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Queens of England Podcast
An alternative history of Medieval and Early Modern England, seen through the lives of its queens.
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68. 68 - Seasons Two and Three Wrap-Up: The Tudor and Stuart Queens
26:21We round up the Tudor and Stuart Queens, and see how they match up against their Mediaeval forebears.
67. 67 - Mary of Modena (3): The Queen over the Water
35:58In the face of invasion, Mary fled with her son to France with her husband close behind. It was deja-vu for the Stuart dynasty, but could they regain the crown for a second time?
66. 66 - Mary of Modena (2): The Warming-Pan Baby
27:47In June 1688, Mary gave birth to a son. Or did she?Enquiry of the Princess of Orange into the Birth of the Prince of Wales
65. 65 - Mary of Modena (1): The Always Expecting Duchess
38:08A Catholic wife of a Catholic king in a virulently Protestant country, things were always going to be hard for England's first Italian queen.
64 - Catherine of Braganza (2): Fire, Treason and Plot
40:17MERCH! - Click here to check it all out!She had had a terrible start to her time as queen, but things were only about to get harder for Catherine of Braganza.