Bess of Hardwick (birth name: Elizabeth Cavendish) appeared a few times throughout the Mary, Queen of Scots series. And today, we're diving into just how this low(ish) born woman became the second-wealthiest woman in Tudor England (after Queen Liz I).
We spill all the tea: the four husbands, the attempted poisonings, the embroideries, her dealings with the Grey family, the house building, the useless sons (and step-sons) and the LATE BREAKING NEWS.
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References:
Devices and Desires: Bess of Hardwick and the Building of Elizabethan England by Kate Hubbard
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-derbyshire-66265517
https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/peak-district-derbyshire/hardwick
https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/peak-district-derbyshire/hardwick/gideon-tapestry-project-at-hardwick-hall
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This season on Vulgar History, we're investigating the question How Do You Solve A Problem Like Marie Antoinette? To do so, we're looking at the lives of women who lived during the revolutionary era of the 18th century.
This week, Kristin Franseen joins us to discuss Constanze Mozart, best known as the wife and then widow of Amadeus Mozart.
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Kristin's references:
Mozart's Women: His Family, His Friends, His Music by Jane Glover
1791: Mozart's Last Year by H.C. Robbins Landon
"Salieri's Cosi fan tutte" by Bruce Alan Brown and John Rice, Cambridge Opera Journal 8, no. 1
Mozart's Letters, Mozart's Life edited by Robert Spaethling
A Mozart Pilgrimage by Vincent and Mary Novellos
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Constanze Mozart (with Kristin Franseen)

It's season seven! This year we're investigating the question How Do You Solve A Problem Like Marie Antoinette? Marie Antoinette was famously executed during the French Revolution. To understand how that happened means understanding the French Revolution, which means understanding the spirit of revolution that occurred around the world in the 18th century. This is why the first part of season seven is sub-titled Age of Revolution.
Things kick off with the story of Marie-Josephe Angelique, an enslaved Black Portuguese woman who may or may not have burned down Montreal in 1734.
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References:
The Hanging of Angélique: The Untold Story of Canadian Slavery and the Burning of Old Montréal by Afua Cooper
Wikipedia
https://globalnews.ca/news/211853/montreal-to-honour-slave-marie-josephe-angelique-with-park-name/
https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/the-hanging-of-angelique-book-review
https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/marie-joseph-angelique
https://this.org/2017/03/27/new-film-takes-a-much-needed-glance-into-canadas-uncomfortable-past-with-racism-and-slavery/
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Marie-Josèphe Angélique

Today's guest, June Hur, is the author of historical novels that read like K-dramas. Her latest, A Crane Among Wolves, is set in Joseon-era Korea during the reign of tyrant King Yeonsan.
Learn more about June and her books at junehur.com
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Author Interview: June Hur (A Crane Among Wolves)

We're talking about pirate history this week with Ella McLeod, author of the new YA novel The Map That Led To You! In her research, Ella dove into the world of folklore, pirateology, nautical history, and the voices of people left out of history.
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Ella's Instagram
Ella's podcast, Comfort Creatures
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Author Interview: Ella McLeod (author of The Map that Led to You)

We're getting into a revolutionary, pants-on vibe this week with a look at Las Soldaderas: women who fought during the Mexican Revolution and whose contributions to victory often go uncredited.
Guiding us through their pants-wearing ways is Cristina Lumague, longtime editor of Vulgar History!
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References:
Soldaderas in the Mexican Military: Myth and History by Elizabeth Salas and Elizabeth Blackshear Flinn
Revolutionary Women of Texas and Mexico: Portraits of Soldaderas, Saints, and Subversives
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Cristina's podcasts:
Historias Unknown https://www.historiasunknown.com/episodes/
Espooky tales https://www.espookytales.com/follow
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A Little Bit de Todo (short daily podcast, available May 5th) https://episodes.fm/1735794761
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