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Ann Foster

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Posted on December 4, 2018November 26, 2019 by Ann Foster

Mary Queen of Scots vs Queen Elizabeth I: Royal Rivals

A deep dive into the complex, strained, and BONKERS collision course between Mary Queen of Scots and Queen Elizabeth I.

Posted on November 26, 2018November 26, 2019 by Ann Foster

Queen Anne of Great Britain: The Real Story Behind ‘The Favourite’

Olivia Colman as Queen Anne I in 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.

Posted on November 6, 2018May 14, 2020 by Ann Foster

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.

Posted on October 6, 2018November 26, 2019 by Ann Foster

Artemisia Gentileschi: The Groundbreaking Oil Painter Who Was Also A Feminist Heroine

'Self Portrait as a Lute Player' by Artemisia Gentileschi

The visceral rage and exquisite art of Artemisia Gentileschi, 17th century Italian #MeToo icon.

Posted on September 10, 2018November 11, 2019 by Ann Foster

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

Posted on August 27, 2018August 23, 2020 by Ann Foster

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.

Posted on August 16, 2018May 18, 2021 by Ann Foster

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.

Posted on August 1, 2018August 24, 2019 by Ann Foster

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.

Posted on July 16, 2018July 16, 2018 by Ann Foster

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.

Posted on July 7, 2018July 7, 2019 by Ann Foster

Astrology, Treason, Witchcraft, and the Downfall of Eleanor Cobham and Margery Jourdemayne

"The Penance of Eleanor" by Edward Abbey

Eleanor Cobham and Margery Jourdemayne came from different worlds. But a shared interet in the occult brought them together, and ruined them forever.

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