Now a widow with an unpaid dowry leaving her no right to an income and with a female heir to Burgundy. Can she keep everything together? And what if her brother decides to marry her off to someone else?
She is a bauble at court and meant to only breed and look pretty. So how does she end up being able to pull so many strings that other monarchs fear her?
Now that he has taken the plunge, will he make it down to Naples, and, if he does, will he make it back again? And why is everyone ganging up on him? What? What have I done?
Our attempt at a Valentine's Day Special. How the Church viewed sex before the Reformation. Sorry. It's not very romantic. We did our best, but it's not a very romantic era.
A taster of what is on offer in our Patreon episodes. Caterina Sforza, Anne of Brittany, Machiavelli, the Pazzi Conspiracy and Moctezuma. Enjoy.https://www.patreon.com/Tudoriferous
Poor Margaret. James didn't want her, Husband Number Two didn't want her. We see her go from a frivolous, spoilt, young princess to a mother fighting to keep her son. An epic story.
We look at chivalry mediaeval-style - before it became sanitised and ritualistic - through the pages of Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur. It was not at all the book we were expecting!
For Hallowe'en this year we present for your delectation a story of bishops behaving badly ..... very badly!There are a couple of moments in this episode when you might want to stick your fingers in your ears, but we do warn you in advance.
553 years and a day Sir John Tiptoft was executed. Why?Warning: this episode includes some discussion on the best way to impale people.Ah, we might have just given away why he was executed!