A wedding, and a return to the scene of his greatest defeat as an independent captain – to Cascina. Would history repeat itself?
Plantagenets 1216 – 1485
Hawkwood 9 Against the World - Members Only
Hawkwood Omnibus 2 EPs 7-9 - Members Only
Hawkwood 7 Pisa - Members Only
Hawkwood 6 The Vipers of Milan - Members Only
Hawkwood Omnibus 2 EPs 4-6 - Members Only
Hawkwood 5 A Geographical Expression - Members Only
Hawkwood 4 Go South, Young Man - Members Only
Hawkwood 3 To War - Members Only
Hawkwood Omnibus 1 EPs 1-3 - Members Only
Hawkwood 2 Sible Hedingham - Members Only
Hawkwood 1 Man and Myth - Members Only
Margaret Omnibus 7 EPs 19-21 - Members Only
After her son become king, Margaret’s life was transformed and she was able to become the great magnate and princess she felt was her due – as great lord, benefactressRead More
Margaret 21 Death of a Princess - Members Only
By 1502 Margaret surely had nothing more to trouble her – her son’s legitimacy assures, heirs in place, status firmly established. But the wheel of Fortune had a fewRead More
Margaret 20 A Pious Legacy - Members Only
Margaret’s personal life and charitable activities were dominated by three priorities – piety, social and moral responsibility, and family, in common with many powerful women of the time. OneRead More
Margaret 19 Magnate - Members Only
From 1499, Margaret moved her main place of residence to Collyweston in Northamptonshire. Once there, she operated as the king’s agent as a regional magnate, with powers that onRead More
MB Omnibus 6 EPs 16-18 - Members Only
After Bosworth, to the victors, the spoils. Yet while with hindsight we might feel Margaret and her lad had reached a safe harbour – that’s not the wayRead More
Margaret 18 Securing the Dynasty - Members Only
The first 15 years of Henry VII’s reign felt as though they were on a knife edge – a stream of rebellions and external threats, a lack of legitimacy.Read More
Margaret 17 Mother in Law - Members Only
After the marriage of Elizabeth of York and Henry VII, what sort of role was left for Margaret and how did she fulfill the role of the King’s Mother?Read More
Margaret 16 Enflushment - Members Only
1485 marked a watershed in Margaret’s life; though at the time, no one would have been expecting a bowl of cherries
Sh 36b King in Parliament - Members Only
The 14th to 16th centuries saw the increasingly professionalism of Common law, and the embedding of parliament at the centre of government. Jurists claimed that the people were sovereign, thoughRead More
Sh 36a British Constitution and Law The Early Middle Ages - Members Only
We discuss what a Constitution is; and then go in search of one and the development of justice in English Medieval history, from the Anglo Saxons to Edward IIRead More
MB Omnibus 5 EPs 13-15 - Members Only
Throughout the reign of Richard III, Margaret sought for ways to unseat the usurper who had acquired the throne of her ancestors and the King in Edward IV withRead More
Margaret 15 Gamble - Members Only
The big one – Henry Tudor risks all at Bosworth Field, while Margaret is forced to watch from the sidelines
Margaret 14 Rebel - Members Only
In 1483, someone turned Buckingham’s pretty head, and got him thinking about an even brighter future. Margaret Beaufort and Elizabeth Woodville saw that brighter future too.
Margaret 13 Murderer - Members Only
In 1483 Margaret had to decide whether to play with Richard, or try to destroy him. Especially after the Princes were locked in the Tower…what was she to do aboutRead More
Sh 35 Katherine Swynford with Caitlin Chapman - Members Only
Margaret 12 Usurpation - Members Only
The death of Edward IV came as a bit of a shock to England – and to Margaret and her attempts to rehabilitate Henry. But surely, with 2 sons andRead More
Margaret Omnibus 4 EPs 10-12 - Members Only
Through the most turbulent times in English politics, Margaret’s hopes fell, rose and fell again until in 1483 her son’s fortunes seemed dangerously threatened by one of the mostRead More
Margaret 11 Stanley - Members Only
While Jasper and Henry fled to Brittany, Margaret needed to find herself a husband of suitable status, but also well connected enough to help her protect her son andRead More
Margaret 10 Thirsty for Human Blood - Members Only
Margaret Omnibus 3 EPs 7-9 - Members Only
Margaret 9 Readeption - Members Only
Margaret 8 The Life Domestic - Members Only
Margaret 7 The Great House - Members Only
Margaret 6 After Towton - Members Only
Margaret 5 Widow’s Weeds - Members Only
Margaret 4 A Short Marriage - Members Only
Margaret Omnibus 1 EPs 1-3 - Members Only
Margaret 3 A Short Childhood - Members Only
Margaret 2 Family - Members Only
Margaret 1: Margaret through Time - Members Only
Sh 32 Christine de Pisan with Caitlin Chapman - Members Only
HiT A Knights Tale
A romp, ladies and gentlemen. Chaucer walking naked after betting his shirt, peasants jousting as knights, rock music at medieval jousts. A bit of fun or hideous tosh?
HiT Henry V
In celebration of St George’s Day, we watched Kenneth Branagh’s Henry V. Was it a triumph of the order of Agincourt’s, or worse than the Duke of Bedford’s haircut?
Sea 4 Pirates and Privateers - Members Only
HiT Braveheart
I, David Crowther, have managed to get to 54 without seeing Braveheart ended to end. I thought I cannot do this podcast without watching it. Find out if that proved aRead More
Sea 3 Catching a Crabbe - Members Only
Private enterprise, piracy and sate collusion – seafaring in the in 13th and 14th centuries