web, the Anne Boleyn Files - a fantastic repository of her research and fascination with England's most controversial queen.

You can find her stuff in all these places:

Websites:

https://www.theanneboleynfiles.com/

http://www.elizabethfiles.com/

Books:

Claire's author page on Amazon

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44 - Anne Boleyn (4): Around the Throne, the Thunder Roars

Sun, 26 Mar 2017 14:30:00 GMT

The fall of Anne Boleyn was as ruthless as it was swift. How did it happen? Why did it happen?

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Shownotes

Henry VIII's jousting accident (History Extra)

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John Skip's sermon (The Anne Boleyn Files)

The interrogation of Mark Smeaton (The Anne Boleyn Files)

Oyer and Terminer (wikipedia)

Execution of the non-Boleyn men (The Anne Boleyn Files)

Footage of Anne Boleyn's exection from The Tudors (Youtube)

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43 - Anne Boleyn (3): Mistress on the Throne

Sun, 12 Mar 2017 15:00:00 GMT

Often when we think about Anne Boleyn we see either the sultry mistress or the tragic victim - but people often forget that for 3 years she was a queen consort and don't judge her time on the throne on its merits. Today, we see how her reign stacks up to that of her forebears.

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Shownotes

Bishop Hugh Latimer (wikipedia )

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Elizabeth I using the politics of ostentation (The Elizabeth Files)

Anne Boleyn and Hampton Court Palace (On the Tudor Trail)

Venes Regrets, Venes Tous - directed by David Skinner, sung by Clare Wilkinson (Youtube)

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42 - Anne Boleyn (2): The Rise

Sun, 26 Feb 2017 11:41:27 GMT

The decision not to sleep with Henry set both he and Anne on a course that would lead to the ripping up the religious fabric of England. Opposition both at home and abroad delayed it all, but the prospect of a child changed everything.

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Shownotes

The song played at the start of the episode: Anne by Kayak (youtube)

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The Obedience of a Christian Man (wikipedia )

More on Anne's coronation procession (Anne Boleyn Files)

More on the birth of Elizabeth I (Anne Boleyn Files)

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Supplemental - Henry VIII's Love Letters to Anne Boleyn

Tue, 14 Feb 2017 12:01:00 GMT

As a Valentine's Day special, here are Henry VIII's surviving love letters to Anne Boleyn. Use his words with extreme caution.

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Shownotes

The Letters (this is not where I got them from, but this is a good online repository) - (The Anne Boleyn Files)

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41 - Anne Boleyn (1): The Birth of a Legend

Sun, 12 Feb 2017 11:05:30 GMT

Anne Boleyn is probably the most controversial queen in English history, with more books, films and tv shows about her than just about anyone else. Yet the secret to her success and fame started, not in England, but in the courts of Margaret of Austria and Francis I.

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Shownotes

Margaret of Austria (wikipedia )

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Media links from Youtube:
Natalie Dormer
C laire Foy
Natalie Portman
Genevieve Bujold
Helena Bonham Carter (warning, violent sexual assault scene depicted)

Queen Claude of France (wikipedia )

Anne Boleyn's portrait in the National Portrait Gallery (National Portrait Gallery)

Henry Percy & Anne Boleyn (English History)

Thomas Wyatt (Anne Boleyn Files)

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CHAT: Katherine of Aragon with Heather Teysko

Sun, 05 Feb 2017 10:20:47 GMT

A discussion of Henry VIII's first queen with fellow podcaster Heather Teysko. In my first ever Chat episode, we discuss our opinions on Katherine's reign, her family and upbringing, her reactions to her problems conceiving and Anne Boleyn.

Heather Teysko

She is producer and host of the Renaissance English History Podcast.

Heather has been running this show for 8 years now, and it stands as one of the best history podcasts on English and early modern history around. From wars, royals and nobles, to fashion, beauty and culture, this show covers it all.

She also has a show with her husband, watching the tv series The Tudors where they discuss the history behind the hit show.

