Women of the Wars of the Roses - Part Four

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🗓️ 1 August 2024

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

Women played vital roles in the power struggles of the Wars of the Roses, but history hasn’t always been portrayed this way.

In this episode we’re putting women back in the narrative, from Margaret of Anjou right the way through to Elizabeth of York and the start of the Tudor Dynasty. Curator Charles Farris and Dr Joanna Laynesmith talk us through the key women of the Wars of the Roses.

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to this new series on the Historic Royal Palaces podcast.
0:13.0	I'm Charles Ferris and I'm a curator and historian at the Tower of London.
0:18.0	In this new series we'll be exploring the conflict that's known as
0:22.1	the Wars of the Roses, a time of bloody battles, heroes and villains and legendary acts
0:28.2	of vengeance and betrayal that have inspired centuries of writers. Unpicking any history
0:34.5	is no easy task and that is certainly true with the Wars of the Roses.
0:39.3	So in this series we're going to lay out the facts and interrogate the key characters and major events of this time.
0:46.3	Our aim is to better understand the stormy and often polarised narratives around the Wars of the Roses.
0:53.3	We're going to question the context behind why the Crown was able to be usurped multiple times,
0:59.0	how women wielded power at a time when men fought on the battlefield,
1:04.0	and ultimately we want to examine how a new dynasty was able to rise from the ashes of so much violence and turmoil.
1:12.6	Joining us for this five-part series is an amazing line-up of expert historians who are intimately connected with the sources.
1:20.6	This history is woven into the very stones of the Tower of London. And as you may know, I'm a medievalist myself, so I can't wait to
1:29.0	explore this history with you. Join me as we step into the world of the Wars of the Roses.
1:36.8	Please be aware that these episodes contain discussions of themes which listeners may find
1:42.4	distressing or triggering, including violence,
1:45.3	prejudice and mental health. Hello listeners and welcome to episode four of this very exciting series.
1:52.5	Today, we are going to be stepping away from the more chronological and often seemingly
1:57.2	male-dominated narrative of the last two episodes. And instead, we're viewing the conflict through the eyes of the women of the Wars of the Roses.
2:05.6	We'll be discussing who they were and what roles they played at the center of this dynastic struggle.
2:11.6	Now, you might assume that the women of the Wars of the Roses played background roles,
2:15.6	but this was far from the truth. In fact, they were at the very center of the Wars of the Roses played background roles, but this was far from the truth.
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