ABOUT THIS EPISODE
DING DING DING. Choose your fighter!! Will it be: a fifteen year old noblewoman you’ve never heard of OR a thirty-five year old princess who loves Spain and the Pope! Nine Days. One crown. Who will win??? Come with us this week as we explore early modern England’s greatest royal SMACKDOWN, the battle for the throne duked out between Lady Jane Grey and Princess Mary Tudor. Learn how these two dauntless Tudor women faced each other in a fight for the throne, revealing the religious and social divisions that were waiting to tear England apart. Tangents Abe’s moving nightmare, the Massachusetts initiation ceremony, and the name of the thing that you put your head on before they chop it off.
SOURCES
- Lady Jane Grey The Nine Day Queen Tudor Betrayal, BBC docuseries
- "The 'Nine Days Queen' is one of England's most controversial monarchs - here's why", HistoryExtra
- "The most important document in Tudor history? How a forgotten text triggered a royal crisis" | HistoryExtra
- "The Myth of the 'Tragic Victim': Reclaiming Queen Jane" | HistoryHit
- "Ruins of Nine Days' Queen's home to reopen" | BBC
- Dudley, J. (1759). Translation of a Letter written by Lady Jane Grey, to her Sister, the Evening, before she was beheaded in the Tower. Royal Magazine, 1, 24–25.
- Duran, J. (2023). Lady Jane Grey: A Tudor dissenter and her work. Feminist Theology, 31(2), 226–235. https://doi.org/10.1177/09667350221135058
THAT'S HISTORY, BABE! is hosted by Abe Merker and Jared Tetreau. This episode was produced by Jared Tetreau, Abe Merker, and Claudia Chiossone. Research Assistance by Elodie Shoring, Knox Carter, and Rafaela Horle. Music by Kinneret. Series Artwork by Sid Lugo. Intro Animations by Gemma Hill.
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