You can find her show in all these places:

Website:
www.englandcast.com

iTunes:
Renaissance English History Podcast
Watching the Tudors

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40 - Katherine of Aragon (4): A Most Obstinate Woman

Sun, 22 Jan 2017 15:31:00 GMT

Katherine spent the final years of her life, fighting tooth and claw to protect her marriage and the inheritance of her daughter. It would be a fight that she would ultimately lose.

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Shownotes

The Fall of Thomas Wolsey (English History)

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The fate of Bishop Fisher's cook (Wikipedia)

The More (Wikipedia)

The First Act of Supremacy (Wikipedia)

Kimbolton Castle (kimbolton.cambs.sch.uk)

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39 - Katherine of Aragon (3): Trying a Queen

Sun, 08 Jan 2017 15:32:00 GMT

As the trial of the century loomed, Henry and Wolsey thought that they could win the argument that the king's marriage was not legal. They thought that they would not face much public opposition from Katherine. Instead, to their shock, she turned out to be a fearsome opponent.

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Shownotes

Íñigo de Mendoza (wikipedia)

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Lorenzo Campeggio (wikipedia)

Thomas Abel (wikipedia)

Death of John the Baptist (wikipedia)

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Supplemental - Eowyn: Lady of the Shieldarm, Shieldmaiden of Rohan

Sun, 25 Dec 2016 09:00:00 GMT

In his collective works on the world of Middle Earth, J.R.R. Tolkein created a great number of fascinating, badass characters. Sadly, all but one of them were male. All except for one: Eowyn from the Lord of the Rings.

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Shownotes

Lord of the Rings : The Two Towers. Eowyn and Aragorn

Videos used for the audio clips

LOTR A hutch to trammel some wild thing in

LOTR Extended Edition - Eowyn/Aragorn

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Map of Middle Earth (Wallpaper Cave)

Rohan (wikipedia)

Volsung Saga (wikipedia)

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38 - Katherine of Aragon (2): Henry's Spanish Queen

Sun, 11 Dec 2016 09:44:55 GMT

Katherine of Aragon was a successful queen in almost every respect. She did everything right. Except for a couple of teeny tiny things...

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Shownotes

More on Fray Diego Fernandez (History and Other Thoughts)

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Maria de Salinas (Wikipedia)

War of the League of Cambrai (Wikipedia)

Battle of the Spurs (Wikipedia)

Battle of Flodden (Historic UK)

Field of the Cloth of Gold (Tudor History)

Evil May Day (Wikipedia)

Ian McKellan's performance of Sir Thomas More's Evil May Day speech (Youtube)

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37 - Katherine of Aragon (1): His Brother's Wife

Sun, 27 Nov 2016 15:41:18 GMT

Katherine of Aragon had one of the most powerful women in mediaeval history for a mother, and came from the great up-and-coming kingdom of Europe. Fate dealt her great cards, but things would not be easy for her once she came to England as Princess of Wales.

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Shownotes

Spanish Medieval History (wikipedia)

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Map of Spanish Kingdoms (LearnNC.org)

Descendants of Ferdinand and Isabella (wikipedia)

The 7 Sacraments (FranciscanMedia.org)

Pope Julius II, The Terrifying Pope (wikipedia)

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36 - Season 1 Wrap-Up: The Medieval Queens

Sun, 13 Nov 2016 13:05:25 GMT

It's been a crazy 18 months doing this show, and so today we wrap up Season 1 of the Queens of England podcast with a whistle stop tour of England's mediaeval queens.

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Shownotes

Helpful list of English queens consort (wikipedia)

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Kids graph (me)

Nationality graph (me)

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35 - Elizabeth of York (2): The Fresh Flower of Plantagenet

Sun, 30 Oct 2016 16:54:20 GMT

Elizabeth of York was a symbol of the new regime, the White Rose to Henry's Red. Although she would be subordinated to the influence of the king's mother, she would not be a passive queen.

