Drunk Summer Vacay and okay fine let's do Aethelflaed. Now I know a lot of you stan The Lady and you might want to fight me when this is over but I have Thoughts so I'm risking it. (Also holy shit this is so, so long, fair warning.) Okay. So for background, which you might... Continue Reading →
Matilda of Flanders
I promised a friend that I would start this thing off with a new post about Matilda of Flanders, so here we go. *daughter of Baldwin V, Count of Flanders, and Adela, whose father and brother were kings of France *highly educated - possibly couldn't write, it wasn't a common skill, but knew Flemish, Latin,... Continue Reading →
Emma of Normandy
I wasn't sure which of my medieval favorites I wanted to spotlight next for Women's History Month - I have so many! - but today I feel like talking about a woman who fucking won. So let's chat about Emma of Normandy, a queen I love so much she made it on my graduation cap.... Continue Reading →
Aelfgifu of Northampton
This got rather long but oh well. Story time. Once upon a time, the country we now know as England was being overrun by Vikings. They kept coming in, doing damage, and then leaving again after getting big payments from the country's terrible, terrible king. Eventually even that financial incentive stopped working, and they decided... Continue Reading →
Edith of Wessex
Oh hey it's Drunk Friday, let's talk about Edith of Wessex, who gets ignored a lot but was actually probably more powerful than she's given credit for -daughter of Earl Godwin, who had his sticky fucking fingers in everyfuckingthing (I am willing to do a Drunk Rant just about This Fucking Guy, lemme know), and... Continue Reading →
Isabella, She-Wolf of France
Drunk Friday on Isabella of France let's go -born 1295, a princess of France -Parents: Philip IV King of France (cold, murdery, hot but horrible) and Joan of Navarre (p. cool, don't know much but led an army herself at one point). Grandparents: yep, had 'em. Great-Grandparents: Louis VIII (meh) and Blanche of Castille (yikes,... Continue Reading →
Isabella of Angouleme
Drunk Friday (or early Saturday whatever) and have I told you about Isabella of Angouleme? I don't think I have. Really not a great person but I have a soft spot for her anyway so let's try this with no references giddy up. -Married Bad King John when she was like 12 years old but... Continue Reading →
She-Wolves, Mad Mothers, And Also Some Nuns 