Queens of England Podcast
Summary: Too often when we think about the history of a country we think only of kings, lords, castles, and battles. When we think of queens we think of rulers like Elizabeth I and Victoria, but what about the queens who sat beside their warrior husbands? This podcast is an alternative history of Medieval and Early Modern England, seen through the lives of its queens
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After the death of Jane Seymour, Henry and Cromwell began a pan-European search to find wife number four.SponsorListeners like YOU on Patreon - www.patreon.com/QueensofEnglandPodcastShownotesQoE website (QueensOfEnglandPodcast.com)QoE Podcast Facebook page (Facebook.com)QoE Podcast Twitter page (Twitter.com)For more on the topics discussed in this show, click on the links below!Tudor Times survey on who historians and authors say their favourite of Henry's wives is (Tudor Times)See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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.SponsorListeners like YOU on Patreon - www.patreon.com/QueensofEnglandPodcastShownotesQoE website (QueensOfEnglandPodcast.com)QoE Podcast Facebook page (Facebook.com)QoE Podcast Twitter page (Twitter.com)For more on the topics discussed in this show, click on the links below!The Second... See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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?SponsorListeners like YOU on Patreon - www.patreon.com/QueensofEnglandPodcastShownotesQoE website (QueensOfEnglandPodcast.com)QoE Podcast Facebook page (Facebook.com)QoE Podcast Twitter page (Twitter.com)For more on the topics discussed in this show, click on the links below!The Seymour Family (See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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 RidgwayClaire 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... See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
The fall of Anne Boleyn was as ruthless as it was swift. How did it happen? Why did it happen?SponsorListeners like YOU on Patreon - www.patreon.com/QueensofEnglandPodcastShownotesQoE website (QueensOfEnglandPodcast.com)QoE Podcast Facebook page (Facebook.com)QoE Podcast Twitter page (Twitter.com)For more on the topics discussed in this show, click on the links below!Henry VIII's jousting accident (History Extra)See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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.SponsorListeners like YOU on Patreon - www.patreon.com/QueensofEnglandPodcastShownotesQoE website (QueensOfEnglandPodcast.com)QoE Podcast Facebook page (Facebook.com)QoE Podcast Twitter page (Twitter.com)For more on the topics discussed in this show, click on the links below!See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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.SponsorListeners like YOU on Patreon - www.patreon.com/QueensofEnglandPodcastShownotesQoE website (QueensOfEnglandPodcast.com)QoE Podcast Facebook page (Facebook.com)QoE Podcast Twitter page (Twitter.com)For more on the topics discussed in this show, click on the links below!See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
As a Valentine's Day special, here are Henry VIII's surviving love letters to Anne Boleyn. Use his words with extreme caution.SponsorListeners like YOU on Patreon - www.patreon.com/QueensofEnglandPodcastShownotesQoE website (QueensOfEnglandPodcast.com)QoE Podcast Facebook page (Facebook.com)QoE Podcast Twitter page (Twitter.com)For more on the topics discussed in this show, click on the links below!The Letters (this is not where I got them from, but this is a... See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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.SponsorListeners like YOU on Patreon - www.patreon.com/QueensofEnglandPodcastShownotesQoE website (QueensOfEnglandPodcast.com)QoE Podcast Facebook page (Facebook.com)QoE Podcast Twitter page (Twitter.com)For more on the topics discussed in this show, click on the links below!Media links from Youtube:See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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 TeyskoShe 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.comiTunes:See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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.SponsorListeners like YOU on Patreon - www.patreon.com/QueensofEnglandPodcastShownotesQoE website (QueensOfEnglandPodcast.com)QoE Podcast Facebook page (Facebook.com)QoE Podcast Twitter page (Twitter.com)For more on the topics discussed in this show click on the links below!The Fall of Thomas Wolsey (English... See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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.SponsorListeners like YOU on Patreon - www.patreon.com/QueensofEnglandPodcastShownotesQoE website (QueensOfEnglandPodcast.com)QoE Podcast Facebook page (Facebook.com)QoE Podcast Twitter page (Twitter.com)For more on the topics discussed in this show click on the links below!See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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. Sponsor Listeners like YOU on Patreon - www.patreon.com/QueensofEnglandPodcast Shownotes QoE website (QueensOfEnglandPodcast.com) QoE Podcast Facebook page (Facebook.com) QoE Podcast Twitter page (Twitter.com) Videos used for the audio clips Lord of the Rings : The Two Towers. Eowyn and Aragorn LOTR A hutch to trammel some wild thing in LOTR Extended Edition - Eowyn/Aragorn For more on the topics discussed in this show click on the links below Map of Middle Earth (Wallpaper Cave) Rohan (wikipedia) Volsung Saga (wikipedia) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Katherine of Aragon was a successful queen in almost every respect. She did everything right. Except for a couple of teeny tiny things...SponsorListeners like YOU on Patreon - www.patreon.com/QueensofEnglandPodcastShownotesQoE website (QueensOfEnglandPodcast.com)QoE Podcast Facebook page (Facebook.com)QoE Podcast Twitter page (Twitter.com)For more on the topics discussed in this show click on the links below!More on Fray Diego Fernandez (History and Other... See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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.SponsorListeners like YOU on Patreon - www.patreon.com/QueensofEnglandPodcastShownotesQoE website (QueensOfEnglandPodcast.com)QoE Podcast Facebook page (Facebook.com)QoE Podcast Twitter page (Twitter.com)For more on the topics discussed in this show click on the links below!See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