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Shownotes

Who is the Master of Revels (Shakespeare Online)

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Ferdinand and Isabella: The Catholic Monarchs (wikipedia )

In a Glorious Garden Green performed by Gondwana Voices, arr. by David Hamilton (Youtube)

The Hours of Elizabeth the Queen (The British Library)

Henry VII and Elizabeth of York at Westminster Abbey (Westminster Abbey)

Thomas More's Rueful Lamentation for Elizabeth of York (Luminarium)

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Supplemental - Queens of Ice and Fire: The Consorts of Game of Thrones

Sun, 16 Oct 2016 10:52:53 GMT

The world of Geroge R.R. Martin's Song of Ice and Fire series is strongly influenced by our own medieval period, and this goes for its queens as well. Today we compare the likes of Cersei Lannister and Margaery Tyrell to the queens of medieval England - see how they stack up.

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Listeners like YOU on Patreon - www.patreon.com/QueensofEnglandPodcast

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This video sums up the series up to but not including the most recent season (warning: Explicit Language): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-T-652VtQk

These are the Youtube videos that I used for the audio clips (warning: Explicit Language)

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Clip 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-I4O2UdTGQ

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34 - Elizabeth of York (1): The White Rose and the Red

Sun, 02 Oct 2016 16:25:10 GMT

Completing our run of Wars of the Roses queens, Elizabeth of York's marriage to Henry Tudor marked the final union of England's great warring houses. But Elizabeth potentially could be as great a threat to Henry as she was an asset...

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Shownotes

My guest episode on Bessie Blount for the Renaissance English History Podcast. Click the links below:
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Link to the website

Sing a Song of Sixpence performed by the Hastings College Choir (Youtube)

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George Neville, Duke of Bedford (Wikipedia)

Treaty of Piquigny (Wikipedia)

Final scene of Shakespeare's Richard III, including the final speech (MIT.edu)

What is an epithalamium (wikipedia)

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33 - Anne Neville: Heiress, Princess, Duchess and Queen

Sun, 18 Sep 2016 20:09:49 GMT

Anne Neville was born into great privilege and wealth, things were going great. Then everyone died. Which was bad, But she rose from the ashes of Tewkesbury to become the wife of England's most controversial king.

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Shownotes

Anne Beauchamp (wikipedia)

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QoE Wall of Thanks

Middleham Castle (English Heritage)

Anne Neville in her room, making no noise and pretending she's not there (Youtube)

Edward of Middleham (wikipedia)

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32 - Elizabeth Woodville (3): Queen Mother Twice Over

Sun, 04 Sep 2016 17:50:54 GMT

The early death of her husband Edward IV left Elizabeth in charge of ensuring a smooth transition of power to their son, Edward V. Her brother-in-law's coup forced her to seek sanctuary, but she would not be a passenger in the tumultuous events of the final years of her time in the historical spotlight.

Shownotes

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Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester - the Lord Protector during the reign of Henry VI (wikipedia)

Thomas Grey, Marquess of Dorset (wikipedia)

Titulus Regius with modernised spelling and annotations (Party Parcel)

The legend of the Princes in the Tower (wikipedia)

Why Is It Called Buckingham’s Rebellion? (Matt's History Blog)

The annulment of Titulus Regius (Party Parcel)

Why did Lambert Simnel’s Rebellion Against Henry VII Fail? (Tudor Blogger)

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31 - Elizabeth Woodville (2): Daughter of a Murdered Father, Sister to a Murdered Brother

Sun, 21 Aug 2016 16:33:35 GMT

Elizabeth had a lot to do to persuade the people of England that she was worthy of being their queen. She responded to it by packing the key positions and titles of the kingdom with Woodvilles. Warwick's reaction was... let's say poor.

Shownotes

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The Woodville Family Tree

Jacquetta of Luxembourg and Witchcraft (TheAnneBoleynFiles.com)

The Children of Elizabeth Woodville and Edward IV (SusanHigginbotham.com)

Louis de Gruuthuse (wikipedia.org)

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30 - Elizabeth Woodville (1): The English Commoner Queen

Sun, 07 Aug 2016 20:18:05 GMT

Elizabeth Woodville was the most left-field choice of a Queen in English history - one of only two commoners to become a consort. But why did the new Yorkist king risk everything for this poor, hot widow.

