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Episode List

Rewriting the First Crusade with Dr Thomas W Smith

Jul 21st, 2025 12:23 AM

Please welcome Dr Thomas W Smith and we’re going to talk about the epistolary culture in the middle ages and how can we relate to it today.Find Tom:https://thomaswsmith.co.uk/https://www.instagram.com/medieval_tom/https://linktr.ee/twsmithRewriting the First Crusade:https://boydellandbrewer.com/book/rewriting-the-first-crusade/Curia & Crusade:https://www.brepols.net/products/IS-9782503552972-1Petitions and Strategies of Persuasion in the Middle Ages:https://boydellandbrewer.com/book/petitions-and-strategies-of-persuasion-in-the-middle-ages/Find Baroque:https://www.ifitaintbaroquepodcast.art/https://www.reignoflondon.com/https://substack.com/@ifitaintbaroquepodcastSupport Baroque:https://www.patreon.com/c/Ifitaintbaroquepodcast/https://buymeacoffee.com/ifitaintbaroqueIf you would like to join Natalie on her walking tours in London with Reign of London:Saxons to Stuarts:https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-the-royal-british-kings-and-queens-walking-tour-t426011/Stuarts to Windsors:https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-georgian-and-windsor-monarchs-walking-tour-t481355 .For more history fodder please visit https://www.ifitaintbaroquepodcast.art/ and https://www.reignoflondon.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Margaret Tudor, English Princess, Queen of Scotland with Linda Porter

Jun 15th, 2025 12:38 AM

We continue our #MightyMargarets series!Today we present to you our chat with Linda Porter about her book The Thistle and The Rose published by Head of Zeus, which tells the story of Margaret Tudor, English Princess, sister of Henry VIII. Margaret went on to marry the Scottish king James IV, and thus became the grandmother to the future Mary Queen of Scots and great-grandmother to James VI & I. Margaret was the link between the Tudors and the Stuarts, so Happy #StuartSunday to you all!Margaret Tudor: The Thistle and The Rose:https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/thistle-and-the-rose-9781801105781/ (UK)https://www.amazon.com/Thistle-Rose-Linda-Porter/dp/1801105782/ (USA)Katherine Parr:https://www.hatchards.co.uk/book/katherine-the-queen/linda-porter/9780330460804 (UK)https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780312616960/katherinethequeen/ (USA)Mary I:https://www.hatchards.co.uk/book/mary-tudor/linda-porter/9780749909826 (UK)https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780312564964/themythofbloodymary/ (USA)Crown of Thistles: Mary Queen of Scots:https://www.hatchards.co.uk/book/crown-of-thistles/linda-porter/9780330534376/ (UK)https://www.amazon.com/Tudors-Versus-Stewarts-Fatal-Inheritance/dp/1250067464/ (USA)Royal Renegades: Children of Charles Ihttps://www.hatchards.co.uk/book/royal-renegades/linda-porter/9781447267546 (UK)https://www.amazon.com/Royal-Renegades-Children-Charles-English/dp/1250055423/ (USA)The Mistresses of Charles II:https://www.hatchards.co.uk/book/mistresses/linda-porter/9781509877072 (UK)https://www.amazon.com/Mistresses-Linda-Porter/dp/1509877053/ (USA)Find Linda:http://www.lindaporter.net/https://www.instagram.com/linda.porter7/https://x.com/DrLindaPorter1Find Baroque:https://www.ifitaintbaroquepodcast.art/https://www.reignoflondon.com/https://substack.com/@ifitaintbaroquepodcastSupport Baroque:https://www.patreon.com/c/Ifitaintbaroquepodcast/https://buymeacoffee.com/ifitaintbaroqueIf you would like to join Natalie on her walking tours in London with Reign of London:Saxons to Tudors & Stuarts:https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-the-royal-british-kings-and-queens-walking-tour-t426011/Tudors & Stuarts to Windsors:https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-georgian-and-windsor-monarchs-walking-tour-t481355 .For more history fodder please visit https://www.ifitaintbaroquepodcast.art/ and https://www.reignoflondon.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Realities of Regency Romance with Peter James Bowman

