The Greatest Medieval Divorce Scandal

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🗓️ 9 June 2023

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

In 855, the Carolingian king Lothar II was married to the aristocratic Teutberga for political reasons. But there was a third person in the relationship — Waldrada of Lotharingia. Their affair led to a prolonged and messy battle by Lothar II to secure a divorce from Teutberga, which involved Charles the Bald, Louis the German and two Popes.

On this edition of Gone Medieval, Matt Lewis talks to Dr. Chris Halsted to find out more about Waldrada’s incredible story and the greatest medieval divorce scandal.

This episode was edited by Joseph Knight and produced by Rob Weinberg.

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0:17.1	Welcome to this episode of Gone Medieval, I'm Matt Lewis.
0:25.8	Wall Dryder.
0:26.9	It might not be a name you've heard before,
0:28.5	but she has an incredible story.
0:31.0	In early medieval Europe, she was,
0:33.2	well, actually no, I'm not going to tell you.
0:34.8	I can do better than that.
0:36.0	Chris House, then, is going to tell
0:37.6	Wall Dryder's tale instead.
0:39.4	Chris is a kluger fellow at the Library of Congress
0:42.1	who specialises in the political history
0:44.5	of early medieval Europe,
0:46.0	as well as matters around magic and gender.
0:48.8	Welcome to Gone Medieval, Chris.
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