Shownotes

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Queens of England Podcast Facebook page (Facebook.com)

Queens of England Podcast Twitter page (Twitter.com)

Isabella I of Castile (wikipedia)

Mary of Guelders (wikipedia)

Bona of Savoy (wikipedia)

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29 - Margaret of Anjou (3) - The Second She-Wolf

Sun, 24 Jul 2016 14:05:30 GMT

Following the victory at Wakefield, Margaret and the Lancastrian army marched on London, but they were unable to take the capital. Thus the pendulum of fortune that was the Wars of the Roses continued to swing between red rose and white until the final showdown at Tewkesbury.

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My episode on The History of England on Jane Shore (History of England website)

Queens of England Podcast Facebook page (Facebook.com)

Queens of England Podcast Twitter page (Twitter.com)

Battle of Towton (wikipedia)

Louis XI of France (wikipedia)

Battle of Barnet (wikipedia)

Battle of Tewkesbury (wikipedia)

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28 - Margaret of Anjou (2): A Great and Strong Laboured Woman

Sun, 10 Jul 2016 21:51:40 GMT

After finding her husband laid low by mental illness and the whole country collapsing into civil war, Margaret of Anjou was forced to take the bull by the horns. By taking control of the kingdom and the Lancastrian cause, she achieved infamy.

Shownotes

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Family tree of the Lancastrian and Yorkist claims to the throne (pinterest)

The Paston Letters (wikipedia)

First Battle of St Albans (wikipedia)

Game of Thrones coversation about Power (youtube)

Battle of Blore Heath (wikipedia)

Battle of Ludford Bridge (wikipedia)

Battle of Northampton (wikipedia)

Battle of Wakefield (Military History Monthly)

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27 - Margaret of Anjou (1): The Last Lancastrian Queen

Sun, 26 Jun 2016 21:11:35 GMT

As English rule in France approached its end, England sought one final bride from the kingdom it claimed to rule. Margaret of Anjou would be the last queen of the House of Lancaster, and thanks to Shakespeare, become the most infamous queen of Mediaeval England.

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History of the County and Duchy of Anjou (wikipedia)

Margaret's father, Rene of Anjou (wikipedia)

An article about the end of the Hundred Years War (History Today)

Order of the Knights of the Bath (wikipedia)

The fall of Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester (WarOfTheRoses.co.uk)

Cade's Rebellion (WarOfTheRoses.co.uk)

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26 - Katherine of France (2): The Mother of the Tudors

Sun, 12 Jun 2016 20:37:37 GMT

An announcement about the future of the podcast and then we get into the brief reign of Katherine of France. She gave birth to the next king of England, but she would also give birth to a whole new royal dynasty: the Tudors.

Shownotes

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Henry meets Katherine for the first time in Shakespeare's Henry V (Youtube)

Edmund Beaufort, lover of Katherine of Valois (wikipedia)

Owen Tudor (BBC iWonder)

Samuel Pepys diary entry for when he made out with the long dead Katherine of Valois (PepysDiary.com)

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25 - Katherine of France (1): The Trophy Wife

Sun, 29 May 2016 13:52:24 GMT

In his life-long quest to win the French crown, Henry sought to marry the daughter of the French king. France's response? Balls.

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Shownotes

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Episode 22 - Isabelle of France: The Daughter of the Carbuncle

The Armangac-Burgundian Civil War in George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire and Game of Thrones (History Behind Game of Thrones)

The tennis balls scene in Kenneth Branagh's Henry V (Youtube)

The Salic Law and Henry V (Shmoop)

The Treaty of Troyes (wikipedia)

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24 - Joanna of Navarre (2): The Witch Queen

Sun, 15 May 2016 16:06:47 GMT

In 1419, Joanna was accused by her stepson of the most heinous crime imaginable: witchcraft. In this episode we look at what it meant to be accused of being a witch in the Middle Ages, and at the specifics of Joanna's case. And no, she was nothing like Hermione Grainger.

