Judith, England’s First Crowned Queen

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🗓️ 7 June 2022

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

When HM The Queen was crowned in 1953, her Coronation ceremony contained some subtle nods to another Queen who made history 1100 years earlier.

Princess Judith of Flanders was the first woman to be crowned as Queen among the West Saxons.

But her two royal marriages were not without controversy.

In this episode of Gone Medieval, Dr. Cat Jarman finds out more about Queen Judith from medieval historian Florence Scott.

The Senior Producer on this episode was Elena Guthrie. The Producer was Rob Weinberg. It was edited and mixed by Thomas Ntinas.

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0:47.4	Hello and welcome to Gone Medieval. I'm Doctor Cat Jarman. This year, Queen Elizabeth II reached
1:05.1	a milestone no other queen has reached before her, when she became the third longest ruling monarch
1:12.0	in all of world history, having rained for over 70 years. But did you know that her
1:18.6	coronation ceremony in 1953 contained some subtle nods to another queen who made history 1100
1:26.9	years earlier. In the liturgy for Queen Elizabeth's coronation, just after the crown was placed on her
1:33.3	head, the Archbishop spoke the words, God crown you with a crown of glory and righteousness.
1:40.5	And those exact words were said for the first time at the crowning of Judith the Wessex in 856
1:49.0	at exactly the same point in the ceremony, but at that time in Latin.
1:54.2	The phrase was composed specifically for Judith by Archbishop Pinkmar because she was the very first
2:00.6	woman to be crowned as Queen among the West Saxons. Previously, the wife of the king had a remarkably
2:08.3	low status. So why Judith? Why then? And what has it got to do with today's royals?
2:15.6	To get answers to all of those questions, I've invited the brilliant medieval historian Florence
2:20.6	Scott to join me today. Welcome Florence. Florence writes the popular newsletter and blog
2:26.9	Alf Gifu, which contains biographies of early medieval women. Florence is also doing a PhD
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