Parallel Lives: Margaret Beaufort & Mary, Queen of Scots
Tudors Dynasty & Beyond
RedTop Media / Rebecca Larson
4.4 • 794 Ratings
🗓️ 30 October 2025
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
In this episode of Parallel Lives, we explore two women separated by a century yet bound by the same unrelenting drive for dynastic survival—Margaret Beaufort and Mary, Queen of Scots. Both lived in turbulent times, navigating treacherous politics, faith, and motherhood within the confines of monarchy. One built a dynasty from the shadows; the other lost everything in pursuit of her crown. Join us as we compare their paths to power, their resilience amid betrayal, and the legacy each left on the English throne.
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Hosts:
Rebecca Larson
Dr. Emma Cahill Marron
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to Dr. Emma and me on the Tudor's Dynasty and Beyond podcast. |
| 0:07.0 | And now, here are your hosts. |
| 0:10.2 | Hello and welcome back to the show. |
| 0:13.1 | I'm Rebecca Larson, joined again, but wait a minute. |
| 0:18.2 | Hi, Rebecca. |
| 0:19.6 | Dr. Emma, what is that you have on your ears today? |
| 0:22.9 | What do you mean? |
| 0:24.0 | What are you talking about? |
| 0:26.2 | It looks like you have two women hanging from your ears. |
| 0:31.4 | Oh, really? Oh, I forgot to take these off before starting the show. |
| 0:34.4 | Sorry, guys. |
| 0:35.4 | Why not? |
| 0:36.1 | I was trying my Christmas look. What do you you think rebecca can you guess who these are |
| 0:41.6 | oh i i for those we're just listening because we have a lot of people who just listen |
| 0:46.8 | yeah yeah can you describe what i'm wearing it she's she looks like she's wearing two christmas |
| 0:53.9 | ornaments from her ears of two tutor women i'm |
| 0:57.1 | going to assume one is probably katherine of aragon bingo here we go katherine of arragon yeah and then |
| 1:05.0 | who's the other one what do you think oh must be her daughter mary, huh?ingo again! You win the big prize. I mean, they're not the most comfortable things to wear. So once you guys get to see them. Yeah, they look. I bought these in the, well, not at the same time. So she's older. A big surprise. The mom's older. But I got this many, many years ago when I did a research stay in London in 2014. |
| 1:30.4 | I'm just going to take Catherine off. |
| 1:33.0 | Oh, she's wearing a heart-shaped pendant. |
| 1:35.3 | Oh, is she really? |
| 1:37.6 | Never noticed. |
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