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Shownotes

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Hermione Grainger (Harry Potter Wikia)

Willow Rosenberg (Buffy Wikia)

Wicked Witch of the West (Villains Wikia)

The witches in Macbeth (1971) (Youtube)

Circe (wikipedia)

Eleanor, Duchess of Gloucester (Shakespeare and History)

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23 - Joanna of Navarre (1): The Breton Duchess

Sun, 01 May 2016 15:56:46 GMT

The daughter of a king that had... shall we say a colourful life, Joanna had a very tricky start in life. By marrying first the Duke of Brittany and then the King of England, she managed to amass a ton of money - but there's only so far you can squeeze the lemon.

Shownotes

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QoE Podcast Facebook page

Charles II 'the Bad' of Navarre (wikipedia)

John IV, Duke of Brittany (wikipedia)

Ep 20: Philippa of Hainault: The Almost Perfect Queen

Ep 15: Eleanor of Castile: The Stony-Crossed Property Magnate

Ep 13: Eleanor of Provence: The Spendthrift Savoyard

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22 - Isabelle of France: The Daughter of the Carbuncle

Sun, 17 Apr 2016 18:00:23 GMT

Also known as Isabelle or Isabella of Valois. The youngest queen on our list, Isabelle became queen when aged 7, and it took quite some propaganda to get Richard to agree to it. Apparently the best way to get a grown man to marry a primary school age kid is to compare her to an elephant...

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Shownotes

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Philippe de Mézières (wikipedia)

Charles VI 'the Mad' of France (biography.com)

Isabella of Bavaria (wikipedia)

Cesei Lannister and Isabella of Bavaria (historygot.com)

Armagnac–Burgundian Civil War (wikipedia)

The end of Richard II's reign (BBC History)

Charles, Duke of Orléans (wikipedia)

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21 - Anne of Bohemia: A Tiny Scrap of Humanity

Sun, 03 Apr 2016 17:47:55 GMT

Married for her connections to the Holy Roman Empire, Anne of Bohemia was bought for a high price and some may argue they didn't get their money's worth...

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Shownotes

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Joan of Kent (wikipedia)

The Western Schism (Christianity Today)

Peaked-horn headdress (The Baldwin Project)

The Lords Appellant (wikipedia)

Anne of Bohemia interceding for Shrewsbury (Archive Zone)

Robert de Vere (wikipedia)

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Supplemental - Alice Perrers: The Lady of the Sun

Sun, 20 Mar 2016 19:03:11 GMT

After the death of Philippa of Hainault, Edward III began to rely on a new woman. But not a queen, and certainly not someone as squeaky clean as his former wife.

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Shownotes

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Thomas Walsingham (wikipedia)

Piers Plowman (Piers Plowman Electronic Archive)

Wife of Bath (luminarium)

The Good Parliament (wikipedia)

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20 - Philippa of Hainault: The Almost Perfect Queen

Sun, 13 Mar 2016 18:20:29 GMT

Coming off the heels of England's most controversial queen, Philippa of Hainault had a lot to do to rehabilitate the role in the eyes of the English nobility. That she did, thanks to how perfectly matched she and her husband were.

Shownotes

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Children of Philippa of Hainault and Edward III (wikipedia)

Jean Froissart (The Online Froissart)

Second Scottish War of Independence (wikipedia)

Hundred Years War (Lectures in Medieval History)

The Black Death (History Today)

Siege of Calais - 1346 (wikipedia)

Queen's College, Oxford (wikipedia)

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19 - Isabella of France (3): The First She-Wolf

Sun, 28 Feb 2016 16:50:01 GMT

Isabella was now holding the hot potato that was the reigns of power, but England was to find out that her saviour could be corrupted just as easily as her predecessors

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Shownotes

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"All of this has happened before, and all will happen again" from Battlestar Galactica (youtube)

Edward II's emo poetry - 'The Song of Edward that he himself made'

The First Scottish War of Independence (BBC History)

Treaty of Northampton, also known as the Treaty of Edinburgh-Northampton (wikipedia)

Henry, 3rd Earl of Lancaster (wikipedia)

Edmund of Woodstock, Earl of Kent (Executed Today)

The Bard, A Pindaric Ode (ThomasGrey.org)

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18 - Isabella of France (2): Crossing the Rubicon

Sun, 14 Feb 2016 20:55:04 GMT

After Edward's victory in the Despenser War, he was at the high point of his entire reign. Everything was going swimmingly - but these good times would not last forever. His regime had defeated every source of opposition bar one: his wife Isabella.

