Ah so glad I stumbled on the podcast and scrolled to find this episode! I'm always searching for new books on pre-1603 royal women and this Karen seems to have brought Eleanor to life in a refreshingly nuanced way
Marion Meade's 1977 book on Eleanor yet to be surpassed. For me Eleanor was the single most influential women in history, As Karen Sullivan says - the records were recorded by Church men. Also the cult of Thomas Beckett, I believe re-wrote many records to favour the Saint. Richard III was very probably gay, a great tactical warrior too. Thanks for the talk I will read the book when in paper back, maybe you have surpassed Marion, (she died in 2022).
This was very fascinating thanks I'm aquitan (from near bordeaux) and although Eleanor is very important in our history (and local culture), she gets very little coverage in the official french curricula.
Ah so glad I stumbled on the podcast and scrolled to find this episode! I'm always searching for new books on pre-1603 royal women and this Karen seems to have brought Eleanor to life in a refreshingly nuanced way
Marion Meade's 1977 book on Eleanor yet to be surpassed. For me Eleanor was the single most influential women in history, As Karen Sullivan says - the records were recorded by Church men. Also the cult of Thomas Beckett, I believe re-wrote many records to favour the Saint. Richard III was very probably gay, a great tactical warrior too.
Thanks for the talk I will read the book when in paper back, maybe you have surpassed Marion, (she died in 2022).
This was very fascinating thanks
I'm aquitan (from near bordeaux) and although Eleanor is very important in our history (and local culture), she gets very little coverage in the official french curricula.