The Other Half: The History of Women Through the Ages

Following the grisly murder of her husband, Joanna ends up facing war from within and without her kingdom, all of which would end up with her on trial for her life in Avignon. Support the show on Patreon Follow us on Facebook and Twitter Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We travel to fourteenth-century Naples to hear about one of the most powerful female rulers of the whole medieval period. Joanna of Naples is one of very few queens regnant in the Middle Ages - her reign was action-packed. Support the show on Patreon Follow us on Facebook and Twitter Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Call it the Dark Century, Rule of the Harlots, or, as I have, the Pornocracy, the tenth century was a nadir in papal history, with powerful nobles calling the shots. And at the centre of it all its matriarch: Marozia Support the show on Patreon Follow us on Facebook and Twitter Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The legend of Pope Joan is quite possibly the most intriguing and enduring of Vatican myths. But how could the Papacy allow a story this astonishing, this embarrassing, to survive for centuries? Support the show on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Papacy, which is going to be a hugely important factor in this series, is a two-thousand-year institution - where do you start? Well, talking to the host best papal podcast around seems like a good start. Today I talk to Bry Jensen, one half of the Pontifacts podcast, about what the Papacy is, and how it has affected European history. Support the show on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/...

Introducing the topic for the fourth season of The Other Half Podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In what feels to me a lifetime ago, but was actually only about 12 months, I spoke to Ellen Alspten on the podcast about her book 'Tsarina. Since then - and I can only assume because of it - the book has gone on to be tremendously successful. It has been shortlisted for the Author’s Club’s Best First Novel award, got a starred review from Booklist and has sold so well that it already has a sequel...

To finish off the third season of The Other Half, we cover three final women: Tomoe Gozen, Khutulun and Escrava Anastacia Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

As rebellion sweeps India, Rani Lakshmibai fights for her nation's independence and becomes its most famous heroine. Support the show on Patreon Download the Lyceum app and join the conversation Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today I speak to one of my favourite history bloggers. Claire is  history blogger  that lives in the darkest depths of rural Mid Wales (her words). Her great belief is that it’s okay to live in the past and her blog is all about the latest history books to read and the latest period dramas to watch. You can also find the latest historical travel inspiration&...

Rani Laksmibai is one of the great heroines of modern India - a warrior queen who fought against British rule of her country Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Elodie Harper is a reporter and presenter at ITV News Anglia. She's worked as a journalist for the past decade, including for Channel 4 News, ITN and BBC Radio with a focus on crime reporting in Norfolk, where her first two novels are set.  The Wolf Den takes her in a new direction and to a new time period in the lupanar of Ancient Pompeii. Buy Elodie's book from Blackwells or, if you're not...

After her country was stolen from her, a young countess from Lithuania took up arms to get it back. Support the show on Patreon Download the Lyceum app and join the conversation Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sacagawea completes her journey to the Pacific and back again - making electoral history along the way - as well as looking at how she has been remembered by generations of Americans. Support the show on Patreon Download the Lyceum app and join the conversation Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sacagawea saves the Corps twice and runs into her family. Support the show on Patreon Download the Lyceum app and join the conversation Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

For me, there is only one woman in US history that truly fits the folk heroine bill, the one with more rivers, mountains and memorials in her honour than any other woman in American history - Sacagawea. Support the show on Patreon Download the Lyceum app and join the conversation Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Njinga finally achieves ultimate victory and finally rules the nation whose throne she had assumed so many years before. But could she manage to safely pass the kingdom off to her chosen successor. Support the show on Patreon Download the Lyceum app and join the conversation Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Njinga's brother dying put her in pole position to become Ndongo's first queen, but the route to power for women is rarely obstacle-free. Support the show on Patreon Download the Lyceum app and join the conversation Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We travel to the lands that make up modern Angola into the era of European colonialism and expansion, slavery and subjugation to tell the story of one of Africa’s greatest queens. Support the show on Patreon Download the Lyceum app and join the conversation Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

After Joan's death, France triumphed in the Hundred Years War, and which led to Joan’s rebirth as a true heroine of France and of liberty all over the world. Joan of Arc at the Pantheon Support the show on Patreon Download the Lyceum app and join the conversation Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Joan of Arc goes through months of penetrating and humiliating interrogation and trial as her captors seek to break her will and achieve moral as well as military victory The full court record of Joan's trial Support the show on Patreon Download the Lyceum app and join the conversation Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

After winning the faith of the Dauphin, Joan travels to her date with destiny at the besieged city of Orléans. Watch my guest episode on Tudor queens with Heather Teysco of the Renaissance English History Podcast Support the show on Patreon Download the Lyceum app and join the conversation Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Joan of Arc or Jeanne la Pucelle is the prototypical folk heroine - she is the gold standard on which they are all judged. Today we see how a teenage peasant girl persuaded a prince to let her lead his armies against the old enemy. Support the show on Patreon Download the Lyceum app and join the conversation Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

With her position at home secure, it was time for Tamar to make her mark on history, both on the battlefield and in building her cultural legacy Listen to Mily Balakirev's Tamara , played by the Montreal Symphony Orchestra Support the show on Patreon Download the Lyceum app and join the conversation Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In twelfth century Georgia, a woman comes to the throne. Her people had never had a queen before, and the nation was surrounded by enemies. Tamar would have her work cut out to survive. Support the show on Patreon Download the Lyceum app and join the conversation Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.