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Charles IV of France (wikipedia)

Roger Mortimer (wikipedia)

County of Hainaut (wikipedia)

I sabella and Mortimer's invasion (wikipedia)

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17 - Isabella of France (1): The Noblest and Fairest of Them All

Sun, 31 Jan 2016 19:42:51 GMT

Isabella of France was the highest-born queen that England had ever had, but her King was hardly the success that her pedigree deserved.

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Christopher Marlowe's Edward II (wikipedia)

Braveheart (wikipedia)

Ending of Love Actually (youtube)

The Ordinances of 1311 (englandscalling.wordpress.com)

Execution of Piers Gaveston (History Today)

Vita Edwardi Secundi (wikipedia)

The Tour de Nesle Scandal (History of Royal Women)

Battle of Bannockburn (wikipedia)

Treaty of Leake (wikipedia)

Battle of Boroughbridge (wikipedia)

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Supplemental - Guinevere: The Queen of Camelot

Sun, 17 Jan 2016 18:24:40 GMT

Stories of King Arthur and his knights of the Round Table have proliferated for centuries, and so too have tales of his beautiful wife Guinevere. Portrayed as a damsel in distress and adulterous harpie, her portrayal tells us a lot about what medieval writers thought about contemporary queens.

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Geoffrey of Monmouth (wikipedia)

Chretien de Troyes (wikipedia)

Sir Thomas Malory (wikipedia)

King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table (kingarthurknights.com)

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Supplemental - Empress Matilda: Daughter, Wife and Mother of Henry

Sun, 03 Jan 2016 17:05:04 GMT

A remarkable woman of Medieval Englandwho was in order a princess, an empress, a countess, a king, a rebel and a Queen Mother. Although she was never crowned, she was the only female king in the history of Medieval England.

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Episode 5: Matilda of Scotland

Episode 6: Adeliza of Louvain

Episode 7: Matilda of Boulogne

Holy Roman Emperor Henry V (wikipedia)

William of Malmesbury (wikipedia)

Gesta Stephani (wikipedia)

Geoffrey of Anjou (wikipedia)

Battle of Lincoln (wikipedia)

Rout of Winchester (wikipedia)

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16 - Margaret of France: The Not So Evil Step-Mother

Sun, 20 Dec 2015 10:44:01 GMT

Marrying a man 40 years your senior is not often a portent of domestic harmony, but somehow it seemed to work for Margaret of France.

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Philip the Bold of France (wikipedia)

Margaret of Provence (wikipedia)

Philip the Fair (wikipedia)

Thomas of Brotherton (wikipedia)

Blanche, Duchess of Austria (wikipedia)

Piers Gaveston (wikipedia)

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15 - Eleanor of Castile (2): The Stony Crossed Property Magnate

Sun, 06 Dec 2015 19:41:14 GMT

After returning from crusade and being crowned queen, Eleanor of Castile rejected the usual life of a queen to become a hard-nosed woman of business. This did not endear her to her tenants, but does make her a very unusual and fascinating queen.

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Walter of Guisborough (wikipedia)

Edward I's wars in Wales (History Net)

Counties of England (Put Learning First)

Dominican Order (wikipedia)

Alfonso X of Castile (wikipedia)

Sancho IV of Castile (wikipedia)

Margaret Maid of Norway (wikipedia)

Eleanor Cross (Historic UK)

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14 - Eleanor of Castile (1): The Last of the Crusading Queens

Sun, 22 Nov 2015 17:28:51 GMT

Another queen from Southern Europe, Eleanor of Castile's had quite a time before she became queen, including some birthing a bunch of kids and helping her husband through war, war and more war.

