Claire | July 5, 2013
The airing of the BBC adaptation of Philippa Gregory’s The White Queen has sparked off many discussions regarding the Woodville women and their use of witchcraft. There has been a lot of confusion about it, particularly as Gregory said in one interview that Elizabeth Woodville’s mother, Jacquetta Woodville, was tried and found guilty of witchcraft, […]
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Claire | June 14, 2013
Just a quick reminder for those in the UK about this weekend’s medieval/Tudor themed viewing. Tonight you can see the final episode of Ian Mortimer’s Time Traveller’s Guide to Elizabethan England and then on Sunday it’s The White Queen! The Time Traveller’s Guide to Elizabethan England: A Brave New World The BBC2 website says of […]
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Tags: history programmes, Ian Mortimer, The White Queen, Time Traveller's Guide to Elizabethan England