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

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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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QoE website (QueensOfEnglandPodcast.com)

QoE Podcast Facebook page (Facebook.com)

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Íñigo de Mendoza (wikipedia)

Lorenzo Campeggio (wikipedia)

Thomas Abel (wikipedia)

Death of John the Baptist (wikipedia)

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

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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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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)

 

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

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

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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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QoE website (QueensOfEnglandPodcast.com)

QoE Podcast Facebook page (Facebook.com)

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Spanish Medieval History (wikipedia)

Map of Spanish Kingdoms (LearnNC.org)

Descendants of Ferdinand and Isabella (wikipedia)

The 7 Sacraments (FranciscanMedia.org)

Pope Julius II, The Terrifying Pope (wikipedia)

36 - Season 1 Wrap-Up: The Medieval Queens

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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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QoE website (QueensOfEnglandPodcast.com)

QoE Podcast Facebook page (Facebook.com)

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Helpful list of English queens consort (wikipedia)

Kids graph (me)

Nationality graph (me)

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

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

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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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QoE website (QueensOfEnglandPodcast.com)

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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)

Clip 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZALx29OnHU

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

Clip 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjPXBok_zXc

Clip 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQnZ1dSg9pg

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

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34: Elizabeth of York: The White Rose and the Red
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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:
Link to iTunes
Link to the website

QoE website (QueensOfEnglandPodcast.com)

QoE Podcast Facebook page (Facebook.com)

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

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)

 

 

 

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

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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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QoE website (QueensOfEnglandPodcast.com)

QoE Podcast Facebook page (Facebook.com)

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QoE Wall of Thanks

Anne Beauchamp (wikipedia)

Middleham Castle (English Heritage)

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

Edward of Middleham (wikipedia)

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

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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.

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QoE website (QueensOfEnglandPodcast.com)

QoE Podcast Facebook page (Facebook.com)

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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)

 

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

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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.

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QoE website (QueensOfEnglandPodcast.com)

QoE Podcast Facebook page (Facebook.com)

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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)

 

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

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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.

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Queens of England Podcast Facebook page (Facebook.com)

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Isabella I of Castile (wikipedia)

Mary of Guelders (wikipedia)

Bona of Savoy (wikipedia)

 

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

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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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This week, I am recommending: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Henry-VI-Part-Arkangel-Shakespeare/dp/B00K6M6DAS/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1469368320&sr=8-5&keywords=audible+henry+VI

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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)

 

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

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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.

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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)

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

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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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Shownotes

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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)

 

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

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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. 

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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)

 

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

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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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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)

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

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24 - Joanna of Navarre: The Witch Queen
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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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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)

 

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

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23 - Joanna of Navarre: The Breton Duchess
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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.

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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

 

22 - Isabelle of France: The Daughter of the Carbuncle

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