Tudoriferous

Seventeen Tudorlicious winners. Only one place as the winner of Season one. Let the rounds begin!

In Round One, four significant people get into Leonardo da Vinci's helicopter. Only one will disembark safely. Will it be Dr Rodrigo de Puebla, put-upon Spanish Ambassador? Maximilian I, chaotic Holy Roman Emperor? Cecily Neville, proud matriarch of the York family? Or Anne de Beaujeu, enormously competent and enormously terrifying regent of France?

They all have their champions to speak on their behalf, and tear down their opponents. But ultimately, the choice will be yours, dear listener. Who will progress to the final?

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Thank you so much to our champions!

As well as Lucy, our referee for this episode, and David, championing Dr Rodrigo de Puebla, today's episode features:

 

Moira (and her budgie), championing Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor, who recommends listening to Ben's podcast, Battle Royale: French Monarchs

 

Jennifer, championing Cecily Neville, Duchess of York, who recommends the original Rexypod, Rex Factor, currently reviewing all the people who were nearly monarchs of England and Great Britain, until fate interceded. She also recommends Conn Iggulden's The Wars of the Roses series of books, beginning with Stormbird

 

Ben, championing Anne de Beaujeu, Duchess of Bourbon and unofficial regent of France. His podcast, Battle Royale: French Monarchs, covers French rulers from Clovis to Napolean III, and amazingly his next episode will be Napolean III himself - yes, he and his co-host Eliza have nearly reached their goal. Something we at Tudoriferous can only dream of!

 

 

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Relevant Episodes -

S1 031 - Dr Rodrigo de Puebla, part one

S1 023 - Emperor Maximilian, part one

S1 046 - Cecily Neville, Duchess of York, part one

S1 049 - Anne de Beaujeu, part one

She's the one the Woodvilles would point to when they cried - Look, we're not as common as muck, we're descended from Jacquetta of Luxembourg.

 

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'Merry at dinner and dead at supper.'

Not the usual Hallowe'en fare, but we can't leave Season 1 without discussing it since, apparently, Henry VII brought it with him!  

 

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We've reached the Sword of God and the Bonfires of the Vanities - yes, there was more than one.  Also, Savonarola must have wondered why he couldn't keep his big mouth shut.  He lives to regret it.....or rather, he doesn't. 

 

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‘The Italian Dominican friar Girolamo Savonarola was a reactionary zealot and bigoted theocrat who vehemently opposed the humanism of the Florentine Renaissance.'

Well, maybe.  But first he had to be born and grow up.

 

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