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Sayyida al-Hurra ibn Banu Rashid
Season 5 Episode 3
This week's internationàle destination is North Africa, by way of the Iberian Peninsula. Sayyida al-Hurra, who is known by that name even though it's…
4 years, 6 months ago
Inês de Castro
Season 5 Episode 2
This week Vulgar History's Internationale travels bring us to 14th century Portugal, where Inês de Castro (1325-1355) was kind of a big deal. Her cha…
4 years, 6 months ago
Rani Didda of Kashmir
Season 5 Episode 1
Welcome to season 5 of Vulgar History, where things are taking an internationàle flair, starting with this story from 10th century Kashmir! The saga …
4 years, 7 months ago
Author Interview: Shelley Puhak (The Dark Queens: The Bloody Rivalry That Forged the Medieval World)
I was so excited to talk all things Fredegund vs Brunhilde with Shelley Puhak, author of The Dark Queens: The Bloody Rivalry That Forged The Medieval…
4 years, 7 months ago
Vulgar History presents: Vulgarpiece Theatre: Shakespeare In Love (1998)
Enjoy this preview of a new spinoff podcast, Vulgarpiece Theatre!
Every month or so, Ann Foster, Allison Epstein, and Lana Wood Johnson will rant our…
4 years, 8 months ago
Princess Cecilia of Sweden
Sweden's Princess Cecilia was: a teenage party girl, short-lived BFF to Elizabeth I, leader of a pirate fleet, successful diplomat, a petty queen who…
4 years, 9 months ago
Author Interview: Lucy Jago (A Net for Small Fishes)
Author Lucy Jago joins us to discuss her new book, A Net For Small Fishes. This historical fiction novel explores the real-life story of Frances Howa…
4 years, 10 months ago
Catherine Monvoisin aka La Voisin
Catherine Monvoisin, aka La Voisin was a thriving entrepreneur/sorceress in 17th century France. She provided cosmetics, potions, charms, demonic rit…
4 years, 11 months ago
Mary Shelley: Goth Queen Mom Friend
Mary Shelley (1797-1851) was the calm in the eye of the storm that was literally everyone in her life: her parents, her stepmother, her stepsister, h…
4 years, 11 months ago
Elizabeth Woodville, Queen of England
Elizabeth Woodville was the first commoner AND the first English woman to marry an English King (in the most super secret sexy wedding ever??), but m…
4 years, 11 months ago