Women of the Anarchy: War of the Two Matildas
Tudors Dynasty & Beyond
RedTop Media / Rebecca Larson
4.4 • 869 Ratings
🗓️ 6 February 2024
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
Empress Matilda, with all her rightful claim, seemed destined to become the first queen of England. However, her cousin Stephen, backed by the influential lords and barons, seized the opportunity from her grasp. King Stephen's wife, Matilda, added another layer to this historical drama with her significant presence. Eventually, the two formidable women found themselves in a fierce face-off, locked in a battle for the throne.
This time in history is similar to the Wars of the Roses centuries later!
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Credits:
Host: Rebecca Larson
Guest: Sharon Bennett Connolly
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to the Tudors Dynasty podcast. |
| 0:03.2 | I'm your host, Rebecca Larson. |
| 0:05.4 | Today I am joined by the magnificent Sharon Bennett Connolly to talk about the women of the |
| 0:11.6 | anarchy. |
| 0:12.7 | You are not going to want to miss this episode because it is just full of strong, empowered women. |
| 0:18.2 | And I can't wait to share it with you. |
| 0:19.7 | The Tudors Dynasty Podcast. |
| 0:23.7 | Sharon, welcome. |
| 0:25.5 | Hello. Thank you for having me, Rebecca. |
| 0:27.8 | Oh, thank you for coming on and talking about this fascinating subject with me because I've |
| 0:32.2 | always been interested, at least in the story of Empress Matilda. |
| 0:36.6 | And so today we're talking about the anarchy and the women of the anarchy. |
| 0:42.7 | And I'm so excited to get started with you on this conversation. |
| 0:47.2 | But before we go too deep, I want to know what was it that got you intrigued enough |
| 0:53.1 | to want to write a book on these women? |
| 0:56.6 | Well, like you said, I'm the same as you. I've always had a fascination for Empress Matilda. |
| 1:02.2 | I think she's been hard done by, both in her own life and by history. |
| 1:08.4 | She's always portrayed as this haughty woman who shouldn't have been given the |
| 1:13.4 | throne anyway because she was so bossy. And it's like, the poor woman, all she wanted to do was |
| 1:19.7 | gain her inheritance, but she's always, she's always, King Stephen's always been seen as this nice guy |
| 1:26.8 | and Matilda as the one who didn't deserve |
| 1:29.1 | the throne because she was too nasty. So I've always had a soft spot for her. But when I started |
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