Sisterhood & Secrets: Women's Friendships in Early Modern England

Tudors Dynasty

RedTop Media / Rebecca Larson

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4.4 • 794 Ratings

🗓️ 3 April 2025

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Female friendship in the Early Modern Period is often misunderstood. This episode explores the deep bonds between aristocratic and upper-middle-class women through their letters and diaries, revealing how language, space, and society shaped their relationships.

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Host: Rebecca Larson

Guest: JoJo Dickinson

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0:31.3	podcast hello and welcome back to the show i'm your host rebecca larson and today I'm very happy to welcome to the show for the very first time, Jojo Dickinson. Welcome, Jojo.
0:43.6	I love you. Thanks for having me.
0:45.4	You know, you were recommended to me by Dr. Peter, who if you're listening to the show, everybody knows who he is by now because he's been on here several times. He's done live chats and lectures and everything with this podcast.
0:58.6	And when he reached out and recommended that I talk to you, I was immediately fascinated by the topic.
1:06.1	Because I not only like the tutors, but I've always been fascinated by different periods in time.
1:12.9	And mostly I'm very intrigued by women in history.
1:17.2	And today we're going to talk about friendships.
1:21.2	And this is an exciting topic because I think we all have friends.
1:25.8	We all understand friendships.
1:27.3	But the definition of friendship has kind of changed over time. And I think we all have friends, we all understand friendships, but the definition
1:28.2	of friendship has kind of changed over time. And I think that's where I want to start, because
1:33.0	you're looking at 18th century friendships between women, correct? Yes. Okay. Between 1660 and 1800.
1:45.4	So I'm cheekily classifying it as the long 18th century, but I realize that is very controversial, and that will probably.
1:55.3	Yeah.
1:56.0	There was a few.
1:57.7	Well, let's start off, because when we look at friendships today, right, we can be friends with
2:03.2	whomever we want. It's, we'll accept any consequences that come with having that friendship,
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