Right trusty and well beloved, we greet you well!

Today we have a historian and podcaster Jackson van Uden of the 'History with Jackson' fame as our guest.

We’ll be talking all things Bosworth.

Find Jackson here:

https://historywithjackson.co.uk/

https://www.instagram.com/historywithjackson/

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxXh8pNeS7gdE377kgrNOIw

Dictators by Jackson van Uden:

https://shorturl.at/wZ7lh

The Crystallisation of Totalitarianism by Jackson van Uden:

https://shorturl.at/H3bAl

Join Natalie on her London Walking Tours:

Royal London - Anglo-Saxons to Tudors: https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-the-royal-british-kings-and-queens-walking-tour-t426011/

Royal London - Stuarts to Windsors: https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-georgian-and-windsor-monarchs-walking-tour-t481355/

Naughty London: https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-unsavory-history-guided-walking-tour-t428452/

For more history, check out https://www.ifitaintbaroquepodcast.art/ and https://www.reignoflondon.com/

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The historian Carol Ann Lloyd is back on the podcast to talk about her new book ‘Courting the Virgin Queen: Elizabeth I and Her Suitors’. 

We examine Elizabeth’s Historical Hinge choices, and see why she swiped left…on almost all of them. 

The new book is released by Pen & Sword Publishing.

Find Carol Ann here:

https://www.carolannlloyd.com/

https://www.instagram.com/shakeuphistory/

https://www.youtube.com/@carolannlloydshakeup

https://www.smithsonianjourneys.org/experts/carol-ann-lloyd/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/carolannlloyd/

https://linktr.ee/carolannlloyd

Tudors by Numbers :

https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/The-Tudors-by-Numbers-Hardback/p/23448/aid/1238

Courting the Virgin Queen :

https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Courting-the-Virgin-Queen-Hardback/p/50586/aid/1238

Join Natalie on her London Walking Tours:

Royal London - Anglo-Saxons to Tudors: https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-the-royal-british-kings-and-queens-walking-tour-t426011/

Royal London - Stuarts to Windsors: https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-georgian-and-windsor-monarchs-walking-tour-t481355/

Naughty London: https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-unsavory-history-guided-walking-tour-t428452/

and a new one Royal Love Stories:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-love-stories-walking-tour-t481358/

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Welcome to If It Ain't Baroque... your independent history podcast.

As a special treat, today we have an episode about a new musical called ‘Wallis’, currently performing to high acclaim at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.

It tells us a story of a famous royal pair - Wallis Simpson and the soon-to-be-abdicated Edward VIII.

Joining us today are the two leads - Megan O'Hara and Rhys Anderson.

See Wallis in Edinburgh:

https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/wallis

See Wallis in London:

https://theotherpalace.co.uk/wallis/

Check out our favourite books on Wallis and Edward:

https://www.weidenfeldandnicolson.co.uk/titles/anne-sebba/that-woman/9780753827390/

https://thehistorypress.co.uk/publication/the-kings-loot/

https://www.waterstones.com/book/king-edward-viii/philip-ziegler/9780007481019

To join Natalie on her Reign of London walking tour of Georgians to Windsors:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-georgian-and-windsor-monarchs-walking-tour-t481355/?ranking_uuid=0c5da4e5-7983-497f-bdc7-214a8856a151

This is a first of a trilogy of episodes we'll have this month on Wallis Simpson & Edward VIII. #watchthisspace

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Today we present to you our interview with Robin Eagles, who has recently written a book for Amberley Publishing, titled

"Champion of English Freedom: The Life of John Wilkes, M.P. and Lord Mayor of London". 

John Wilkes was a very important figure in 18th century politics, and within the same lifetime he managed to be a Member of the British Parliament, a supporter of the revolutionaries in the American colonies, as well as a supporter of the Abolition of Slavery, a Lord Mayor of London, a pornographer, and a devoted Dad, who wouldn’t want to miss Christmas with his daughter.

An altogether curious and incredibly controversial individual, we think you’ll find.

Did we mention he had also been to prison?

Please find Robin's book:

https://www.amberley-books.com/champion-of-english-freedom.html

Find Robin's work on Georgian Lords:

https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/about/latest-research/lords-1660-1832

Follow Georgian Lords on Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/georgianlords/

To see London through the Georgian lens, please join Natalie on her walking tour with Reign of London:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-georgian-and-windsor-monarchs-walking-tour-t481355

For more history fodder please visit https://www.ifitaintbaroque.art/ and https://www.reignoflondon.com/

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We're absolutely delighted to have a chat with historian Dr Joanne Paul.

She has written one of the best history books of the last few years - called The House of Dudley, which tells us the story of this family and their connection to the crown in the 16th century England.

