Welcome to season SIX of our independent history podcast.

Today we’re talking to Sharon Bennett Connolly, about her upcoming book “Scotland’s Medieval Queens”, soon to be published by Pen & Sword.

What do you call a collection of Royal Margarets? A Crown? A Madge?

In Sharon's latest book, there is a significant and above average congregation of Royal Ladies named Margaret...

Let's hear about them and other Queens based in Scotland in the medieval era...

Find Sharon here:

@sharonbennettconnolly on Instagram

https://historytheinterestingbits.com/silk-and-the-sword-the-women-of-the-norman-conquest/

Pre-Order Princesses of the Early Middle Ages:

https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Princesses-of-the-Early-Middle-Ages-Hardback/p/57998/aid/1238

Women of the Norman Conquest:

https://www.amberley-books.com/silk-and-the-sword.html

Women of the Anarchy :

https://www.amberley-books.com/discover-books/women-of-the-anarchy.html

Heroines of the Tudor World :

https://www.amberley-books.com/heroines-of-the-tudor-world.html

Heroines of the Medieval World :

https://www.amberley-books.com/heroines-of-the-medieval-world-9781445689449.html

Scotland's Medieval Queens:

https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Scotlands-Medieval-Queens-Hardback/p/51759/aid/1238

More Books by Sharon:

https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Sharon-Bennett-Connolly/a/3883

Find Baroque:

https://www.instagram.com/ifitaintbaroquepodcast/

https://x.com/BaroquePodcast

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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 with Reign of London:

RMS Titanic:

https://www.getyourguide.com/en-gb/london-l57/london-rms-titanic-walking-tour-t1246693/

Saxons to Stuarts:

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

Tudors & Stuarts:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-tudors-stuarts-walking-tour-t481355/

The Georgians:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-the-georgians-walking-tour-t481358/

Naughty London:

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

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

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It is the 7th January 1536, Katharine of Aragon dies a few weeks after her 50th birthday.

She dies ignored by her husband Henry VIII and unable to see her daughter.

Let's talk to Jackson van Uden and find out more about the death of this great Queen...

Please enjoy this bonus episode.

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 the Katharine of Aragon Festival:

Cathedral: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/peterborough/peterborough-cathedral

https://peterborough-cathedral.org.uk/about/history/katharine-of-aragon/kofa_25/

Online Tudor Talks:

https://peterborough-cathedral.org.uk/event/online-tudor-talks/

Pre-Book Katharine of Aragon: Spanish Princess by Heather R Darsie:

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

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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It is the 30th December 1460, the Battle of Wakefield is about to unfold... 

This is one of the lesser known conflicts of the Wars of the Roses, yet its legacy is immense.

Let’s talk to Jackson van Uden and find out why…

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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For this #StuartSunday , Let’s talk about the habits of the Stuarts, what did they wear, what did they believe?

How does the pomp and piety go together?

And what makes the 17th century so great and unique? 

Today we chat to Ben Norman,

who’s written a book Pomp and Piety: Everyday Life of the Aristocracy in Stuart England, published by Amberley.

Get Pomp & Piety:

https://www.amberley-books.com/pomp-and-piety.html

Get Ben's Other Books:

https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/A-History-of-Death-in-17th-Century-England-Paperback/p/18009/aid/1238

https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/James-Is-Tumultuous-First-Year-as-King-Hardback/p/24327/aid/1238

Get Ben's New Book:

https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/A-17th-Century-Knight-Hardback/p/51496/aid/1238

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

Royal London Walking Tour

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

Royal Love Stories Walking Tour:

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

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

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Let’s talk about Kateryn Parr - the last wife of Henry VIII.

Who were her first two husbands? Was she indeed the one who survived?

What was her relationship like with her step-children? She must have been quite a woman for Henry to leave her as regent when he went to fight the French.

To chat all things Kateryn, we have Laura Adkins, who recently published a biography of this queen with Pen & Sword.

