Katherine spent the final years of her life, fighting tooth and claw to protect her marriage and the inheritance of her daughter. It would be a fight that she would ultimately lose.

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The Fall of Thomas Wolsey (English History)

The fate of Bishop Fisher's cook (Wikipedia)

The More (Wikipedia)

The First Act of Supremacy (Wikipedia)

Kimbolton Castle (kimbolton.cambs.sch.uk)

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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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Íñigo de Mendoza (wikipedia)

Lorenzo Campeggio (wikipedia)

Thomas Abel (wikipedia)

Death of John the Baptist (wikipedia)

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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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Lord of the Rings : The Two Towers. Eowyn and Aragorn

LOTR A hutch to trammel some wild thing in

LOTR Extended Edition - Eowyn/Aragorn

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Map of Middle Earth (Wallpaper Cave)

Rohan (wikipedia)

Volsung Saga (wikipedia)

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Katherine of Aragon was a successful queen in almost every respect. She did everything right. Except for a couple of teeny tiny things...

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More on Fray Diego Fernandez (History and Other Thoughts)

Maria de Salinas (Wikipedia)

War of the League of Cambrai (Wikipedia)

Battle of the Spurs (Wikipedia)

Battle of Flodden (Historic UK)

Field of the Cloth of Gold (Tudor History)

Evil May Day (Wikipedia)

Ian McKellan's performance of Sir Thomas More's Evil May Day speech (Youtube)

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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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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)

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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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Helpful list of English queens consort (wikipedia)

Kids graph (me)

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Elizabeth of York was a symbol of the new regime, the White Rose to Henry's Red. Although she would be subordinated to the influence of the king's mother, she would not be a passive queen.

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Who is the Master of Revels (Shakespeare Online)

Ferdinand and Isabella: The Catholic Monarchs (wikipedia)

In a Glorious Garden Green performed by Gondwana Voices, arr. by David Hamilton (Youtube)

The Hours of Elizabeth the Queen (The British Library) 

Henry VII and Elizabeth of York at Westminster Abbey (Westminster Abbey)

Thomas More's Rueful Lamentation for Elizabeth of York (Luminarium)

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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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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 

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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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My guest episode on Bessie Blount for the Renaissance English History Podcast. Click the links below:
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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)

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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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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)

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