Dr Joanne Paul was also the historical advisor on the brilliant Amazon Prime show My Lady Jane (2024), which we’re going to be talking about today.

Please watch/ binge/ indulge in My Lady Jane (2024) on Amazon Prime.

Find Joanne:

https://joannepaul.com/

https://womenalsoknowhistory.com/individual-scholar-page/?pdb=979

https://www.goodreads.com/author/list/6201559.Joanne_Paul

Pre-Order Thomas More:

https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/453261/thomas-more-by-paul-joanne/9781405953603 (UK)

https://bookshop.canterbury.ac.uk/thomas-more-a-life_9781405953603 (UK)

https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Thomas-More/Joanne-Paul/9781639368792 (USA)

The House of Dudley:

https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/309209/the-house-of-dudley-by-paul-joanne/9781405937191 (UK)

https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-House-of-Dudley/Joanne-Paul/9781639366125 (USA)

http://www.pegasusbooks.com/books/the-house-of-dudley-9781639363285-hardcover (USA)

Utopia:

https://www.waterstones.com/book/utopia/thomas-more/joanne-paul/9780198860204 (UK & USA)

https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/Utopia-by-Thomas-More-author-Joanne-Paul-editor/9780198860204 (UK & USA)

Joanne's Other Books:

https://www.hatchards.co.uk/book/counsel-and-command-in-early-modern-english-thought/joanne-paul/9781108748254

https://www.hatchards.co.uk/book/thomas-more/joanne-paul/9780745692173

https://www.hatchards.co.uk/book/queenship-and-counsel-in-early-modern-europe/helen-matheson-pollock/9783030083373

https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/thomas-more-a-life-dr-joanne-paul/7765640?ean=9781405953603

https://www.simonandschuster.com/authors/Joanne-Paul/197500984

Find Baroque:

https://www.ifitaintbaroquepodcast.art/

https://www.reignoflondon.com/

https://substack.com/@ifitaintbaroquepodcast

Support Baroque:

https://www.patreon.com/c/Ifitaintbaroquepodcast/

https://buymeacoffee.com/ifitaintbaroque

If you would like to join Natalie on her walking tours in London with Reign of London, Stuarts can be found on the following walks:

Saxons to Stuarts:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-the-royal-british-kings-and-queens-walking-tour-t426011/

Stuarts to Windsors:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-georgian-and-windsor-monarchs-walking-tour-t481355 .

For more history fodder please visit https://www.ifitaintbaroquepodcast.art/ and https://www.reignoflondon.com/

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This is the second in our trilogy of episodes regarding the great battle of 

Bannockburn, which happened in June 1314, when the might of England could not defeat the Scottish rebels.

This is one of the most famous battles in Scottish history.

In our previous episode we spoke of the leaders of the opposing armies - Robert the Bruce and Edward II.

You may also remember these kings from the 2018 Netflix film ‘Outlaw King’. Fun fact, both are direct ancestors of Mary Queen of Scots.

In this episode we’ll talk of the battle itself. All the fighting. In the melée of it.

How many horses were there? Was it easy to kill someone in medieval armour? What were the conditions like underfoot? 

Now, let’s hear our interview with Callum Watson, author and historian, who actually works at the site of the Battle of Bannockburn and who recently published a book on the topic with Pen & Sword.

He also contributed to the Channel 5 documentary ‘Britain’s Lost Battlefields’, where he spoke all things Bannockburn;

AND Callum also has worked as a historical advisor on the ‘Outlaw King’ film for Netflix. 

Callum's Book:

https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/1314-The-Year-of-Bannockburn-Hardback/p/49813/aid/1238

Find Callum:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiesDZuBN1Z0SE3Vq3Gjz_A

https://drcallumwatson.blogspot.com/

https://www.instagram.com/cpwatson1375/

The Battle of Bannockburn - National Trust for Scotland:

https://www.nts.org.uk/visit/places/bannockburn/

Britain's Lost Battlefields:

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12270298/

https://www.channel5.com/show/britain-s-lost-battlefields-with-rob-bell

London Walking Tours:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-the-royal-british-kings-and-queens-walking-tour-t426011/

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-unsavory-history-guided-walking-tour-t428452/

and this tour where we talk in depth about Edward's parents - Edward I and Eleanor of Castile:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-love-stories-walking-tour-t481358/ .

https://www.ifitaintbaroquepodcast.art/

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We have a great guest with us today, author Jessica Cox, who has written a book called Confinement, which tells us about all the difficulties faced by pregnant women back in Victorian times. 

Would your child come out of the navel? What were the mortality rates? Was there any child support in Britain at the time? And how did the most important woman in the land deal with her own countless pregnancies?

We’re talking of course, of Queen Victoria.

