In this episode, your hosts take you on a trip all the way to the Early Middle Ages and back, to discuss queens of France and Sweden -a couple each, no one is jealous! And also Cercei, a lot. Somehow. And ask the real question: is Catelyn the most medieval character of ASOIAF?
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Thank you LittleWolfBird for the sound engineering, and thank you to Matt Graham for the theme music with sounds from zapsplat.com!
Content, sources and ressources:
Lo tells us about Margareta Eriksdotter aka Margareta Leijonhufvud:
https://www.skbl.se/sv/artikel/Margaretadrottning
and about someone never mentioned on this podcast ever yet (jokes), Kristina:
“Trans and Genderqueer Subjects in Medieval Hagiography” - Alicia Spencer-Hall & Blake
https://lothelynx.wordpress.com/2021/10/17/a-most-uncommon-woman-cersei-lannisters-gender-trouble/
“Fenixelden: Drottning Kristina som alkemist” - Susanna Åkerman
Virginie feels right at home, after a whole episode 14 without Middle Ages and talks about Queen (Sainte) Radegonde:
https://books.openedition.org/septentrion/55169
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radegund
and Jeanne de Bourgogne/ Joan the Lame:
https://siefar.org/dictionnaire/fr/Jeanne_de_Bourgogne_(1295-1348)
https://passionmedievistes.fr/super-joute-royale-9-rois-xiveme-siecle/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_the_Lame
(and then she makes light of Macron killing democracy because Lo inspired her and it takes away some of the pain)
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