A deep dive into the complex, strained, and BONKERS collision course between Mary Queen of Scots and Queen Elizabeth I.
Mary Queen of Scots vs Queen Elizabeth I: Royal Rivals
Queen Anne of Great Britain: The Real Story Behind ‘The Favourite’
The bonkers true story of ‘The Favourite’s Queen Anne, a lesser-known monarch whose life was a gossip buffet of rivalry, death, and resiliency.
Tudor Heiress Lady Anne Stanley and the Castlehaven Rape Trial
Lady Anne Stanley was a possible heir to Elizabeth I until her father's murder and her own disastrous (like DISASTROUS) marriage put her out of the running for good.
Artemisia Gentileschi: The Groundbreaking Oil Painter Who Was Also A Feminist Heroine
The visceral rage and exquisite art of Artemisia Gentileschi, 17th century Italian #MeToo icon.
Anne of Denmark: The Drama Queen of Scots
Anne of Denmark helped usher in some of England's best drama, both in the theatrical sense, and in the "screaming in the palace at your useless husband" sense
Bess of Hardwick: Her Ambitious Rise From Obscurity To Dominance
How a farmer's daughter from Derbyshire become a power player in the cutthroat Tudor court and the wealthiest woman in England.
Lady Margaret Douglas: The Tudor Cousin Who Refused To Be Cast Aside
Lady Margaret Douglas was a ruthless survivor whose ambition and cleverness changed the course of English monarchy forever.
Margaret Tudor: The Other Queen of Scots
Margaret Tudor loved dancing, music, fashion, and power, and she refused to let two terrible husbands (and one meh husband) stand in the way of getting what she wanted.
Anne Askew: Renegade, Writer, Preacher, Feminist, Martyr
Anne Askew was one of the earliest-known female poets to compose in the English language, the first Englishwoman to demand a divorce, and wound up the only recorded woman to be tortured in the Tower of London, then burned at the stake.
Astrology, Treason, Witchcraft, and the Downfall of Eleanor Cobham and Margery Jourdemayne
Eleanor Cobham and Margery Jourdemayne came from different worlds. But a shared interet in the occult brought them together, and ruined them forever.