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The Reconquista (wikipedia)

The Emirate of Granada

Ferdinand III of Castile (wikipedia)

Abbey of Las Huelgas (wikipedia)

8th Crusade (wikipedia)

Mamluk Sultanate (wikipedia)

Sultan Barbaris (wikipedia)

Dante's Divine Comedy (wikipedia)

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13 - Eleanor of Provence: The Spendthrift Savoyard

Sun, 08 Nov 2015 20:21:03 GMT

Eleanor of Provence was yet another foreign queen parachuted into England at a very young age, but she would end up wielding more power and being more controversial than the previous two queens combined.

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List of monarchs in Britain by length of reign (wikipedia)

Ramon IV of Provence (wikipedia)

Joan of Ponthieu (wikipedia)

Simon de Montfort (wikipedia)

Provisions of Oxford (wikipedia)

Mise of Amiens (wikipedia)

Battle of Lewes (wikipedia)

Battle of Evesham (wikipedia)

Amesbury Abbey (wikipedia)

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12 - Isabelle of Angoulême: Isabelle or Jezebel?

Sun, 25 Oct 2015 18:43:36 GMT

Isabelle was yet another French queen to marry an Angevin, and John wasn't about to treat his wife any better than his forebears had.

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Norman Invasion of Ireland (wikipedia)

Robert of Gloucester (wikipedia)

Aymer of Angoulême (wikipedia)

Hugh IX of Luisgnan (wikipedia)

Battle of Bouvines (wikipedia)

First Barons' War (wikipedia)

Battle of Taillebourg (wikipedia)

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11 - Berengaria of Navarre: The Lionheart's Absent Queen

Sun, 11 Oct 2015 18:16:57 GMT

The wife of Richard the Lionheart, Berengaria is barely known today, and barely noticed while she was alive.

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The Kingdom of Navarre (wikipedia)

Tancred of Sicily (wikipedia)

Emperor Isaac Komnenos of Cyprus (wikipedia)

Sodom and Gomorrah (wikipedia)

Blondel (wikipedia)

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10 - Eleanor of Aquitaine (3): The Captive Mother of a Captive Son

Sun, 27 Sep 2015 17:42:16 GMT

After years in captivity where her husband and sons warred for control of the kingdom, Eleanor of Aquitaine was finally released from prison on the death of her husband. Her new task: bail out her sons when they got into trouble. And boy did they!

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The Lion in Winter (wikipedia)

Roger of Howden (wikipedia)

Philip II (wikipedia)

William Longchamps (wikipedia)

The Third Crusade (wikipedia)

The Capture and Imprisonment of Richard I (www.angus-donald.com)

The Letters of Eleanor of Aquitaine to Pope Celestine III (Medieval Women's Latin Letters)

Abbey of Fontevrault (wikipedia)

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9 - Eleanor of Aquitaine (2): A Queen in Revolt

Thu, 17 Sep 2015 08:39:19 GMT

After getting her annulment from Louis, Eleanor waited about two seconds before becoming Henry II's wife and Queen of England. At first she was content to squeeze out babies, but not for long...

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Map of the Angevin Empire (Fordham University, Intenet History Sourcebook Project)

Eleanor of Aquitaine and the Court of Love (abouteducation)

De Amore or About Love (wikipedia)

Rosamund Clifford (Hubpages)

The Children of Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine (wikipedia)

The Great Revolt of 1173-4. It was too long and complex without much Eleanor so I didn't talk much about it in the show. If you want to find out more, check it out here (wikipedia)

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8 - Eleanor of Aquitaine (1): The Crusader Queen of the French

Sun, 23 Aug 2015 17:33:11 GMT

When her father died, Eleanor of Aquitaine became the richest heiress in Europe, and was quickly married to the French king. The king was quiet, pious and meek. Eleanor was... none of those things. Cue chaos.

