Professor Nicholas Vincent discusses the life and reign of the infamous 13th-century monarch, whose reign saw military disasters abroad and the sealing of Magna Carta in 1215
Historian and author Lauren Johnson discusses the life and reign of Henry VI, whose decades on the throne coincided with defeat in the Hundred Years’ War and the disaster of the Wars of the Roses
This is podcast episode about the subtleties and nuance of Queen Victoria’s life and how difficult it can be to understand let alone judge the the past and how histories written by men can often leave out important details about women’s lives. It’s also about why Victorian widows, including Victoria herself, did the things they did and the freedoms they gained from being in mourning and wearing loose-fitting black clothing.
This podcast episode is all the cliché things you could ever say about Queen Victoria.