Please find Jessica's book:

https://thehistorypress.co.uk/publication/confinement/

If you would like to join Natalie on her walking tours in London with Reign of London, please follow the links:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-the-royal-british-kings-and-queens-walking-tour-t426011/

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-unsavory-history-guided-walking-tour-t428452/

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-georgian-and-windsor-monarchs-walking-tour-t481355 .

For more history fodder please visit https://www.ifitaintbaroque.art/ and https://www.reignoflondon.com/

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The historian Chris Riley, is back on the podcast, to talk about his favourite historical person, and that is of course, Eleanor of Aquitaine. 

Now, She’s famous for being a badass queen of England in the 12th century, and being the mother of both Richard the Lionheart, as well as King John. 

She’s also known for her court of love and chivalry. She had influence on the arts, politics and even crusades. In the first of our mini Eleanor series, we spoke about all the stuff  she got up to before she married the king of England at the age of 30. Now, we’re going to talk about everything that followed after, and why she deserves the title ‘The Mother of Europe’.

You can find Chris on @chrisrileyhistory on IG and linktr.ee/pastandpresentmedia

If you would like to become a member of The Historians Magazine, please see https://thehistoriansmagazine.com/ .

Our favourite books on Eleanor:

https://www.amberley-books.com/eleanor-of-aquitaine-9781398112391.html

https://thehistorypress.co.uk/publication/the-families-of-eleanor-of-aquitaine/

https://www.amberley-books.com/henry-ii-and-eleanor-of-aquitaine-9781398115507.html

If you would like to join Natalie on one of her walking tours in London, please follow the links:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-the-royal-british-kings-and-queens-walking-tour-t426011/

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-unsavory-history-guided-walking-tour-t428452/ .

For more history fodder, please browse https://www.reignoflondon.com/ and https://www.ifitaintbaroque.art/

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Today we talk to historian Heather R Darsie about Anna von der Mark; or as she’s usually called - Anne of Cleves, Henry VIII’s fourth wife,

the one who was dumped because she was so unattractive.

Well, forget everything you thought you knew about her. 

You’re about to go on a crash course on everything to do with Anna of Cleves.

Fasten your proverbial seatbelts, there will be a LOT of myth-busting!

Please welcome Heather R. Darsie, author of two books books on the subject of

The House of Cleves:

https://www.amberley-books.com/anna-duchess-of-cleves-9781398103269.html

https://www.amberley-books.com/children-of-the-house-of-cleves.html

https://www.amberley-books.com/author-community-main-page/d/community-heather-r-darsie/katherine-of-aragon-spanish-princess.html

Pre-order Heather's new book Stuart Spouses:

https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Stuart-Spouses-A-Compendium-of-Consorts-from-James-I-of-Scotland-to-Queen-Anne-of-Great-Britain-Hardback/p/51167/aid/1238

Heather's Website:

https://maidensandmanuscripts.com/

If you would like to join Natalie on her walking tours in London with Reign of London, please follow the links:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-the-royal-british-kings-and-queens-walking-tour-t426011/

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-unsavory-history-guided-walking-tour-t428452/

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-georgian-and-windsor-monarchs-walking-tour-t481355 .

For more history fodder please visit https://www.ifitaintbaroquepodcast.art/ and https://www.reignoflondon.com/

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The historian Carol Ann Lloyd is back on the podcast to talk about her book ‘Tudors by Numbers: The Stories and Statistics Behind England's Most Infamous Royal Dynasty’, released by Pen & Sword Publishing.

Yes, we all know the SIX wives... But do we know the total number of Tudor monarchs? Why does that vary?

How many components did it take to make the famous Tudor logo? And do the numbers 007 go back to the 16th century?

Let’s find out.

Find Carol Ann here:

https://www.carolannlloyd.com/

https://www.instagram.com/shakeuphistory/

https://www.youtube.com/@carolannlloydshakeup

https://www.smithsonianjourneys.org/experts/carol-ann-lloyd/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/carolannlloyd/

https://linktr.ee/carolannlloyd

Tudors by Numbers :

https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/The-Tudors-by-Numbers-Hardback/p/23448/aid/1238

Courting the Virgin Queen :

https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Courting-the-Virgin-Queen-Hardback/p/50586/aid/1238

Join Natalie on her London Walking Tours:

Royal London - Anglo-Saxons to Tudors: https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-the-royal-british-kings-and-queens-walking-tour-t426011/

Royal London - Stuarts to Windsors: https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-georgian-and-windsor-monarchs-walking-tour-t481355/

Naughty London: https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-unsavory-history-guided-walking-tour-t428452/

and a new one Royal Love Stories:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-love-stories-walking-tour-t481358/

https://www.ifitaintbaroquepodcast.art/

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