Hey, hey, hey, hey, hello, friend, and welcome to the Renaissance English History podcast,

a part of the Agora Podcast Network and the original Tudor History podcast, telling stories

of Tudor England since 2009.

I'm your host Heather, and I'm a storyteller who makes history accessible because I believe

it's a pathway to understanding who we are, our place in the universe, and being much more deeply in touch with

our own humanity. Welcome to episode 232, my friend. Today we are talking about the black

dinner in Scotland. So I'm branching out a little bit here. This is a little bit before our time.

It is also in Scotland, not England, but of course everything is all related. And names will

be familiar to you from later centuries. And I think this is an interesting event in British history, in Scottish history, because we, of course, are familiar with the murder of the princes in the tower.

This is another pretty violent, very violent episode that involved children.

And I think just kind of underscores this period of just harshness and warfare that England was going through, that Scotland was going

through, shifting allegiances in the 15th century. And, you know, we look at it and we might think,

wow, life was cheap. So this is, you know, we look at it and we might think, wow, life was cheap.

So this is, you know, kind of a parallel story to the princes in the tower. And it also was the

inspiration for the red wedding in Game of Thrones. I have actually never seen Game of Thrones,

you guys. One of those things, you know, it got really popular when I had a baby.

So I was in this kind of like black hole of babydom for a long time.

And I just never found myself wanting to get caught up with it because I've always heard it was based on

the Wars of the Roses. I don't know. What do you think? Should I watch Game of Thrones? Let me know.

I'm not really into like the whole violent thing, although I will say Utrecht of Bebenberg,

Last Kingdom. I love, love, loved that series. So, I don't know. Should I watch Game of

Thrones? Tell me. Tell me. But this episode that we're going to talk about today actually inspired a

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