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The Lion in Winter (wikipedia)

President Bartlet's endorsement of The Lion in Winter in The West Wing (youtube)

History of Aquitaine (wikipedia)

Troubador Poems by William IX of Aquitaine (go to www.queensofenglandpodcast.com for the audio links)

Map of France in 1154 - The Aquitaine of Eleanor's birth comprised of the the Duchies of Aquitaine, Gascony and County of Poitou (also known as Poitiers)

The Occitan language (wikipedia)

Adela of Blois, also known as Adela of Normandy (wikipedia)

History of the Crusades Podcast (iTunes)

The First Crusade (wikipedia)

Map of the Crusader States (wikipedia)

Battle of Mount Cadmus (wikipedia)

Raymond, Prince of Antioch (wikipedia)

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7 - Matilda of Boulogne: The All Action, Badass, Sweet-Talking, Soldier Leading, Warrior-Diplomat

Sun, 09 Aug 2015 22:27:16 GMT

Henry I was dead and anarchy ensues when Stephen of Blois and the Empress Matilda fight for the throne. Yet Stephen's cause would have collapsed into nothing without the efforts of his remarkable wife Matilda of Boulogne - a woman who was peerless in the art of diplomacy and not to be messed with.

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White Ship Disaster (wikipedia)

Empress Matilda (History in an Hour)

County of Boulogne (wikipedia)

Eustace of Boulogne - Matilda's father (wikipedia)

Robert of Gloucester - (englishmonarchs.co.uk)

Battle of the Standard, also known as the Battle of Northallerton (UK Battlefields Trust)

Battle of Lincoln (wikipedia)

I AM NO MAN! (youtube)

Gesta Stephani (wikipedia)

The Rout of Winchester (wikipedia)

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6 - Adeliza of Louvain: The Fair Maid of Brabant

Sun, 26 Jul 2015 17:42:05 GMT

After the White Ship sank taking the cream of England's nobility with it, Henry needed to find a new wife so that he could replace his dead son. He chose a woman nearly half his age, but surely that meant she'd be fertile... right?

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William Adelin - only legitimate son of Henry I (wikipedia)

Matilda of Anjou (wikipedia)

The Mora (wikipedia)

The White Ship (wikipedia)

Titanic (wikipedia)

Godfrey I of Louvain (wikipedia)

Emperor Henry V (wikipedia)

V oyage of St Brendan (wikipedia)

D eath of Henry I (wikipedia)

Reading Abbey (official website)

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5 - Matilda of Scotland: England's Queen Godiva

Sun, 12 Jul 2015 16:00:04 GMT

In 1100, Henry I became King of England after the suspicious death of William Rufus, but his accession was contested. To help placate his Anglo-Saxon subjects, he chose as his queen one of their own, the Scottish princess Matilda. She would prove to be far more than just dynastic window-dressing, becoming one of the most powerful queens in English mediaeval history.

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Edward the Exile (wikipedia)

Malcom III in Macbeth (wikipedia)

Alan the Red (Historical Britain Blog)

Who killed William Rufus? (History in an Hour Blog)

Coronation Charter of Henry I, also known as the Charter of Liberties

Robert Curthose (wikipedia)

Archbishop Anselm of Canterbury (wikipedia)

Treaty of Alton (wikipedia)

Investiture Controversy (wikipedia)

Walk to Canossa - Penance of the Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV following his own Investiture Controversy (wikipedia)

William of Malmesbury (wikipedia)

Holy Trinity Priory, Aldgate (wikipedia)

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4 - Matilda of Flanders (2): Queen of England, Regent of Normandy

Sun, 28 Jun 2015 23:00:00 GMT

Following the Norman Conquest, Matilda became the first Norman Queen of England, and while her husband secured his new Kingdom, she kept things ticking over in the Duchy. Things were going pretty well, until her favourite son and her husband's relationship fell apart, putting her in the middle of a war that ripped the family apart, and threatened to destroy everything she had built.

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Harold swears the oath on holy relics from the Bayeux Tapestry

The Mora from the Bayeux Tapestry

The Bayeux Tapestry is not a tapestry

Robert Curthose - Image