Margaret of Anjou

In Our Time

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🗓️ 24 May 2018

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss one of the most remarkable queens of the Middle Ages who took control when her husband, Henry VI, was incapable. Margaret of Anjou (1430-1482) wanted Henry to stay in power for the sake of their son, the heir to the throne, and her refusal to back down was seen by her enemies as a cause of the great dynastic struggle of the Wars of the Roses. The image above is from the Talbot Shrewsbury Book, showing John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury, presenting Margaret with that book on her betrothal to Henry With Katherine Lewis Senior Lecturer in Medieval History at the University of Huddersfield James Ross Reader in Late Medieval History at the University of Winchester And Joanna Laynesmith Visiting Research Fellow at the University of Reading Producer: Simon Tillotson.

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0:00.0	This is the BBC.
0:02.0	Thanks for downloading this episode of In Our Time.
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0:12.2	I hope you enjoyed the programs.
0:14.2	Hello, in 1453 the Queen of England was in serious difficulties.
0:18.6	She just gave birth to an hour but her husband Henry VI was in a catatonic state and a breakdown
0:23.9	which lasted for 18 months.
0:25.9	Rivals sent in weakness were circling the English throne.
0:29.2	The Queen was Margaret Amorjou and she was determined to rule until Henry recovered or
0:33.4	their son came a beige.
0:35.2	That was common for Queen's in her native France but not France.
0:40.1	Margaret made alliances, raised armies and won and lost battles in a struggle that became
0:43.9	known as the Wars of the Roses.
0:45.8	Her enemies in Shakespeare's words called her the She-Wall for France and Amazonian troll
0:50.8	but she was a queen to be reckoned with and might have triumphed if not for a storm
0:54.1	in the English Channel.
0:55.2	With me to discuss Margaret Amorjou and Catherine Lewis, senior lecturer in Medi-Abhistor
0:59.9	at the University of Huddersfield, James Ross, reader in late Medi-Abhistor at the University
1:04.4	of Winchester and Joanna Lane Smith visiting research fellow at the University of Reading.
1:09.5	Catherine Lewis, Margaret had married Henry in 1445.
1:13.2	Had that much been made.
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