Vulgar History
Cultural History, Comedy, Conversational
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A feminist women's history comedy podcast
about the scandalicious stories of people from olden times.
Hosted by Ann Foster.
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Margaret of Anjou, Queen of England and France
<p>We're back! This season is themed: Women In Towers And the Assholes Who Sent Them There. And where else to begin than with the long, weird saga of Margaret of Anjou (1430-1482)! Her story has les twists and les turns enough to make you say oh mon dieu! </p><p>Recommended History Reading: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/alokvmenon/">Alok Vaid-Menon's Instagram </a></p><p>Recommended books: <a href="//bookshop.org/lists/vulgar-history-recommends ">bookshop.org/lists/vulgar-history-recommends </a></p><p>Patreon: <a href="//patreon.com/annfosterwriter">patreon.com/annfosterwriter</a> </p><p>Merch: <a href="//teespring.com/stores/vulgarhistory">teespring.com/stores/vulgarhistory</a></p><p><br></p><p>Vulgar History is an affiliate of Bookshop.org, which means that a small percentage of any books you click through and purchase will come back to Vulgar History as a commission.</p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury
<p>This second episode in this series about Women In Towers And the Assholes Who Sent Them There is the season's second Margaret. Margaret Pole was just about as royal as you could be back then without being an actual royal. She worked hard to restore her family's name, but it didn't help literally every male relative was constantly doing treason around her.</p><p>Recommended History Reading: <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/1419/9780358299615">The Five by Hallie Rubenhold</a></p><p>Recommended books: <a href="https://bookshop.org/lists/vulgar-history-recommends">bookshop.org/lists/vulgar-history-recommends </a></p><p>Patreon: <a href="https://patreon.com/annfosterwriter">patreon.com/annfosterwriter</a></p><p>Merch: <a href="https://teespring.com/stores/vulgarhistory">teespring.com/stores/vulgarhistory</a></p><p><br></p><p>Vulgar History is an affiliate of Bookshop.org, which means that a small percentage of any books you click through and purchase will come back to Vulgar History as a commission.</p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
Isabel of Portugal, Queen of Castile and León
<p>Isabel of Portugal, Queen of Castile and León, is still often referred to as "The Mad Queen." But as Taylor Swift would say, "no one likes a mad woman/ you made her like that." And in Isabel's case, the people who made her like that included her husband, her husband's EVIL advisor, and her stepson. Like, if you lock a woman in psychological distress in a ghost tower for literal years and then call her "mad" that's kind of a self-fulfilling prophecy, right?</p><p>Recommend history resource: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/emalineandthem/">instagram.com/emalineandthem</a></p><p>Recommended books: <a href="https://bookshop.org/lists/vulgar-history-recommends" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">bookshop.org/lists/vulgar-history-recommends </a></p><p>Patreon: <a href="https://patreon.com/annfosterwriter" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">patreon.com/annfosterwriter</a></p><p>Merch: <a href="https://teespring.com/stores/vulgarhistory" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">teespring.com/stores/vulgarhistory</a></p><p><br></p><p>Vulgar History is an affiliate of Bookshop.org, which means that a small percentage of any books you click through and purchase will come back to Vulgar History as a commission.</p><p><br></p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
Lady Margaret Douglas, Countess of Lennox
<p>Lady Margaret Douglas was the only daughter of Margaret Tudor, making her a niece of Henry VIII on the Scottish-disinherited-side. Her parents had an acrimonious divorce which led to Margaret herself growing up mostly in England with various guardians. She was imprisoned five times, mostly in the Tower of London, but her ruthless scheming and family connections freed her every time. She wanted to be Queen, then amended her goal to see her son as King, then finally wound up being OK with her grandkids being Kind and/or Queen.</p><p>Recommend history reading: <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/1419/9781524740986">Luck of the Titanic by Stacey Lee</a> / <a href="https://www.thesixdocumentary.com/">The Six (documentary)</a></p><p><a href="https://bookshop.org/shop/vulgarhistory">Recommended books on Bookshop.org</a></p><p><a href="https://www.patreon.com/annfosterwriter">Support Vulgar History on Patreon</a></p><p><a href="https://vulgarhistory.creator-spring.com/">Vulgar History Merch</a></p><p><br></p><p>Vulgar History is an affiliate of Bookshop.org, which means that a small percentage of any books you click through and purchase will come back to Vulgar History as a commission.</p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
