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 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!SponsorThis episode of the Queens of England Podcast is sponsored by Audible, the internet's leading provider of audio entertainment. To get a free book when you sign up for a trial membership go to www.audibletrial.com/queensShownotesFor more information on the topics discussed in the show, click on these links! BibliographyThe Lion in Winter (wikipedia)Roger of Howden (wikipedia)See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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...SponsorThis episode of the Queens of England Podcast is sponsored by Audible, the internet's leading provider of audio entertainment. To get a free book when you sign up for a trial membership go to www.audibletrial.com/queensShownotesFor more information on the topics discussed in the show, click on these links! BibliographyMap of the Angevin Empire (Fordham University, Intenet History Sourcebook Project)Eleanor of Aquitaine and the Court of... See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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.SponsorThis episode of the Queens of England Podcast is sponsored by Audible, the internet's leading provider of audio entertainment. To get a free book when you sign up for a trial membership go to www.audibletrial.com/queensShownotesFor more information on the topics discussed in the show, click on these links!BibliographyThe Lion in Winter (wikipedia)President Bartlet's endorsement of The... See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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.SponsorThis episode of the Queens of England Podcast is sponsored by Audible, the internet's leading provider of audio entertainment. To get a free book when you sign up for a trial membership go to www.audibletrial.com/queensShownotesFor more information on the topics discussed in the show, click on these links! BibliographyWhite Ship Disaster (wikipedia)See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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? SponsorThis episode of the Queens of England Podcast is sponsored by Audible, the internet's leading provider of audio entertainment. To get a free book when you sign up for a trial membership go to www.audibletrial.com/queens ShownotesFor more information on the topics discussed in the show, click on these links! William Adelin - only legitimate son of Henry I (wikipedia)Matilda of Anjou (wikipedia)The Mora (wikipedia)See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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.SponsorThis episode of the Queens of England Podcast is sponsored by Audible, the internet's leading provider of audio entertainment. To get a free book when you sign up for a trial membership go to www.audibletrial.com/queensShow NotesFor more information on the topics discussed in the show, click on these links! Edward the Exile (wikipedia)Malcom III... See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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. Show NotesFor more information on the topics discussed in the show, click on these links! Harold swears the oath on holy relics from the Bayeux TapestryThe Mora from the Bayeux TapestryThe Bayeux Tapestry is not a tapestryRobert Curthose - ImageSee acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Matilda of Flanders was born to a family that counted as branches of it's family tree practically every important noble house in Northern Europe and so life was expected to be breeze. But as we'll find out, Matilda rarely did things the easy way.This episode looks at some of her immediate predecessors as Queen of England, before covering at the great controversy surrounding her marriage to William the Bastard of Normandy, finally looking at some of her actions as Duchess before the Norman invasion of England. Show NotesFor more information on the topics discussed in the show, click on these links!Podcast sites where the show can be found including iTunesQueens of England Podcast Website - www.queensofenglandpodcast.comSee acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
What did it mean to be a queen in Mediaeval England? This seems at first to be a really easy question to answer: you had to marry a King. Simple right? But when you dig deeper this turns out to be a very superficial answer because it doesn't really answer the fundamental aspect of the question. In this episode we discover the traits and qualities that a queen was supposed to have in Mediaeval England, and examine what kinds of power they could wield See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
So this is my first episode! I'm so excited to get started on the show. This episode is just a brief introduction to me and what the show is about. Permalink See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