Get Laura's Book:

https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Kateryn-Parr-Hardback/p/24439/aid/1238

Find Laura:

www.thelocalhistoryblogger.co.uk

https://x.com/TLHBlogger

https://www.instagram.com/localhistoryblogger/

https://www.facebook.com/TheLocalHistoryBlogger

Blog Post on Jane Seymour by Natalie on Laura's Blog in 2020:

'Third Time's the Charm'

https://fortheloveofhistoryhome.wordpress.com/2020/04/18/jane-seymour-third-times-the-charm/

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

Royal London Walking Tour:

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

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

Royal Love Stories Walking Tour:

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

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

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It is my absolute pleasure to announce today’s guest - please welcome Elisabeth Basford to the pod, and we talk about HRH Princess Mary Windsor, the paternal aunt to the late Queen, sister to the Duke of Windsor and daughter of George V and Queen Mary.

Elisabeth has published her book Princess Mary: First Modern Princess with The History Press.

Get the Book:

https://thehistorypress.co.uk/publication/princess-mary/

More on Mary by Elisabeth:

https://thehistorypress.co.uk/contributor/elisabeth-basford/

https://www.tatler.com/article/princess-mary-first-modern-princess-biography-elisabeth-basford

https://www.on-magazine.co.uk/arts/book-review/bios-memoir/princess-mary-elisabeth-basford/

https://www.pressreader.com/uk/yorkshire-post/20210127/281530818689045

Find Elisabeth:

https://www.instagram.com/princessmaryprincessroyal/

https://www.tiktok.com/@princessmary1897

If you would like to join Natalie on her Royal London Walking Tour, please see:

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

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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Ever seen medieval knights with guns? 

The English Civil War of the 17th century had some of their warriors dressed in medieval armour, as they were sporting the latest gun technology…

these knights were under the command of Sir Arthur Hesilrige, one of the underrated figures of this conflict.

Today we’re talking to Myke Cole, as Sir Arthur and his medieval-dressed knights are the subject of his new book

Steel Lobsters: Crown, Commonwealth, and the Last Knights in England, published by Osprey.

Get Steel Lobsters:

https://www.ospreypublishing.com/uk/steel-lobsters-9781472863584/

Get Myke's Books:

https://www.ospreypublishing.com/uk/bronze-lie-9781472843739/

https://www.ospreypublishing.com/uk/killing-ground-9781472858641/

https://www.ospreypublishing.com/uk/legion-versus-phalanx-9781472828439/

Find Myke:

https://mykecole.com/

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

Royal London Walking Tour:

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

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

Royal Love Stories Walking Tour:

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

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

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It is 16th December 1535.

Katharine of Aragon is dying at Kimbolton Castle, she just turned 50 years old, she knows she will never see her only child again, and her husband has utterly abandoned her.

She would die three weeks later.

The story of Katharine is one of courage, determination and stoicism. 

One can only admire her.

...Today we’re talking to Jackson van Uden about Catherine’s life in England.

Tune in and find out why Katharine is buried at Peterborough Cathedral, what had kept her going when her character was being ripped apart, and what is her legacy?

Grab your headphones now...

Join us for the Katharine of Aragon Festival:

https://peterborough-cathedral.org.uk/about/history/katharine-of-aragon/kofa_25/

Find Jackson:

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 - Tudors 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/

Royal Valentines:

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

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On the 16th December 1485, a little girl was born to the reigning Catholic monarchs of Castile and Aragon - the little girl was named Catalina.

She grew up to be one of the most famous women in English history.

Not only was she the youngest daughter of Isabel of Castile and Ferdinand of Aragon, she was sister to Juana la Loca, she was also mother to Mary I and the first wife of Henry VIII…

Let’s talk about Catalina’s early years and her Spanish heritage that she brought to England…

Today it is my great pleasure talking to Emma Cahill Marrón, give her a round of applause!

Find Emma:

https://www.instagram.com/emmacahillmarron/

https://x.com/EmmaMarron60912

https://www.threads.net/@emmacahillmarron

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

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Right trusty and well beloved, we greet you well!

Welcome to the 100th Episode of our podcast, If It Ain’t Baroque…

I am absolutely delighted to introduce today’s guest - Dr Joanne Paul.

She is a professor at University of Sussex; She was the historical advisor on the brilliant Amazon Prime show My Lady Jane (2024);

She has also 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, and that’s what we’ll 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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