Jun 11th, 2025 11:44 PM

Dear listener, Today we present to you our chat with PETER JAMES BOWMAN, the author of The Real Persuasion: Portrait of a Real-Life Jane Austen Heroine, published with Amberley. The book is a non-fiction account of a young woman named Catherine, whose own romance resembled that of Anne Elliot, in Jane Austen’s novel Persuasion. The peculiar thing about it all is the fact that Jane Austen had no idea Catherine existed. Intrigued? As are we. Let’s find out more…The Real Persuasionhttps://www.amberley-books.com/the-real-persuasion-9781398122574.htmlThe Fortune Hunterhttps://www.signalbooks.co.uk/2014/07/the-fortune-hunter/ (UK)https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-fortune-hunter/peter-james-bowman/9781909930032 (USA)The First Celebritieshttps://www.amberley-books.com/author-community-main-page/b/peter-james-bowman/the-first-celebrities.htmlFind Baroque:https://www.ifitaintbaroquepodcast.art/https://www.reignoflondon.com/https://substack.com/@ifitaintbaroquepodcastSupport Baroque:https://www.patreon.com/c/Ifitaintbaroquepodcast/https://buymeacoffee.com/ifitaintbaroqueIf you would like to join Natalie on her walking tours in London with Reign of London:Saxons to Stuarts:https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-the-royal-british-kings-and-queens-walking-tour-t426011/Stuarts to Windsors:https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-georgian-and-windsor-monarchs-walking-tour-t481355 .For more history fodder please visit https://www.ifitaintbaroquepodcast.art/ and https://www.reignoflondon.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Visit Blighty: Hatfield House

Jun 9th, 2025 12:52 AM

Today we start a new series, dedicated to Blighty’s great historic locations - today we talk to the lovely Georgina who works at Hatfield House, a gorgeous historic manor found in Hertfordshire, famous for being the childhood home of Elizabeth I.Let’s find out more. Visit Hatfield:https://hatfield-house.co.uk/https://hatfield-house.co.uk/explore/the-old-palace/https://www.greatbritishgardens.co.uk/hertfordshire/item/hatfield-house-gardens.htmlhttps://www.movie-locations.com/movies/f/Favourite-2018.phphttps://www.vogue.co.uk/article/the-favourite-filming-locationshttps://www.filminginengland.co.uk/where-was-the-favourite-filmed/Find Baroque:https://www.ifitaintbaroquepodcast.art/https://www.reignoflondon.com/https://substack.com/@ifitaintbaroquepodcastSupport Baroque:https://www.patreon.com/c/Ifitaintbaroquepodcast/https://buymeacoffee.com/ifitaintbaroqueIf you would like to join Natalie on her walking tours in London with Reign of London:Saxons to Stuarts:https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-the-royal-british-kings-and-queens-walking-tour-t426011/Tudors to Windsors:https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-georgian-and-windsor-monarchs-walking-tour-t481355 .For more history fodder please visit https://www.ifitaintbaroquepodcast.art/ and https://www.reignoflondon.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Vile the Tudor Play with Laura Crow

Jun 5th, 2025 12:11 AM

Today we sit down with illustrator, actor, playwright and producer Laura Crow to talk about her new project Vile, The Tudor Play.This delicious production looks at the story of Jane Parker, a.k.a. Jane Boleyn, from a new angle. See Vile:https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/53two/t-nopxgadFind Vile:https://www.tudorsociety.com/vile-the-radical-redemption/https://www.instagram.com/vile_thetudorplay/https://timeandagaintheatre.com/projects/https://substack.com/@vilethetudorplayFind Laura:https://www.itslauracrow.com/https://www.instagram.com/itslauracrow/Find Baroque:https://www.ifitaintbaroquepodcast.art/https://www.reignoflondon.com/https://substack.com/@ifitaintbaroquepodcastSupport Baroque:https://www.patreon.com/c/Ifitaintbaroquepodcast/https://buymeacoffee.com/ifitaintbaroqueIf you would like to join Natalie on her walking tours in London with Reign of London:Saxons to Stuarts:https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-the-royal-british-kings-and-queens-walking-tour-t426011/Tudors to Windsors:https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-georgian-and-windsor-monarchs-walking-tour-t481355 .For more history fodder please visit https://www.ifitaintbaroquepodcast.art/ and https://www.reignoflondon.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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