Marguerite de Valois, Queen of Navarre (aka Queen Margot)
<p>Marguerite de Valois (1553 – 1615) was a French princess whose life was truly non-stop scandiliciousness. Poison gloves! Two assassinations! Scandalous memoirs! A fanatic monk! Carrying around the decapitated head of ones lover! A man named Bussy d'Amboise!</p><p>Recommend history viewing: <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110963/">La Reine Margot / Queen Margot (1994) </a></p><p>Recommended history reading: <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/1419/9780316409667">The Rival Queens: Catherine de'Medici, Her Daughter Marguerite de Valois, and the Betrayal that Ignited a Kingdom by Nancy Goldstone</a></p><p><a href="https://bookshop.org/shop/vulgarhistory">Recommended books on Bookshop.org</a></p><p><a href="http://patreon.com/annfosterwriter">Support Vulgar History on Patreon</a></p><p><a href="http://teespring.com/stores/vulgarhistory">Vulgar History Merch</a></p><p><br></p><p>Vulgar History is an affiliate of Bookshop.org, which means that a small percentage of any books you click through and purchase will come back to Vulgar History as a commission.</p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
Lady Arbella Stuart
<p>Lady Arbella Stuart (1575-1615) is one of the lesser-known figures from Tudor and Stuart history. She was Mary Queen of Scots's niece and granddaughter to both Margaret Douglas and Bess of Hardwick. This genealogy meant she was both a threat to Queen Elizabeth and James I/VI (her cousin), but also that she was used as a figurehead by people who wanted to promote their own interests. Her life was like Grey Gardens meets Rapunzel, and all our girl wanted to do was run off and get secret sexy married like her ancestor/role model Katherine Grey had done. And when she finally took her fate into her own hands, it all got WILDLY scandilicious.</p><p>Recommend history podcast: <a href="https://www.cbc.ca/listen/cbc-podcasts/906-telling-our-twisted-histories">Telling Our Twisted Histories</a></p><p>Recommended history reading: <a href="https://www.cbc.ca/listen/cbc-podcasts/906-telling-our-twisted-histories">Arbella: England's Lost Queen by Sarah Gristwood</a></p><p><a href="https://bookshop.org/shop/vulgarhistory">Recommended books on Bookshop.org</a></p><p><a href="http://patreon.com/annfosterwriter">Support Vulgar History on Patreon</a></p><p><a href="https://vulgarhistory.creator-spring.com/?">Vulgar History Merch</a></p><p><br></p><p>Vulgar History is an affiliate of Bookshop.org, which means that a small percentage of any books you click through and purchase will come back to Vulgar History as a commission.</p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
Sophia Dorothea of Celle
<p>Sophia Dorothea of Celle (1666-1726), or as we call her in this episode, S.D., is known as England's Uncrowned Queen. She was raised by loving parents who also loved her, but then got married off to her truly odious cousin and things did not go well. </p><p>References: <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/1419/9781473872639">The Imprisoned Princess: The Scandalous Life of Sophia Dorothea of Celle</a> by Catherine Curzon</p><p>Recommended history reading: <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/1419/9781541619678">African Europeans: An Untold History</a> by Olivette Otele</p><p><a href="//bookshop.org/shop/vulgarhistory">Recommended books on Bookshop.org</a></p><p><a href="//patreon.com/annfosterwriter">Support Vulgar History on Patreon</a></p><p><a href="//vulgarhistory.creator-spring.com">Vulgar History Merch</a></p><p><br></p><p>Vulgar History is an affiliate of Bookshop.org, which means that a small percentage of any books you click through and purchase will come back to Vulgar History as a commission.</p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
Doña Ana de Mendoza de la Cerda y de Silva Cifuentes, Princess of Eboli, Duchess of Pastrana
<p>Doña Ana de Mendoza was a 16th century Spanish princess who wore a goddamn eyepatch for no reason anyone could figure out, and if that isn't enough to interest you, I don't know what else to say to convince you.</p><p><a href="https://bookshop.org/shop/vulgarhistory">Recommended books on Bookshop.org</a></p><p><a href="http://patreon.com/annfosterwriter">Support Vulgar History on Patreon</a></p><p><a href="https://teespring.com/stores/vulgarhistory">Vulgar History Merch</a></p><p><br></p><p>Vulgar History is an affiliate of Bookshop.org, which means that a small percentage of any books you click through and purchase will come back to Vulgar History as a commission.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
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